Cultural magical mysteries for middle graders
If you don't read a lot of middle grade fiction, you might not know that cultural magical mysteries are kind of a thing right now. Rick Riordan started it with Greek myths and the Lightning Thief before moving into Roman myths, Norse Myths, Egyptian myths and thanks to his new publishing imprint, Rick Riordan Presents, we've been treated to Indian Myths from Roshani Choskhi with Aru Shah, Mayan folklore with J C Cervantes and the Storm Runner series, Korean folklore from Yoon Ha Lee and the Dragon Pearl series, African American folklore from Kwame Mbalia and his hero-Tristan Strong, Cuban culture with Carlos Hernandez and his hilarious adventures with Sal and Gabi, as well as Native American folklore from Rebecca Roanhorse and her series, Race to the Sun. It's enough to leave you breathless! AND it turns out that other authors are also able to bring out their cultural influences to tell completely amazing stories. So here are two that I really l...