New realistic middle grade fiction
I've been plowing through some of these books I've had stacked up from Netgalley. I love looking at the list and seeing all that potential! Although, I admit to being wracked with guilt for not getting to some of them before they are archived. Part of the process apparently! Anyway, I DID make it in time for two of my new favorite books. The first one is called "Solving for M" by Jennifer Swender. This is her first middle grade book and I was so happy to see on her website, that she's working on a second one, because this was the best one I'd read in quite awhile! It's about Mika (pronounced Mee-ka). She is about to embark on a new adventure - middle school! In her district, middle school starts at 5th grade and to make things seem less gigantic, they split the fifth graders into 4 pods and the kids in each pod have most of their classes together. Unfortunately, Mika's best friend, Ella, is in a different pod, so Mika is left adrif...