CYBILS Middle Grade Fiction 2022
I'm so excited that I was chosen to be a first round panelist for CYBILS again! This year, I'm doing middle grade fiction (instead of speculative fiction like last year). It's so awesome to get to read realistic fiction with all the cultural issues that are typically a part of middle grade fiction. I've read a few so far, and these are two of my new favorites. The first one is by Amy Sarig King, you might know her work- The Year We Fell from Space and Me and Marvin Gardens. She has a terrific voice, but wait until you read this one-It's called Attack of the Black Rectangles. It's about Mac who is navigating his final year of elementary school with his two best friends, Marci and Denis. He lives with his mom and his grandfather. His dad does not live at their house, but he comes over every week for dinner and to work on an old car in the garage. His new teacher writes a column for the newspaper that supports conservative values...