New titles in middle grade fiction
I caught a stupid cold this week and although I never really felt rotten enough to stay home from school, it slowed me down enough to take the time to read a bit more than I have. Isn't that weird? Probably- gratitude for a cold! Anyway, I got to read a couple of terrific chapter books this week. The first one is called "The Memory of Forgotten Things" by Kat Zhang. I was sure I had read (and enjoyed) her other books so I dove into this one. Except, as it turns out, I hadn't read any of her books after all (I blame the nasal congestion). But, it's completely ok, because this wasn't a sequel or connected to any of her books. It's about a girl named Sophia who feels somewhat isolated-her mom died when she was small and Sophia misses her terribly. But Sophia's been having these memories of things that actually never happened but could have, if things had been different-like a birthday cake that her mother made when she was 10, except that h...