Super fun new reads for middle grades September 2015
Big news! I got picked to be on the CYBILS panel to judge middle grade fiction! So excited and I'm getting to work with some awesome other bloggers! I can't wait to get started. In the meantime, I'm trying to polish off my Netgalley list and wow, did I find some good ones. My new favorite book is called "The Girl Who Could Not Dream" by Sarah Beth Durst. It starts with a seminal event, Sophie is 6 and she decides to take a dream and dream it herself. She dreams a monster (6 tentacles, 4 scaly claws, black iridescent fur, 3 rows of razor sharp teeth) but the monster turns out to be friendly and smart and hilarious. The story flashes forward to when Sophie is 12. You then find out that her parents have a book store and they also distill and sell dreams. Sophie does not dream and really, really wants to. Monster has become her friend and protector but a complete secret from everyone except her mom and dad, which limits her opportu...