Ep 66 - Kidlit Favorites of 2024 - Middle Grade


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Dec 02 2024 18 mins   4

Welcome to Favorites Month! Each week in December, Chrissie will share a category of her favorite kidlit of 2024. This week, we're talking middle grade.

Featured Titles

  • A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga
  • Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste
  • Read At Your Own Risk by Remy Lai
  • The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling
  • The House with a Dragon In It by Nick Lake, illustrated by Emily Gravett
  • The Liars Society by Alyson Gerber
  • The Underdogs of Upson Downs by Craig Silvey

Honorable Mentions

  • The Fairy Tale Fan Club by Richard Ayoade
  • The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

On My TBR:

  • Tig by Heather Smith
  • Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood by Robert Beatty
  • The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
  • Stranded by Nikki Shannon Smith

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