Set in Oahu, Hawaii, in 1941, 艾伦·格拉茨的《皇冠登录welcome》 is a novel about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Two thirteen-year-old boys: Stanley Summer and Frank McCoy, whose fathers are pilots for the U.S. 海军,因为对漫画书的热爱而联系在一起. The two see the fleet of ships on Battleship Row as a metaphor for superheroes: the Justice Society of America. 弗兰克是作家,斯坦利是插画家. 在一起, 他们创造角色, 写他们的起源故事, and draw them into situations where they emerge as heroes. 然而,弗兰克觉得自己有点像个骗子. 自从弗罗里达事件之后,他们最后的军队阅读更多→

故事发生在明尼苏达州, Just Keep Walking is a middle grade novel written in part to encourage resilience and perseverance in tweens. Erin Soderberg Downing creates twelve-year-old Josephine Conlan, 又名乔, to carry her message about not giving up in the face of adversity and challenge. 乔的哥哥, 杰克, 现在在上大学, and her dad side-stepped into a new family despite his promise to take his daughter on the Superior Hiking Trail the summer of her seventh grade year.  With all of her alone time, Jo experiences “too many uncomfortable silences. 太多的时间去想过去的事情. 太阅读更多→

Set in Colorado, Jenny Goebel的《welcome皇冠地址》 tells the story of thirteen-year-old Emily Walker. Daughter of a mom with grit and determination who tells her to play it safe and an athletic dad who tells her to go for it, Em是Impalers排球队的主力攻击手. Strong, 喜欢冒险的, 以及确定自己是一名运动员, Em feels like she has to compete with Dad’s real estate clients for attention. Because a bad appraisal or inspection often takes precedence over Emily and her mother, Emily believes that her dad only pays attention to her life when she is winning tournaments and trophies. 当艾米丽阅读更多→

Bobert Bougainvillea is eleven years old and feels virtually invisible. 实际上, he might be oscillating between visibility and invisibility, given that there is all kinds of evil scheming taking place in Nefaria. Such is the opening of Adi Alsaid’s first novel for middle grade readers, 奈法利亚最勇敢的战士. 当Bobert处于可见阶段时, he invites some classmates to the town square to do homework while he waits for his parents. Here the group discusses Nefaria’s gumball machine which has been cursed by Evil Wizard Matt.  In every corner of the kingdom, both commoners and nobles are known to be dreaming up阅读更多→

Mexican-American author Pedro Martín writes a graphic memoir with his latest creation, Mexikid. Largely, it features a 1970s setting and recounts Pedro’s memories growing up. As a Mexican his name is Pedro, but as an American, he is Peter. 双重名字都是墨西哥人的特征, according to Martín whose feet are planted on American soil but whose heart belongs to both sides of the border and whose head is trying to fill in the gaps in his own heritage story. A creative, barrel-shaped boy, Pedro likes comic books and collects action figures. These characteristics often make him the target of others’阅读更多→

以兔子为背景, 犹他州, 贝丝·弗拉贝尔的《当巨人燃烧 tells the story of two tweens who know that feelings aren’t temporary like their school counsellor Mrs. Freid说. Both Hayes and Gerty know that “sometimes feelings twist and tunnel. 有时他们把自己包裹在一个人的每一部分, locking them into a place where nothing else can grow” (214). Afraid of losing his mother to addiction and a life of crime again, Hayes is struggling to form a relationship with his ex-con mother. Untethered and unable to forgive and forget her abandonment, Hayes wears his anger like armor. 独立的,自给自足的阅读更多→

Rick Riordan, C.S. Lewis, or other writers of fantasy will likely find The Lion of Lark–Hayes Manor a delight! 受奥布里·哈特曼的影响, readers will join the journey of sixth grader Penelope Woodlock (罂粟) who makes a hasty and soon regrettable bargain with a water nymph who has been banished from the Old World. 具有生动的想象力, 罂粟, 一个富有创造力和激情的图书爱好者, moves from Virginia to Oregon with her historic preservationist parents and her brother Luc. As 罂粟 struggles to adapt to the new environment and to the social dynamics of middle school, 她在书中找到安慰阅读更多→

Being of mixed race makes it difficult to know which part of the self to defer to or which part takes precedence. This is Anna’s dilemma in Malia Maunakea’s middle grade novel, Lei and the Fire Goddess. Anna Leilani Kama’ehu is of both western and Hawaiian descent. She has struggled to believe that her grandmother’s traditional stories about gods and goddesses are anything more than just stories. 同样的, she isn’t sure she wants the responsibility thrust upon her: that she is the keeper of the family stories or móolelo. Now that’s she’s twelve, Anna thinks her visits with her grandmother in the Hawaiian town of阅读更多→

在写《welcome皇冠地址》时, Hanna Alkaf begins in the fashion of a traditional fairy tale. 在她重新想象的小红帽中, Alkaf borrows heavily from the Malaysian Muslim culture and weaves her magical retelling with Malay customs and cuisine. The star of this tale is thirteen-year-old Hamra, who is stubborn, sad, rebellious, and angry. She is tired of wiping up messes and cooking and listening to her grandmother say things that don’t’ make sense now that she is living with dementia. Hamra is tired of always having to be nice and good and polite and responsible. 她确实是阅读更多→