Middle Grade Fiction

Book Review: Olive and the Backstage Ghost by Michelle Schusterman

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I love me a fun ghost story–and add an old haunted theater and I’m hooked. In the middle grade novel Olive and the Backstage Ghost you have both! Olive, like her widowed, former diva mother, loves to sing. But when a bad case of stage fright sends her fleeing from an audition for a prestigious … Continue reading Book Review: Olive and the Backstage Ghost by Michelle Schusterman

Book review: Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo

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What a sweet and poignant book–but what would you expect from the amazing Kate DiCamillo. If you’ve read her middle grade novel Raymie Nightingale, you’ll remember Louisiana Elefante’s as one of the trio of girl’s who spin that book into action. Well, now Louisiana has her own story. It takes place a little bit after … Continue reading Book review: Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo