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Top Nine Middle Grade Books I Read in 2020

January 3, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love middle grade reads, so this is my longest list this year. In no particular order, here are the books to which I gave a five-star rating in 2020. […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Across the Line, All of Me, Eva Ibbotson, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Kate Darnton, Katherine Rundell, Listen to the Moon, Lois Lowry, Meg Wolitzer, Michael Morpurgo, middle-grade, Nayanika Mahtani, Number the Stars, Out of My Mind, Sharon M Draper, The Good Thieves, The Misfits, The Star of Kazan, To Night Owl from Dogfish, Venita Coelho

The Misfits

June 26, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Book cover Text: You find friends in the most unexpected places The Misfits Kate Darnton Image: Illustration of the lower half of two schoolgirls in uniform . One child's legs are white and her uniform and socks are neat. The other is brown her uniform is mended, her socks are crooked.

The story of how I got my hands on The Misfits is a tale in itself. I ordered it during the Zubaan Women’s Day sale, and it was dispatched about […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Kate Darnton, middle-grade, reading, review, The Misfits