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Top 10 Early Middle Grade Books – 2024

January 9, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Many of the titles on this list of my favourite early middle grade books from 2024 are book club reads. Some, the children enjoyed thoroughly; others, I enjoyed more than the children did!  On the whole, I recommend these books for ages nine and up. In no particular order, here are my top ten early […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Bat and the End of Everything, Birds on the Brain, books for ages nine and ten, early middle grade, Kushti Kid, No Talking, Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter, reading, review, The Misadventures of a Diamond Thief, The Mystery of the Silk Umbrella, The One and Only Ruby, The Wishkeeper's Apprentice, The Worst Witch to the Rescue

Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter

September 2, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We need more books this length! Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter is perfect for my book club for so many reasons! For one, it’s a book about agency and creating change, while also being a humorous read featuring familiar characters. For another, since it’s just about a hundred pages long, we have enough time to read as […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Arundhati Venkatesh, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, online reading programme, Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter, reading

Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter

July 24, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What would you do if your playground was going to be converted into a shopping mall? Would you be okay with your games period being cancelled indefinitely? Petu and his friends certainly aren’t going to take it lying down! Petu Pumpkin Freedom Fighter deals with heavy themes in the lightest possible way — with not […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Arundhati Venkatesh, books for ages nine and ten, Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter, reading, review