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My Favourite Middle-Grade Books from 2022

January 4, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read and loved so many middle-grade books in 2022! While some of these are early middle-grade books (I’ve read four of them with my book club for ages nine and ten), others are for ages ten and above. When I review a book, I usually indicate what age-group I think it is suited to, […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: A Conspiracy in Calcutta, Dear Mr Henshaw, Dungeon Tales II, Fish in a Tree, Frindle, middle-grade, Misfit Madhu, Nadya, reading, review, Secret Friends, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

Secret Friends

October 16, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love Elizabeth Laird. And Secret Friends was another beautiful read, a heartbreaking story about wanting to fit in, but never quite managing it. Lucy is the first to tease Rafaella, and this is something she regrets right through her life. Rafaella has enormous ears, and Lucy, unthinkingly, coins the name ‘Earwig’, a name that […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: books for ages nine and ten, Chapter Book, Elizabeth Laird, reading, review, Secret Friends