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Top Ten: Middle-Grade Books

January 10, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Narrowing down to my top ten middle-grade books is always the hardest of all! Some of these books are younger than others, as always, because age ranges are hard to define. A few of these would be borderline chapter books; a few would be borderline young adult. The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop Writer: Clare BaldingIllustrator: […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Gorilla Dawn, Karma Fights a Monster, middle-grade, Mockingbird, The Diamond of Drury Lane, The Explorer, The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare, The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day, The Mighty Miss Malone, The One and Only Ivan, The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop, Top Ten

The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

April 7, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I took a while to sink my teeth into The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare. I went slowly through the first few chapters: I found the narrative voice a little puzzling, and I could not figure out whether I liked the protagonist, Auden Dare. Once I got sucked into the book, though, it was a different story. The cover asks […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: reading, review, The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare, Zillah Bethell