Middle Grade March Mid Month Wrap Up |

[@WildeBookGarden]

The Midnight Children has a gorgeous cover! ooh I wasn't sure about The Grace of Wild Things but you're making me want to pick it up!

[@paperbacksandponytails]

Wow, Moongarden has a gorgeous cover😍. Jennifer A. Nielson is one of my favorite authors and I really need to read more of her books. I definitely found some new favorite middle grade books this month, The Blameless by E.S. Christison, and the duology with The Insignificant Events In the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling.

[@mariannej8454]

Odder sounds super cute and I read the preview of The Thing I'm Most Afraid of. I'm adding both to my TBR. This month I enjoyed reading the graphic novels Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom and The Flower Garden.

[@wendyhoward2699]

These books sound great. I would love to read Iceberg and Moongarden. Blessings.

[@whatbringscorinajoy2724]

Loved Ode to a Nobody

[@thecampinglibrarian]

I read Odder in one sitting and fell in love with it. I did participate in Middle Grade March. I'm hoping to sneak in one more book before the month ends.

[@MLLatUtube]

My favorite so far is The Grace of Wilder Things, followed by The Swifts and The Moongarden. But I have read a lot of middle grade this month and loved most of it. I am getting better at picking books for myself I guess.

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

I still need to read The Swifts! It's on my list!

[@victoria9663]

Ooh, adding Moongarden and The Grace of Wild Things to my tbr! I did not enjoy The Penderwicks but I know I'm super in the minority with that opinion 😅. Oh my goodness I LOVED Alone too!! And you are so right - that particular scene with the animal cruelty shocked me. It was bordering YA sometimes. But wow did I love it!

[@AlwaysBooked]

Oh no! I've loved the other Jerry Craft books but I'm still waiting on School Trip!

[@BookLoverAmanda]

Loved Focused💕💕 Really related to the main character ❤

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

It was so well done!

[@Readingindarknesss]

I need to read iceberg!! Sounds great!!

[@kristenumansky8855]

That scene in alone… I saw an interview with the author about her reasoning for it and it actually made a lot of sense as to why it’s in the book.

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

Interesting. I'll have to see if I can find the interview.

[@jaynehunter-ar]

What a great month of reading you're having! I'm currently reading Amari and the Great Game and loving it just as much as the first one so far.

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

Oh yay!

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

Fantastic and amazing video love it and love you and your amazing channel ❤❤❤please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 prayers and thoughts for you and your family love your family friend John ❤❤❤

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

Thank you John!

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

@@OnTheMiddleShelf no worries 😉 your welcome 🙏

[@enchantedadventuresthrough3065]

I haven't read many books this month. Most have been dnf's and I don't think I'll read another book before the month is over. Maybe I just need a break from books for a few weeks. It's been disappointing to see how many books have sucked for me. I hope you have fun reading the next set of books and have more 5 stars than in the ifrst half of the month.

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

Oh man! I'm so sorry you're having a rough reading month! That's the worst! Maybe try something completely different?

[@nicolespivey9521]

I am participating in middle grade March. So far I have read Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess, Rain Reign, and Odder. I am almost finished with A Rover's Story. I probably won't get any more middle grade books read because I need to read The Measure for my book club.

[@bytesofmemory]

I am working on the Shadow Children series and I read Keeper book 8 and should be finishing 8.5 soon. I also read a few duds that were just okay.

[@ChrissiesPurpleLibrary]

Hey girl hey! 19 middle grade books! Love it! Moon garden sounds amazing. Babysitters Graphic novels?! I need that👏🏾💯

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

The BSC graphic novels are great and so nostaly!

[@darlenefarley8193]

So far I have read Chestnut Hill, Land Of Roar, just finished How the War saved my Life, and half way through I Finely Won the War

[@rebeccaharris4823]

I read Iceberg because you mentioned it. I listened to it on Scribd and it was so good (even though I avoid anything about the Titanic because it creeps me out)... I loved Jennifer Nielsen's writing!

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

Not gonna lie the Titanic freaks me out too. But this one was great!

[@dwoodw6990]

I ended up DNFing The Girl Who Drank the Moon. I could not get into it at all. Maybe I'll try it again later, but probably not.

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

It's a rough one with a very particular writing style.

[@AvigailRaphel]

Amanda, I enjoyed hearing about and watching the books you read up to now for Middle-Grade March. Up to now, I read 13 middle-grade books and started my 14th one. From the books I read, I enjoyed the following: 1. Attack of the Black Rectangles - Amy Sarig King (A.S. King); 2. The Last Cuentista - Donna Barba Higuera; 3. Lupe Wong Won't Dance - Donna Barba Higuera; 4. The Ogress and the Orphans - Kelly Barnhill (loved book 5 ✨, even though I didn't like The Girl Who Drunk the Moon as well.); 5. No Matter the Distance - Cindy Balwin (fantastic own voices book as the main character and the author have CF); 6. Amari and the Night Brothers - B. B. Alston; 7. Amari and the Great Game - B. B. Alston.

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

Wow that is a great list of books!!

[@nicolebookstoberead3270]

I read winterhouse and secrets of winterhouse

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

Hope you enjoyed them!

[@an80slady]

I just read Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus,l; there's a neurodivergent character with Tourrette Syndrome and i lol l be reading Allies by Alan Gratz .

[@OnTheMiddleShelf]

I loved Insignificant Events!

[@wendyhoward2699]

BTW, I miss your curls!

[@splitreads]

Why are they always 12 years old? 😂😂😂