Middle Grade March TBR

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

I really want to read Wolf Hollow and Sophia's War this year too!

[@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace]

Tempestuous! GREAT word for March! 😂 I hope you love Howl’s Moving Castle!!! I think it's delightful.

[@sarahdavies3789]

I’m also struggling with the 80s prompt 🤪 My TBR includes Flying Lessons, What Momma Left Me, One Crazy Summer, Fighting Words, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

[@Amy_loopsandliterature]

Great stack Katie! I am so excited for MGM! My TBR is ever growing, but what I have compiled so far are: The Brave, Pages and Co. The Lost Fairytales, One Crazy Summer, A Place to Hang the Moon, Wolf Hollow, Ralph S. Mouse, Sarah Plain and Tall, and Raymie Nightingale! I am sure I will add several more, but I am really looking forward to digging into this stack!

[@sandersb374]

I read Wolf Hollow recently and really enjoyed her work!!

[@cnohero]

I’ve never read Ronald Dahl’s Matilda published in 1988 so I’m using that for the decade I was born.

[@estherhernandez8332]

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry was my favorite book in 6th grade💗

[@ambiekraftsreads]

Hey Katie!! Sounds like you have some fun reads for Middle Grade March. Never read any of these and haven't even heard of most of them. Happy Reading and God Bless

[@nancyaltizer4740]

I love Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry! It is sooo good. I loved it as a kid and have reread it as an adult. I have the next book in the series and hope to read it in March.

[@starian72]

Yaaay! So happy to finally see the Brave on Booktube!!! I had pre-ordered it even though I rarely read middle grade but it was a 5 star read. I always rave about it!

[@bnbbowen1]

You've picked so many good ones! My family loves Howl's Moving Castle, Rump, and A Pinch of Magic. I just read When You Trap a Tiger last month and I loved it so SO much. Also The Girl Who Walked on Air sounds absolutely delightful. I'm going to have to track it down.

[@jennykeith8965]

I’m so excited for MGM! This year I’m planning to read Absolutely Truly (family) , Echo Mountain (adventure), Summer of the Mariposas (silhouette) , North Child (fairy tale), Inside Out & Back Again (set in 1970s) and The Brave. I can’t wait!

[@beautifulminutiae]

I haven’t heard of a lot of the books you shared, which is exciting! I love finding new book recommendations 😊 I found a few more 80s books if anyone was as stuck as me - Redwall, The Sign of the Beaver & The Devil’s Arithmetic. I’m reading The Sign of the Beaver in March!

[@giselaperez6746]

Yes! I will participate in the readathon but I’m not a fan to follow social media. I usually do the readathons on my own because is a way to continue reading from the books I have in my shelves. I try not buy books during readathons unless it is necessary. I need to buy for example Brave. I love Middle Grade books when they have a message that will impact that child’s emotional-thinking development but love when the author didn’t lose how a child will think and behave. How do you accomplish that, well I will say, observe them, share with them besides research in this area. 1. Book with silhouette: A Pinch of Magic 2. Adventure-journey: Frostheart book 2 3. Family: Pages and Co. Book 2 4. Retelling: Ella Enchanted 5. Book in my decade-reserved😉 6. Group Book: Brave (in process) Have you read Wizard of One series. It is a fun series. I not always agree with some arguments but love Wish. It is a fantasy series.

[@Cooper9281]

So many awesome books! I hope you enjoy When You Trap A Tiger. It’s absolutely beautiful. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts about it. I really want to read We Dream of Space.

[@MLLatUtube]

I love Howl's Moving Castle. I have Rump on my own TBR. Looking forward to Middle Grade March!

[@suzannem5446]

So excited! We made our book club theme Middle Grade March so we could all participate! We don't all read the same book but pick a different genre/theme each month and I am very excited to read more middle grade. I am waiting on a bunch of library holds but hoping to read: Esperanza rising, Stella by starlight, The remarkable journey of Coyote Sunrise and possibly bridge to terabithia. I read A Monster Calls last year after going down the rabbit hole of middle grade recommendations and it ended up being one of my all time favorites (I may even have to re-read). Looking forward to following along!

[@AnniesBookNook]

OMG yes Howl's Moving Castle is one of my most favorite books!!! I want to continue the series sometime this year

[@TheNovelSanctuary]

I read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry last year and it was great, hope you like it!

[@josephlarson7725]

These are the books I've chosen so far for Middle Grade March: Inside Out and Back Again, Jefferson's Sons, My Name is Leon, Lion:A Long Way Home, Everything Else in the Universe, El Deafo, The Lions of Little Rock, Chains, The Brave...and Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth, if I don't complete it by end of month.- Debbie

[@katiefaithjournaling]

I just finished the book The Sisters of Straygarden Place yesterday. Which fits for both the prompt of families and silhouettes on the cover. :) And right now I'm reading The Mouse With the Question Mark Tail, which could be for the prompt of a fairytale, as it has those feels of animal fairytales.

[@gracephillips1566]

I’m planning to read Walk Two Moons and Al Capone Does My Shirts!

[@monikakamila]

I’m excited for this. I can read just middle grade . I love them. They have life lessons and friendships

[@proud2bktsmama]

Look up Georgia Peach Award winners and Newberry Award winners for middle school. They usually have a pretty good list, even further back than the 80s.

[@tanyawillisanderson]

Sophia’s War looks great! My son just read an Avi book for 8th grade English class.

[@monikakamila]

I don’t have my TBR yet but will very soon

[@AlwaysPiper]

Yay for the Rooftoppers! I wanted to recommend it and then you mentioned it yourself, it's so so wonderful ☺️❤️ Recently I also finished The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell and I fell in love with her story again, I truły recommend it and her other books! 🙂

[@WildeBookGarden]

Howl's Moving Castle is such a fun one! And I've read In Darkling Wood by Emma Carroll and really enjoyed it, super excited to pick up some of her other work!

[@TheBookishMom]

I have Howell's Moving Castle on my March TBR too!

[@erinstewart2127]

I'm also planning on Rump. I'm planning on the second Vanderbeeker book for a book about a family, Saavy or Watsons Go to Birmingham for an adventure/journey book, and Brown Girl Dreaming for the silhouette. I haven't decided any other ones yet. If you ever want to read another Revolutionary War Middle Grade book, the series that starts with Chains is very good (Forge, Ashes).

[@genresandjournals]

Howl’s Moving Castle is a lot of fun. Hope you have a great March!

[@amusicalbookworm]

Howl’s Moving Castle is one of my favorite books ever! I will be rereading it in March! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

[@dr.suezettealoysiaandcarla1664]

Yesss, 'Middle Grade Books' Fav of ours! we dedicated our last video to the 'Cause" Thanks you so much Katie :~)

[@monikakamila]

I love middle grade too

[@barbarachmura2695]

An amazing group of books! Thanks for bringing them up!

[@sweet_t_reads]

The only book I know I’m reading is ‘Dreamwood’ by Heather MacKay. I’d like to read more but it depends on what all I can fit in.

[@katehowereads]

So many lovely whimsical reads. I hope you find some new favorites!

[@Georgesmomsu]

So many new authors to check out. I hope you enjoy Howls Moving Castle.

[@RaineyDayReads]

I think I’m going to read some Baby Sitter’s Club AND Howl’s Moving Castle now that I’ve heard about that being an 80s novel. I’ve been wanting to read that for a long time.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

YES! I should not have disparaged Babysitters Club. I loved those books when I was a kid. I should probably reread at least one at some point! You’ll have to report how they hold up. :)

[@RaineyDayReads]

@@LifeBetweenWords1 lol I’ve re-read a couple over the years. They are definitely dated and fluffy but I like the nostalgia of it. Lol

[@thisbibliophagist]

When I first looked over the prompts I actually misread the one about the decade & was searching for a book published the year I was born. 🥴 🤦🏻‍♀️ Surprisingly, I found one that looks like it will be great! Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian published 1981.

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

Way to go!! The 80s is hard enough! I’m delighted you (unwittingly) went above and beyond! 😂🙌🏻

[@thisbibliophagist]

@@LifeBetweenWords1 I was so stressed! I was going to message one of y'all & ask for some assistance. 🤣

[@readalongwithmisskim7596]

I am also an 80’s baby and last year I made myself a personal reading challenge where I read 10 books for every year of the 80’s and my favorite read hands down was Dear Mr Henshaw by Beverly Cleary . It is an epistolary novel ( which you mentioned is often a favorite format of yours ) . It is short , sweet, and heartwarming . It also has a follow up named Strider which is also delightful. I would recommend that one because you can know CK that one off in an hour or two and it is actually pretty great ( in my humble opinion ) . If you need other 80’s recommendations let me know I have a few others I enjoyed reading last year .

[@LifeBetweenWords1]

I thought about reading Dead Mr Henshaw! I never have and I know I should. I’d love to hear more recs from the 80s!! (What a cool challenge you gave yourself, btw!)

[@readalongwithmisskim7596]

@@LifeBetweenWords1 it is really good !!! And short !! Lol

[@readalongwithmisskim7596]

I turned 40 last year so my full challenge was to read a book published every year starting at the year I was born ( 1980 ) and ending with a 2020 release . I read several middle grade /YA titles in that mix and I did read a MG for each year of the 80’s because I was youngest TGN and wanted to catch so that I may have missed while growing up I read a lot of Babysitters Club , Goosebumps, Sweet Valley High to name a few LOL so I missed any of the decent literature that came out at the time lol. Don’t judge me but until last year I hadn’t read any Roald Dahl books :( So I read a couple of those. They are very funny. I also explored Ramona books and a few Newberry honors to complete my challenge LOL Not any deep reads but in 2020 I could use light, and humorous so they all rated between 3.5-5 :) I’ll send you a pick of the ones I actually read with a list of a few that peeked my interest but I never got too :) Hope that helps .

[@BooksAndJams]

I've got When You Trap a Tiger on hold at the library. Really hoping it comes in before the end of the month. I think I'm 4th or 5th in line. You have some good ones! I also have a couple Katherine Rundell books on my shelves and haven't read them. Amanda said the same thing. Too funny. We need to change that!

[@meredithgreene4817]

I think you will love Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. I can remember reading this back in the early 80’s or late 70’s. Let us know what you think!

[@hometravel3205]

Have you ever read any Christopher Pike books? Awesome nineties YA. His “Last Vampire” series is a personal favorite.

[@ThatBronxgirl7]

The books you've chosen look interesting and fun read. Especially, the Avi book. I read a book last year that was set during the Revolutionary War. It was called Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson by Ann Turner. I loved it. I'm tempted to read it again. I'm going to try and read books by Irish writers this month both Middle Grade and Adult. Try being the key word :)

[@proud2bktsmama]

Is there a link to your challenge prompts?