The Mud Puddlers, by Pamela Rushby, for Timeslip Tuesday
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by Charlotte
1w ago
The Mud Puddlers, by Pamela Rushby (middle grade, April 2023, Walker Books Australia), is a must read for anyone in the ven diagram of liking mud larking and liking juvenile time travel, as it combines both in a nicely absorbing package! Nina is tremendously angry that her parents are going off on a scientific expedition to Antarctica and shipping her from their home in Australia to her Aunt Bea in London.  Even the rather cool prospect of living in a converted barge on the Thames, and spending time with her aunt who she has liked before being packaged off to stay with her, does nothing ..read more
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Seven Days Wonder, by Elizabeth Denys, for Timeslip Tuesday
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by Charlotte
3w ago
Back again with a time travel book for this Tuesday!  Seven Days Wonder, by Elizabeth Denys, illustrated by Margery Gill, is the sort of book that readers of mid-20th-century fiction will pounce on, and then if they are me they will be very happy to see that it's a time travel book! It's a rather sweet story of a lonely little Victorian girl, Louisa, who slips through time into the mid 20th century when she falls while swinging and is unconscious.  When she comes to herself, the house and garden that should be familiar is all wrong; not nearly as grand and tidy as it should be ..read more
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Countdown to Yesterday, by Shirley Marr, for Timeslip Tuesday
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by Charlotte
1M ago
Countdown to Yesterday, by Shirley Marr (June 2024, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, middle grade) is a blend of realist fiction with sci fi (ish) time travel.  When we meet 11 James, he's feeling that things are rather off at home, though the only thing that's truly strange is his Chinese-Australian mother entering the school's cake making fundraiser for the first time and picking out the most challenging one from all on offer in the Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book.  But then things abruptly fall apart; his mother tells him she's moving out to ..read more
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The Rushton Inheritance, by Elisabeth Mace, for Timeslip Tuesday
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by Charlotte
2M ago
Back with another vintage one for Timeslip Tuesday--The Rushton Inheritance (1978), by Elisabeth Mace.  It's a nice seasonal read set in a rural pub in the cold and snowy north of 19th century England. Tom's time at school is running out; soon he'll be old enough to work alongside his father in the family pub.  He feels (with good reason) trapped, and dreams of running off to London to do something (he's not sure what exactly....).  Escaping the needy baby of the family who he gets stuck with more than he thinks is right and his youngest sister, who's a bit of a brat, woul ..read more
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The Future Took Us, by David Severn, for Timeslip Tuesday
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by Charlotte
2M ago
I'm back with another vintage time travel book for this Tuesday--The Future Took Us, by David Severn (1958, Puffin Books).  Two mid-20th century schoolboys (Peter, the protagonist, and Dick) are saved from being caned by their headmaster by being suddenly and inexplicably plunged out of his study and into the countryside. It is a not quite right countryside, which disturbingly includes an impossibly high (by mid 20th century standards) metal tower, partially ruined.... Its inhabitants, living Medieval subsistence farming sort of lives, with no technology (not even the wheel), speak an al ..read more
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The Secret Library, by Kekla Magoon, for Timeslip Tuesday
Charlotte's Library
by Charlotte
2M ago
  The Secret Library, by Kekla Magoon, has been out since May, and having enjoyed other books by the author, and liking libraries, I meant to read it....and then about a month ago I realized it was a time travel book, so there was no more waiting and here it is as this week's Timeslip Tuesday book. Dally is a child of great wealth and privilege, but her life is horrible circumscribed.  Her grandpa, who brought adventure and fun into her life, has died, her (black) father died when she was very young, and her (white) mother is inflexibly focused on training Dally to someday assume co ..read more
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Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood, by Robert Beatty, for Timeslip Tuesday
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by Charlotte
3M ago
As is often the case, to write about a book for Timeslip Tuesday is to spoil it right of the bat. But knowing Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood, by Robert Beatty, involves time travel doesn't spoil the readers enjoyment of the book, and it's pretty clear early on that there's weirdness of a temporal sort going on.... Thirteen year old Sylvia was found alone in a storm as a very young child, and was taken in by Highground, a temporary home and school for children in difficult circumstances.   She watched as the other children went home or found new foster homes, but Highground was al ..read more
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My round-ups of middle grade sci fi and fantasy have come to an end
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by Charlotte
3M ago
 It is with regret mixed with relief that I've decided to indefinitely put an end to my weekly round-ups.  I need my Sunday morning time for other things.  It was good while it lasted (over 700 weeks of mg sci fi fantasy goodnesss!) but interest had decreased (both the readership and my interest). Thanks for visiting it while it was up and running ..read more
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No round-up this Sunday
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by Charlotte
4M ago
 It's an archaeology conference weekend for me, so no round-up this week.  See you next  Sunday ..read more
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This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and science fiction from around the blogs (10/13/24)
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by Charlotte
4M ago
 Hi all, here's what I found this week!  let me know if I missed your post, a review of your book, or anything else that I missed! The Reviews Children of the Ancient Heroes: Dreams and Nightmares, by Russell J. Fellows, at Bookworm for Kids The Chronicles of Viktor Valentine 1, by Z Brewer, at Mark My Words The Diamond of Darkhold (Book of Ember #4), by Jeanne DuPrau, at Sweaters & Raindrops  It Watches in the Dark, by Jeff Strand, at Twirling Book Princess The Gods' Revenge, by Katherine Marsh, at Mark My Words Lenny Among Ghosts, by Frank Marie Re ..read more
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