Middle Grade Carousel

In Training

"And you must be the junior Weatherman? Weatherman Junior? Weatherboy? I'm sorry, I don't know what a Weatherman-in-training calls himself." -The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox by Nigel Quinlan

Book Spotting!

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Book Spotting!

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I SPY … a twister!

Book covers for Chasing Helicity by Ginger Zee; The Storm Makers by Jennifer E. Smith; The Misshapes: The Coming Storm by Alex Flynn; and The Message in the Painted Rock by Tom Blanton

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"I know there is a true and scientific explanation of where the wind comes from. But I like to think it happens when clouds shrug their shoulders. When stars spin hard enough for a few lucky people on earth to get caught up in their cosmic whirl. Sometimes wind just feels like weather. But sometimes it feels special, like it's carrying something with it." -The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd

Show and Tell

Show & Tell: share an author whose books you always preorder.

Do Tell!

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Tumbling Around

I pretended I was not scared at all of a hurricane ripping our house up and possibly tumbling us around like we were socks in the dryer.

Justin Case: Shells, Smells, and the Horrible Flip-Flops of Doom
Rachel Vail

I SPY … rain!

Book covers for Rise of Zombert by Kara LaReau; The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth; Zatanna and the House of Secrets by Matthew Cody & Yoshi Yoshitani; The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox by Nigel Quinlan; Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman; Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin; The Jumbie God's Revenge by Tracey Baptiste; Into the Wind by Ginger Zee; and Wayside School: Beneath the Cloud of Doom by Louis Sachar

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Book Spotting!

Book Spotting: can you guess which Middle Grade cover this is taken from?

Book Spotting!

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Snow Country

"The region was in the Snow Country, and there would still be several months of heavy snow before any real break in the weather would come. Nevertheless the New Year's festival served to remind people that there was an end to the long winter." -Village of the Vampire Cat by Lensey Namioka