#MGCarousel – July 2023

Our month-long Middle Grade reading challenge is designed so you can choose your own books and set a comfortable pace. All you need to play along are books which match the month’s featured theme.

Our challenge this July is…

July 2023 at Middle Grade Carousel. Staying Alive: Middle Grade survival stories. Hosted at Elymnifoquent.com.

Staying Alive

Middle Grade Survival Fiction

Join us in reading Middle Grade books about survival during the month of July! We recommend looking for stories with life-or-death scenarios, adventures about humans vs. nature, characters who brave natural disasters, and perils set anywhere from frozen mountain peaks to sizzling desert wastelands.

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On Display

Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe

Sparkling in the light streaming through the window, the whole town of Auteri was made in sugar. Each building was spun out of golden sugar strands, down to the curtains on the windows and the cobblestones in the street. In the glowing afternoon rays streaming down, the sugary town was radiant.

Eva Evergreen: Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe

#amreading in broad daylight

Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this June? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!

Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel June 2023: You Are My Sunshine features the book SOME SUNNY DAY by Adam Baron.

The coronavirus has everyone in lockdown, leaving Cymbeline Igloo with nothing much to do. When Cym starts a home learning project all about their school’s cook, Mrs Stebbings, a bit of exploring and an unusual encounter draws him into an investigation that turns his jumble of WWII facts into something much more mysterious.

Check our #MGCarousel Challenges page for more info.