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A mother-daughter duo dedicated to all things Middle Grade, CJ & Elza run a series of monthly reading challenges. You can also find them on Twitter: @kindeladies, or Instagram: @mgcarousel.

Slime-Green

You’re judging me by my outward appearance. You doubt my word solely because I’m a skull, lurking in a jar of slime-green plasm. Admit it!” —THE EMPTY GRAVE by Jonathan Stroud

Read Along!

Discover more green Middle Grade books during the month of August! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.


Check out our #MGCarousel Challenges page for more info.
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Green Violin

When Giuseppe found the green violin, he did not think it would help him escape. —THE CLOCKWORK THREE by Matthew Kirby

Read Along!

Discover more green Middle Grade books during the month of August! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.


Check out our #MGCarousel Challenges page for more info.
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Show and Tell

Show and Tell: when are your library books due?

Do Tell!

We want to know… when are your library books due? Share your answer in the comments!

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I SPY … lounging in the grass!

I SPY: Lounging in the Grass featuring the book covers of SUMMER OF BRAVE by Amy Noelle Parks; OTHERWISE KNOWN AS POSSOM by Maria D. Laso; MORE TO THE STORY by Hena Khan; and SWING IT, SUNNY by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm.

Take a Look!

Can you spot a book featuring a grassy hangout on the cover? Add to our collection in the comments.

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Book Spotting!

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

Book Spotting!

Do you recognize this Middle Grade book cover? Leave your guess in the comments!

Find more of our little guessing games on Twitter.

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Smaug the Dragon

Everyone still standing followed Bleob (not too closely) around the castle, just in time to see Smaug the Dragon gliding in for a landing. He was truly a terrible sight—big, ugly green head trailing wisps of smoke, shimmering metal scales, huge leather wings, coiling snake body, and iron claws. —KNIGHTS OF THE KITCHEN TABLE by John Scieszka

Read Along!

Discover more green Middle Grade books during the month of August! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.


Check out our #MGCarousel Challenges page for more info.
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Poisonous

With no barrier, objects from other worlds tumbled from the sky in clouds of poisonous green dust. —THE SECRETS OF SOLACE by @Jaleigh Johnson

Read Along!

Discover more green Middle Grade books during the month of August! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.


Check out our #MGCarousel Challenges page for more info.
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From the Bookshelf

From the Bookshelf: what's the first line of the book you're currently reading?

Do Tell!

We want to know… what’s the first line in the book you’re currently reading? Share your answer in the comments!

Unknown's avatarAuthor Middle Grade CarouselPosted on August 3, 2021June 4, 2021Categories Do Tell!Leave a comment on From the Bookshelf

#MGCarousel – Summer Reading Bingo

Summer Reading Bingo card for August at Middle Grade Carousel.
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#MGCarousel – August 2021

#MGCarousel – August 2021

Middle Grade Carousel is a month-long reading challenge for fans of middle grade fiction. Our challenge this August is…

August at Middle Grade Carousel: Going Green

Going Green

From mint to moss, pine, pistachio, and pickle, this month we’re eyeing the shelves for green covers!

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