Middle Grade Carousel is a series of monthly challenges for lovers and readers of middle grade books. Our theme for August is…
Stories from our past can shape us into the people we become–but what about those with magical bloodlines, famous ancestors, or parents of another species?
I couldn’t keep my jaw from falling open. The house was not a house, nor was it a mansion—it was somewhere between a mall and a castle. There were more chimneys and windows than any chimney or window store could ever possibly stock.
Pillage
Obert Skye
If your last name ended in “berg” or “zog” or “stein,” you lived on the north side. If your last name ended in “elli” or “ini” or “o,” you lived on the south side….my house was right smack in the middle of town. Not on the north side. Not on the south side. Just somewhere in between.
The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt
Can you spot a book a house on your shelf? Add to our collection in the comments!
I am on my mountain in a tree home that people have passed without ever knowing that I am here. The house is a hemlock tree six feet in diameter, and must be as old as the mountain itself.
My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George
Can you spot a book cover with house guests on your shelf? Add to our collection in the comments!
“Aye, lad, it’s an inn,” said the ragman, and all at once it came into sight, a ramshackle, three-story house, lit up bone-white in the moonlight.
The Half-A-Moon Inn
Paul Fleischman
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