Author: N.D. Wilson – Middle Grade Carousel

#amreading door-to-door

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

Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel May 2023: Show Them the Door features the book THE DOOR BEFORE by N. D. Wilson.

Hyacinth Smith can see things that others miss, stop dogs from attacking, and grow trees where none have sprung before. And when her family inherits a house from their great-aunt, Hyacinth sees trouble brewing from the magical doors her great-aunt spent a lifetime creating.

Soon Hyacinth is embroiled in a battle against an immortal enemy, the witch-queen Nimiane, and finds herself traversing to worlds unknown and unimaginable.

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#MGCarousel – 20 Middle Grade Books with Locks and Keys

20 Middle Grade books with Locks and Keys: A high-security collection of Middle Grade books featuring hidden treasure, secret portals, and historical heirlooms.

Our #MGCarousel reading challenge this month is all about LOCKS AND KEYS. If you’re ready to unlock the possibilities, CJ and Elza have gathered 20 Middle Grade books that feature padlocks, skeleton keys, secret doors, treasure chests, and more high-security places.

#amreading securely

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

Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel May 2022: Under Lock and Key features the book 100 CUPBOARDS by N. D. Wilson

Twelve-year-old Henry York arrives in Henry, Kansas to stay with his uncle’s family. Everything seems ordinary in their small farmhouse until something goes bump in the night—literally.

Soon Henry and his cousins are entangled in an adventure that includes strangers in the abandoned bedroom, secret cupboards in the guest room, and officiated messages from impossible places.

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Bingo Squares

Looking for books that fit our current Book Bingo challenge? Here are a few recommendations to help you read for a win!

Brown Cover

Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson
Masterpiece by Elise Broach
The Chestnut King by N. D. Wilson

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Can you find a book with a brown cover on your shelf? Share an MG read you’d add to our stack in the comments!

Fair Warning

"Do not travel the cupboards unless you are braced to witness murder, wander tombs, and crawl through bone-filled ruins." —DANDELION FIRE by N. D. Wilson

Read Along!

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

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Bingo Squares

Need a little help finding books that fit this month’s bingo board? Here are a few recommendations!

Double ‘O’ in the Title

Effie Starr Zook Has One More Question by Martha Freeman

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
The Dragon’s Tooth by N. D. Wilson
Effie Starr Zook Has One More Question by Martha Freeman

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Can you find a book with double ‘o’ words in the title on your home bookshelf?

Farmyard Magic

"The wind scratched its back along the side of the barn. The stars swung slowly across the roof of the world." -100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson

Bingo Squares

Need a little help finding books that fit this month’s bingo board? Here are a few recommendations!

Portal Fantasy

Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye

The Key and the Flame by Claire M. Caterer

Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye
The Key & The Flame by Claire M. Caterer
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson

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What’s your favorite book set in another world?

Something Wrong

In Henry’s mind, magic was something wrong, something bent, dangerous.

Dandelion Fire
N.D. Wilson

Dandelion Fire by N. D. Wilson

We Play

Frank looked at his nephew. "Henry, we play baseball tomorrow. Today we sack cities. Dots! Fetch me my tools! Down with the French! Once more into the breach, and fill the wall with our coward dead! Half a league! Half a league! Hey, batter, batter!" -100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson