Our #MGCarousel reading challenge this month is all about HISTORICAL FICTION. CJ and Elza are popping back to the 1800s to enjoy stories of invention, expansion, migration, and mystery.
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The Stranger
Peerage
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Nonsense
Enola Holmes
April 3 is National Tweed Day, and what better way to celebrate than with allusions to Sherlock Holmes! The fictional detective is famous for his tweedy attire. Both his trademark deerstalker cap and his sleeveless Inverness cape were made of the rough, woolen cloth so suitable to London’s damp and highland’s moors. One of my favorite middlegrade series casts Sherlock in a new light. He and Mycroft are the much older brothers of a clever girl named Enola.
Solving Crime Runs in the Family