Author: Rachel Vail – Middle Grade Carousel

Friend or Foe?

Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is SOME FRIENDLY COMPETITION. Find more magical Middle Grade books during the month of April.

“Xavier Schwartz was my enemy until third grade, and maybe he still is, or maybe he’s one of my best friends. He’s the kind of friend who is a little scary and hard to decide about, like maybe that was a friendly hug he was giving me or maybe that is called beating me up.” —JUSTIN CASE: SHELLS, SMELLS, AND THE HORRIBLE FLIP-FLOPS OF DOOM by Rachel Vail

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Tumbling Around

I pretended I was not scared at all of a hurricane ripping our house up and possibly tumbling us around like we were socks in the dryer.

Justin Case: Shells, Smells, and the Horrible Flip-Flops of Doom
Rachel Vail