Recommended Reading: Fantasy – Middle Grade (3) 

Gregory the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (and sequels). Chapter Book. “When his two-year-old sister Boots tumbles into an air duct in his building’s laundry room, Gregor leaps after her and they fall, à la Alice, into another world. Gregor wants desperately to get home—until he hears that his father, who left Gregor heavy-hearted by disappearing […]

A Look Into Middle Grade Fantasy

Fantasy is a quite popular genre for Middle Grade (ages 10 to 14 generally) readers. Six out of ten of the current NY Middle Grade Kids’ Best Sellers are fantasy. (Let’s not sleep on non-fiction though!) High Fantasy books are set in another world (think Lord of the Rings and Narnia). Low Fantasy books are […]