My read of the year for 2025 was definitely Heart Seer: The Tale of Anise Star by Rowan Foxwood! It tells such a delightful and unique tale 💫🐺
Read my review here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/review-heartseer-the-tal... ✨
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#review #fantasy #middlegrade

Happy holidays 🎄!! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas if you celebrate 🎉
Featuring a book I haven't read yet but that looks wonderfully Christmassy ✨
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#christmas #middlegradebook #winter

I just finished Hedgewitch, a great witchy read for the start of Autumn 🌟🧹🍂!
I rate it 4 ⭐
You can read my review here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/review-hedgewitch-by-sky... 🔮

I recently finished The Secret Lake by Karen Inglis 🌀. It's an exciting time-travelling adventure, perfect for younger readers 💫 I give it 4 ⭐
You can read my review here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/review-the-secret-lake-b... ✨🌿
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#timetravel #bookreview #fantasy

Some strawberry lemonade while I finished my latest read, Heartseer: The Tale of Anise Star 🍓🍋🥤 It was amazing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
Read my review here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/review-heartseer-the-tal...
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#middlegrade #bookreview #magic #quest

A fun outing to a cute little book store 🌸📖
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My book blog with reviews 💫: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/review-chronicles-of-whe...
#middlegrade #bookstore #bookshelf

Spotted the book I recently finished in a bookstore ✨!
💫Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment is an entertaining book featuring a magical school in a fantasy world. 💫
You can read my review here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/review-chronicles-of-whe... 🌟
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#middlegrade #bookreview #magic

“The thing about her magic that (Juniper) had always known, and kept as a bright and uncertain secret within her, was about to be shared, and she rather suspected it would change everything.”🌟✨🔮
I give Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment 3⭐ and ½
💫Read my review here! https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/review-chronicles-of-whe... 💫
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#middlegrade #bookreview #magic

I love how the wall is painted like the night sky 🌃 It makes it looks like the books are floating off into space...
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#middlegrade #bookstore #bookshelf

Another day, another trip to the bookstore 📚...
I love browsing magical books, especially when it comes to be Halloween time ✨ These ones especially caught my eye when I went out yesterday!
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#middlegrade #witchy

“As Kallie reached out a hand for the quill, something seized her from behind and she was dragged backwards into blackness…” 🌿🌠
A spooky summer read! Good for transitioning from summer to fall :)
🎭Check out my review and book suggestions here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2024/08/20/review-the-wildstorm-cur... 🎭
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#middlegrade #witch #summercamp

Kallie and her friends come face to face with an ominous supernatural entity in the forest surrounding their theatre camp 🎭🌿
I really enjoyed this book‘s unique blend of magic and theatre in a wonderful woodsy setting! I give it ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎭Look here for my full review and book recommendations : https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2024/08/20/review-the-wildstorm-cur... 🎭
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#middlegrade #witch #summercamp

I went to a bookstore the other day. I always have trouble deciding which book to chose from all the options 📚! I narrowed it down to these two. Can you guess which one I chose?
In other news, I'm back! Sorry for the long absence. I hope your summers are going really well 🌿🌷☀
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#middlegrade #bookstore
#bookstack

I'm finally back with a book review! Sorry it took so long 📚
In this book, join Emily on a quest to find her parents in a parallel world of magic and danger at the heart of London – The Midnight Hour brims with imagination and thrills ✨!
I give it ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
🕰 Read my full review here: newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2024/03/27/review-the-midnight-hour-by-benjamin-read-and-laura-trinder/ 🕰
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#middlegrade #middlegrademarch

A colourful book display! I had fun browsing the different titles 📚

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳 May your new year be full of good reading!
Here's a festive photo of Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods to celebrate 🌟
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Review of the book and book recs here 🌊https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/10/07/review-percy-jackson-and-the-chalice-of-the-gods-by-rick-riordan/
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#middlegrade #percyjackson

November is here and it's starting to get chilly! I've got to start reading some snowy books ❄
Pictured here is The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher that I read last year.
🌨My review: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/24/review-the-clockwork-cro... 🌨
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#middlegrade #snow

🎃 Happy Halloween 👻!! Here's a spooky collection of images to go along with Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows!
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Check out my review here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/03/24/review-charlie-hernandez...
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#middlegrade #latinamerican

Reading this book felt like reuniting with old friends 😊!
Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods is an exciting and funny adventure story featuring the favourite trio of heroes from the first series 💫!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (it was really. good.)
🌊Read my full review (and get recs for similar books 👀) here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/10/07/review-percy-jackson-and... 🌊
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#middlegrade

This is a really entertaining book :)! Travel with twin princesses Flissa and Sara through the treacherous lands of the Twists as they search for a magical antidote to save their mother – and maybe the whole kingdom – from an evil magician ✨🌌!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌟 Read my full review here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/09/06/review-twinchantment-by-... 🌟
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#middlegrade #kidlit #mglit

Thank you @Eggs for the tag :D https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2628010
🎥 I do love going out to the movies! Cozily watching from home can be nice too though.
✍ Well, since I can't say reading (ha ha!), I'd have to say writing :) Which I guess is pretty similar, but hopefully it still counts!
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The photo is from a colourful display of cloth-bound books in a nearby bookstore 📚

This book was written a while ago but when I picked it up in the library it seemed like so much fun I had to give it a shot! And I‘m happy I did, because I loved it 😊! Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
I highly recommend it if you like countryside magical witchy themes 🌿✨🌸
My full review and suggestions for similar books are here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/08/24/review-the-magical-misad... 💫

I finally got to finish another book 🎉!! In Kingdom of Secrets, soar in a hot-air balloon with Prismena and Abi as they explore the mysterious Kingdom of Oren and uncover a sinister plot!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½
🌤 I wrote a full review on my blog, check it out here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/review-kingdom-of-secret... 🌤
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#middlegrade #royalty #rebellion #kidlit #mglit

Some books I was looking at the other day 🌸 Right behind me was this ledge perfect for picture-taking!
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#bookdisplay #mglit #middlegrade

A colourful display in a cosy bookstore 📚 I always love seeing The Series of Unfortunate Events, and it was fun to spot it among these other exciting books!
How have you been enjoying July 🌸?
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#bookdisplay #mglit #middlegrade

A snapshot of a matcha strawberry lemonade and vegan blueberry pastry from when I was reading No Place Like Home by Linh S. Nguyễn 🍵🥐
🪄 Check out my review here 🪄 https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/03/31/review-no-place-like-hom...
This is my first post with this kind of photo! What do you think :)?
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#middlegrade #magical #fantasy #quest #noplacelikehome #mglit #kidlit

A brilliant book! Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess has Sherlock Holmes‘ clever fourteen-year-old sister delving into a captivating mystery full of family secrets, deception and disguises 🔎🌼!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🕵️‍♀️ You can read my whole review on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/04/10/review-enola-holmes-the-...
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#middlegrade #mystery #enolaholmes #sherlockholmes #mglit

My last book for #middlegrademarch! No Place Like Home whisks a lonely immigrant teenager into the enchanted world of Silva, where she must undertake a dangerous magical quest and find her way “home”🌻
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½
✨You can read my whole review on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/03/31/review-no-place-like-hom... ✨
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#middlegrade #magical #fantasy #quest #noplacelikehome #mglit #kidlit

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½
Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows combines adventure with myth as it whisks its hero from middle school to a legendary battle between the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead 💀
💫My full review (and some of the downsides of this book) is on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/03/24/review-charlie-hernandez... 💫
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#middlegrade #middlegrademarch #latinamerican

Is it still winter where you live ❄? For a fun snowy read, I would recommend Winterhouse by Ben Guterson! (above is the back cover ✨)
You can read my review and get recommendations for similar books here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/review-winterhouse-by-be... ⛄
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#mg #childrensbook #middlegrade #mglit #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #middlegrademarch

Happy New Year! Winterhouse is a cozy read if you'd like a book to welcome in the new year 🎊
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Read my review and get recommendations for similar books here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/review-winterhouse-by-be... ❄
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#mg #childrensbook #middlegrade #mglit #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #newyear

“She (…) saw, folded inside the parcel, a piece of white paper. She opened it and a key fell out. She read the words on the paper.
‘Danger!
DO NOT ASSEMBLE.
For the journey is long and the road leads to darkness.'”
– The Clockwork Crow
❄Read my review and find similar books here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/24/review-the-clockwork-cro... ❄
#mg #childrensbook #middlegrade #mglit #middlegradebooks

The Clockwork Crow is a whimsical winter's tale set in a mansion full of secrets and dangerous magic! Perfect for curling up with on Christmas Eve 🎄
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
❄Read my full review on my website: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/24/review-the-clockwork-cro... ❄
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#mg #childrensbook #middlegrade #mglit #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #christmas

I've translated the Morse code at the bottom and it says 'Nicholas' 👀 Very interesting...
🕵️‍♀️ If you'd like to see my full review of The Mysterious Benedict Society and also get recommendations for similar books, check it out here: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/15/review-the-mysterious-be...
The photo is of the back cover :)
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#mg #middlegrade #mglit #kidlit #mystery

The Mysterious Benedict Society has plenty of intriguing puzzles, quirky characters, and a plot that‘s full of surprises!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🔎 Check out my full review on my website: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/15/review-the-mysterious-be... 🔎
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#mg #childrensbook #middlegrade #mglit #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #mystery

“‘Welcome to the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs.‘
An enormous hall greets us, and I gasp – it‘s filled with all kinds of strange sights. A flock of fairies twinkles past like floating Christmas lights (…). Witches zip by overhead on brooms (…). What in the world have I gotten myself into?”
-Amari and the Night Brothers🌌
Image from UK cover!
https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/09/20/review-amari-and-the-nig...

I would recommend The Girl and the Ghost for readers who would enjoy an eerie and thrilling tale about a girl with a ghostly friend confronting difficulties and dangers in a magical Malaysian setting. 🦗
✨Do you want find out about some similar books? Check out my review where I include suggestions for what you might want to read next! https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/09/09/review-the-girl-and-the-... ✨
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#mglit

A fast-paced fantasy with twists and turns! Amari and the Night Brothers captivates readers with strong characters and an exciting plot.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌌 I wrote a full review on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/09/20/review-amari-and-the-nig... 🌌
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#mg #childrensbook #middlegrade #mglit #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #magical #fantasy #magic

A chilling ghost story with a warm heart, The Girl and the Ghost intertwines a mysterious tale of Malaysian witchery with a story of family and friendship!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
🦗 I wrote a full review on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/09/09/review-the-girl-and-the-... 🦗
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#mg #childrensbook #ghost #middlegrade #mglit #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #magical #ghoststory

I would recommend The Magic Misfits to readers who enjoy an entertaining, if somewhat simplistic, good kids vs bad guys story with cool magic tricks and illusions ✨.
🪄Do you want some similar books? Check out my review where I include suggestions for what you might want to read next! https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/09/06/review-the-magic-misfits... 🪄
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(The red square is to cover the bar code)
#mglit #mg

The Magic Misfits is an entertaining story about a team of kids from different backgrounds who use magical tricks to fight crime!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½
✨ I wrote a full review on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/09/06/review-the-magic-misfits... ✨
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#mg #childrensbook #magic #middlegrade #mglit #magicbooks #magictrick #magician #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #magical

Back cover of The Wall and the Wing 🌆
Do you want to know why the handcuffs are floating 👀? Read my full review to find out if you'd like to read the book: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/review-the-wall-and-the-... 💫
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#fantasy #magicrealism #mg #childrensbook #magic #invisibility #middlegrade #mglit #magicbooks #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #magical

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
The weird and wonderful world of The Wall and the Wing is like no other. Reading this amazingly creative book will send your imagination soaring!
🌆 My full review is on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/review-the-wall-and-the-... 🌆
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#fantasy #magicrealism #mg #childrensbook #magic #invisibility #middlegrade #mglit #magicbooks #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #magical

I would recommend Long Lost to readers who enjoy reading about ghosts and about a girl discovering hidden histories in a strange new town, and who don‘t mind a simple and rather dark plot along with some very mean-spirited characters.
⭐ I wrote a full review on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/08/21/review-long-lost-by-jacq... ⭐
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#ghoststory #middlegrade #mglit #magicbooks #middlegradebooks #bookreview #magical

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½
Long Lost is a ghost story wrapped up in a tale of family tensions that will send chills down your spine - if you're prepared to wait patiently for them.
👻 I wrote a full review on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/08/21/review-long-lost-by-jacq... 👻
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#ghoststory #ghosts #middlegrade #mglit #magicbooks #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #magical

Overall, The Great Fox Illusion was lots of fun to read and made great use of magic tricks in the plot. I give it ⭐⭐⭐⭐!
💫 My full review is on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/review-the-great-fox-ill.... 💫
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#middlegrade #mglit #magicbooks #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #magical #fiction #childrensliterature

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Great Fox Illusion is an exciting, magic-filled adventure with an interesting main character and some surprising twists. The magic is not the supernatural kind, however, but the magic trick kind!
💫 I wrote a full review on my blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/review-the-great-fox-ill... 💫
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#middlegrade #mglit #magicbooks #middlegradebooks #bookreview #bookcover #kidlit #magical

The back cover of Nightingale by Deva Fagan ✨ I love the artwork on this one!
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(The book itself is great too! 💫 I reviewed it on my book blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/review-nightingale-by-de...
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#middlegradebooks #middlegrade #childrensbooks #bookillustration #bookcover #fantasybook #fantasy #mglit #kidlit #childrensliterature #bookreview

Hi Litsy 👋
Nightingale by Deva Fagan --- Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What an amazing adventure! Nightingale thrills readers with a story of magic, mystery, and a hair-raising battle against a supernatural villain ✨

There are so many things I love about this book. 💫 Check out my full review on my book blog: https://newkidonthebookreviews.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/review-nightingale-by-de...
#middlegradebooks #fantasy #middlegrade #magicbook #kidlit