Category: middle grade

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📓 March Wrap Up 📓

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What an odd month. Life as we know it has changed for now, and I think we’re all still trying to adjust to the new normal. I know it took a toll on my mental health, so it definitely affected my reading.

I don’t know if that affected my ratings or not, but I read a lot of meh books this month. They weren’t great but weren’t bad either. Here’s what I read:

  1. Lovestruck by Kate Watson ⭐⭐.5
  2. Don’t Check Out This Book! by Kate Klise ⭐⭐⭐
  3. Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  4. The Queen’s Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  5. All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  6. We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian ⭐⭐.5
  7. Music From Another World by Robin Talley ⭐⭐⭐
  8. Hungry for Your love by Lori Perkins ⭐⭐⭐
  9. All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault ⭐⭐⭐

I didn’t really have a favorite this month. The middle of the month was best reading wise. I liked Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak, The Queen’s Assassin and All the Stars and Teeth. I liked that I read more fantasy this month. I may try to read more next month. It’s a great way to forget about the real world and get lost in a made up one.

My least favorite was We are the Wildcats. I was just so disappointed. It was my most anticipated this month and it was just a total let down.

✔️ Stats✔️

  • Goodreads Goal: 30/120. I lowered my goal this month. I’m not really reading a ton of audios, and my eyeball reading just isn’t cutting it. I read 9 ebooks this month, which is more than last month, so at least I’m improving!
  • I read 3134 pages, which is a little less than last month. But I did read one more ebook than last month! I didn’t do any audios this month. My average rating was 3.22⭐.
  • I consumed 1 romance, mystery, and horror, 2 fantasies, and 4 contemporaries.
  • For audiences, I read 1 middle grade, 1 adult and 7 YA.
  • I read seven ARCs, which is one more than last month! I am trying super hard to get through those and get caught up.

✔️ Yearly Goals Check In ✔️

  • Monthly Goal of 15 a Month: I read 9 this month. I think I will lower this goal to 10. Ten books a month is definitely doable, and I think I would have hit that had this month not been so weird.
  • TBR Goal: I kept doing the posts every Sunday, along with a bonus post. As far as reading 20 this year – well, I am at 4. But there is still time! And I’m only 28 away from getting it below 1800! I’m excited to see where we are at the end of the year.
  • Words & Whimsy: I did a chat with Eric Smith this month which was so much fun! Don’t Read the Comments is still my favorite book of the year! We also did an overhaul, added more mods, and started our own reading game! I’m excited to see what Words & Whimsy Reading Challenge looks like in April! It’s going to be a blast!
  • Book Battle: Words & Whimsy and Book Battle have parted ways. As I mentioned, we have our own reading game now!
  • Mithah Reads: I didn’t post as much as I wanted to this month, but I am determined to get back on track with April! I am going to do a couple blog tours next month that I’m really excited about!
  • I am still keeping up with my three reading spreadsheets, so I’m pretty proud of myself! I do love finishing a book and adding it to the sheet. It’s so satisfying!

What did you read this month? What were your favorite and least favorite reads? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

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📚 Don’t Check Out This Book! Blog Tour 📚

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📚 Title: Don’t Check Out This Book!
📚 Author: Kate Klise, M. Sarah Klise
📚 Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
📚 Publish Date: March 10, 2020
📚 Book Form: E-ARC
📚 Pages: 160
📚 Genre: MG, Humor
📚 Dates Read: Mar 7
📚 Rating: 📚📚📚.5

Thank you to Algonquin Young Readers for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and feelings are my own.

In Don’t Check Out This Book!, Appleton Elementary School has a new librarian, Rita B Danjerous. Not everyone in Appleton likes her unconventional methods or her infamous Green Dot Collection, which allows students to borrow books discreetly, without actually checking them out. Under Rita’s influence, students like Reid Durr and Ben Thinken, and even the absent-minded principal, Noah Memree, are staying up way too late reading. While Rita inspires the students and faculty alike, the new school board president and impeccably mannered shop owner Ivana Beprawpa is busy working to shut down the library and force students into uniforms available only at Beprawpa Attire. But what’s behind Ivana’s school uniform policy? A team of fifth-grade sleuths is determined to get to the bottom of Appleton’s juiciest scandal ever. 

Author Kate Klise’s books are “fresh, funny, and a delight to read” (School Library Journal). Here she uses her skill and wit to introduce kids to serious topics, such as censorship and abuse of power. “I was really motivated to cook up a book-banning character who could embody all the pettiness and corruption we see in the world today,” Klise says. “I also wanted to create some book-loving characters who could prevail in the end.” Beneath Appleton’s mystery, there is a pure, unabashed celebration of words, and the rights of all readers to choose their own books. Hilarious, empowering, and exciting, Don’t Check Out This Book! is filled with clever winks to the audience, as if to say “You’re a reader. You get it.” And by the end, we do.

Big thanks to Algonquin Young Readers for inviting me to take part in this blog tour! This was a funny, yet touching MG about the power of books and standing up for what’s right.

This book was so funny! A lot of the names were puns – like Rita B. Danjerous, Etta Toryal, and Gladys Friday. It is also an epistolary format which is my favorite format to read!

In Don’t Check Out This Book, you get memos, emails, letter, and newspaper articles that document the school hiring a brand new librarian. She has a ‘green dot’ collection of books that you don’t need your library card to check out and this is just unacceptable to the superintendent of the school. She is very against books in general. She thinks children should follow the rules.

Rita, the librarian, is trying to teach the kids to question rules and who made them. Always do what you think is right and stand for what you believe in.

This novel is a laugh-out-loud story of the power of books and loud, mean people don’t win! I think it’s a great, important read for kids aged 8-12. Perfect for a classroom!

Kate Klise is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for young readers, many of which are illustrated by her sister, M. Sarah Klise. On her way to becoming an author, Kate Klise worked as a babysitter, waitress, ice-skating instructor, and rosebush pruner. She was also a journalist and spent 15 years reporting for People magazine. When she’s not working on a new book, she enjoys traveling around the country, sharing her best writing tips and tricks with aspiring authors of all ages.

M. Sarah Klise has always had a fondness for creating colorful book reports, which began in elementary school with yarn-bound volumes on states and countries. In college, she enjoyed writing heavily illustrated letters home to her mother. Years later, she still does variations of all that when she illustrates books for young readers. She also teaches art classes in Berkley, CA.

Is Don’t Check Out This Book on your radar? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

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Down the TBR Part 14!

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So I added some books to my TBR this week… I’m up to 1863. Today I’ll be clearing the day of July 7, 2015 which is 13 books.

At first glance, I already see some I’ll keep. A lot of YA series in this one!

✔ What I Kept ✔

✔ Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

I love a good dystopian YA, and this still sounds amazing. I really need to work this in soon. I’ve almost bought it at the bookstore about 100 times!

✔ Graceling by Kristin Cashore

I’ve actually wanted to read this book for forever too! I love YA fantasies with kings and royals and forbidden romances.

✔ The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

My friend Stephanie has been trying to get me to read this! Like as of the last month or so. So, it’s staying and I’m reading it just for her.

✔ The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

I love a good ghost story around Halloween! I am going to save this one for my spooky tbr later this year!

✔ Fallen by Lauren Kate

So, I’m not sure about the synopsis, or if I’ll even like this book.

But look at that beautiful emo cover. I’ll be listening to Brand New and Taking Back Sunday while reading this.

✔ Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

I’ve never read one of Maggie’s books. I’ve been looking at this one a lot recently. I really need to read some of her work!

✔ Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I’m usually not an alien fan. However, many people have told me this is a great series. I may try this one soon!

✘ What I Deleted ✘

✘ The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

This just isn’t sounding good to me anymore. I definitely would have liked it in my younger days, but two kids trying to keep the lights going in a dystopian world is just kind of eh to me.

✘ Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

This is another I would have loved in my younger days. I just need a little more substances to my vampires now that I’m older. I’m looking for more of an Eric than an Edward, if ya know what I mean.

✘ Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

This sounds a little young for me too. The MC is 12, which I’m not opposed to, however, this just isn’t striking my fancy. I should have read this long ago.

✘ The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

I’m not a huge fan of gods, demigods, mythology.. all the books with that subject matter I end up giving low star ratings. I’m just going to save myself the pain and say nah fam.

✘ The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

I don’t know what it is, but this just does not seem appealing to me at all. Maybe its the cover? Maybe it sounds too juvenile? I don’t know but I’m going to pass.

✘ Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter

This is another paranormal book I would have loved back in the day. I just need a little more oomph now.

Wow! I kept 7/13 – over half! I think that’s the most I’ve ever kept. This was also all YA, which is pretty amazing. I figured I’d keep more once I started getting into my YA backlist.

I wish I would have read all the books I deleted in the past. The synopses sounded just like something I would have liked in my younger days. I’m sad I didn’t get to them because I feel like I wouldn’t enjoy them now.

I’m officially ending my TBR today at 1857.

What did you think about what I kept and deleted? Did I make any mistakes? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

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January 2020 TBR

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Hey guys! Here’s my TBR for January! I have two books off my TBR list, a libby book, some arcs and other ebooks to read!

I said I was going to try to read 15 books a month, so here is what I plan on reading! 11 are for Book Battle criteria, and four will count as freebies – if I read them before the 26th! That’s when Battle ends.

Book Battle Reads

Freebies

So far, I am only 43% into Grey. It’s one of my TBR books and my libby hold came in, so I wasn’t thinking it would be my first book of the year. So far I’m not loving it. Grey makes me aggravated with this thoughts. But I feel like I’m too far in to DNF. So a more thorough review to come when I finally finish it.

I have a blog tour coming up for Cub on Jan 6. Be sure to come back and check it out!

Halfway to the Grave was recommended to me by my friend and fellow Book Battle and Words & Whimsy modmin, Jordan. I’m excited to read it! She always gives the best recs.

My ARCs for this month are: The Weight of a Soul, Every Other Weekend, Cub, Second Star, Lost Boy, Don’t Read the Comments, The Weight of the Stars, Center of the Universe, You Too?, A Beginning at the End and Say Something.

Here are the Goodreads links to the books I plan on reading this month!

  1. The Weight of a Soul by Elizabeth Tammi
  2. Halfway to the Grave by Jeanine Frost
  3. Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson
  4. Cub by Cynthia L. Copeland
  5. Grey by EL James
  6. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
  7. Second Star by JM Sullivan
  8. Lost Boy by JM Sullivan
  9. Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith
  10. The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
  11. Center of the Universe by Ria Voros
  12. The Wives by Tarryn Fischer
  13. You Too? by Janet Gurtler
  14. A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
  15. Say Something by Cathy Morrison

Until next time…

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Reading goals of 2020!

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Happy New Year everyone! I was going to do a WWW Wednesday post, but decided I will just share my 2020 reading goals with yall instead! I’ll still include a little summary about what I’m reading, in case anyone in curious.

Okay, so let’s get the WWW portion done!

  • What I just finished reading: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord. Omg, so I was so excited to get invited to this blog tour. The book was adorable and a great way to end the year! Look for my blog tour post on Jan 22!
  • What I am reading now: Grey by EL James. This was one of the books off my TBR list! The Libby hold came in early so this will be the first book of the year!
  • What I am reading next: The Center of the Universe by Ria Voros and Cub by Cynthia L Copeland. I have a blog tour for Cub coming up on Jan 6. The Center of the Universe is an ARC I had from last year and it fits this month’s Book Battle theme perfectly!

READING GOALS 2020

Okay so I’m going to let you know my goodreads goal, monthly read goal, tbr goal and the goals I have for Words & Whimsy, Book Battle and the blog!

  • Goodreads Goal: Last year I read 163/150. This year I am aiming for 165. I know it’s not a huge jump. I might end up upping it. We will see where the year goes!
  • Monthly Goal: I want to read at least 15 books a month. If I can read 15, it will put me over 165. It’s a large jump, but my work hours are getting cut from 50+ to 40, so I’ll have a lot of extra time to read!
  • TBR Goal: There are two parts to this. First, keep doing my TBR posts every Sunday. Next, I want to read 20 books off my tbr this year. It’s currently sitting at 1958. I’d also love to get it below 1800 – by deleting and reading! I guess that’s three parts. Oops.
  • Words & Whimsy: I want to get back into author chats! This year was rough with illnesses and childcare, so it was hard to make a lot of chats. I would love to be on camera more and talk to our amazing authors! We did close to 50 chats in 2019 and I think we have eight lined up for January! We are going to be stacked this year and I can’t wait to see who we get to meet! I also am going to be more diligent in posting my Convince Me and any other posts I need to do! No more slacking this year!
  • Book Battle: I want to find the best recs possible for our criteria! Part of that will be upping my read count so I can find more books to fit instead of blindly throwing out recs! I also want to get better about doing my daily discussion questions!
  • Mithah Reads: This has been a learning experience, for sure! I have loved navigating the new world of blogging. I’ve learned so much. There’s a few things I want to do. I want to get invited to more blog tours! They have been so fun and I love doing them. I also want to up my follower count to 150+. I am at 52 followers right now and I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH! I never thought this many people would care what I say about books! Your support means everything. I also want to improve my reviewing skills. I plan to watch youtube videos and read other blogs to see how I can improve my craft to bring you the best reviews I can! Lastly, I am going to try to post/schedule posts at least every other day. I love blogging and want to be way more active!
  • Other goals: I want to keep up with my reading planner. I’m using the 2020 Owlcrate planner! I love it and even bought an extra! Once I get the hang of all this, I may even start trying to get into bookstagramming! I really only read ebooks, so I’ll have to figure out how to make cute pics with a Kindle, so we will see what happens.

What are your reading goals for 2020? Or personal goals? Have you set your Goodreads challenge? Follow me on Goodreads here so we can cheer each other on!

I can’t wait to get to know you more this year! Let me know what your first book of 2020 is in the comments below!

Until next time…

ARC, Horror, middle grade, mystery, two star book

Monster on the Moors ARC Review

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  • Title: Monster on the Moors
  • Author: J.M. Kelly
  • Publisher: Top Publications, Ltd.
  • Publish Date: October 31, 2019
  • Book Form: E-ARC
  • Pages: 280
  • Genre: Mystery, Horror, MG
  • Dates Read: Sept 27 – Oct 29
  • Rating: ★★

Monster On The Moors is an MG-YA horror thriller that takes place in the eerie North York Moors of England. Clairvoyant Bobby Holmes, his American cousin Brenda Watson, and their friends, wise guy Stevie and Michael (who is challenged by Asperger Syndrome), are drawn into a deadly mystery. They are hunted by an ancient wolf creature controlled by evil witches of British lore. When one of their friends is captured, they must rely on the investigations of a librarian who is more than he seems, the mystical gifts of a gypsy king, a mysterious stranger at the center of it all, and their own wits in a desperate race to save their friend and come out alive.

– Goodreads

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Sheesh. Okay. So, I got this book because I thought it would be a good Halloween read. I was mistaken.

Okay, and I know it took me almost a month to read. I started it, then had to put it down because it was taking so long to finish. 280 pages felt like forever. So I started, put it down, picked it back up. Again. And again.

When I got Monster on the Moor, I thought it was YA. I was so confused because the writing and dialogue was just… childish. I then did some research and discovered it was MG. Okay, that makes more sense. But Bobby and his band of friends go off investigating and in the woods on their own. I know I wouldn’t let my MG-aged child do half of what these guys did in the book. The character’s actions and thoughts were very YA-aged, but the dialogue was MG-aged, so I was just confused. I really spent most of the book trying to figure out their ages.

Another thing that made this book hard for me were the descriptions. They were very wordy, and I lost track of what we were describing. It ultimately made the book very hard for me to get into.

Now for some positives. There was autism rep in this book, which is always nice to see. This is also part of a series, but JM Kelly did a great job of giving enough backstory where you didn’t have to read the first book.

Would I recommend this book? I hate to say, I would not. The actions/voices of the characters didn’t match and it was just too hard to get into.

Until next time…

ARC, fantasy, Four Star Book, middle grade

BLOG TOUR! The Dark Lord Clementine ARC Review

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The new face of big evil is a little . . . small.

Dastardly deeds aren’t exactly the first things that come to mind when one hears the name “Clementine,” but as the sole heir of the infamous Dark Lord Elithor, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous has been groomed since birth to be the best (worst?) Evil Overlord she can be. But everything changes the day the Dark Lord Elithor is cursed by a mysterious rival.

Now, Clementine must not only search for a way to break the curse, but also take on the full responsibilities of the Dark Lord. As Clementine forms her first friendships, discovers more about her own magic than she ever dared to explore, and is called upon to break her father’s code of good and evil, she starts to question the very life she’s been fighting for. What if the Dark Lord Clementine doesn’t want to be dark after all?

– Goodreads

Thank you to Netgalley and Algonquin Young Readers for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Also thanks for inviting me on the blog tour! All views and opinions are my own.

This book was so adorable! And it has…

Thanks, giphy!

What I liked:

The Dark Lord Clementine is such an adorable Middle Grade novel about coming of age, choosing your path, and stickin’ to your guns!

Clementine has been training since she was born to be the next Dark Lord. But Clem has some secrets. She takes care of animals, grows flowers instead of poisons, and maybe, just maybe, she doesn’t want to be so dark.

Clementine has to make some tough choices that will shape her entire life. She handles it with such grace, especially for a 12 year old girl! She’s such a good example of being unsure of yourself, but making a decision and sticking to it.

I feel like she is such a strong role model for young girls. She is trained to be bad, but shows that goodness always wins.

What I didn’t like:

The start was a little slow for me. I wasn’t interested until about 30% in, but then I couldn’t put it down!

Would I recommend?

Oh, for sure! Such a great read, especially for young girls! I’ve already recommended it to my friend, Sarah!

Until next time…

ARC, fantasy, Four Star Book, graphic novel, middle grade

Sea Sirens ARC Review

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  • Title: Sea Sirens
  • Author: Amy Chu and Janet K. Lee (Illustrator)
  • Book Form: Physical
  • Pages: 144
  • Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
  • Genre: MG, Graphic Novel, Fantasy
  • Rating: ★★★★

Dive into this middle-grade graphic novel about a Vietnamese American surfer girl and her talking cat who plunge into a fantasy world of oceanic marvels . . . and mayhem!

Trot, a Vietnamese American surfer girl, and Cap’n Bill, her cranky one-eyed cat, catch too big a wave and wipe out, sucked down into a magical underwater kingdom where an ancient deep-sea battle rages. The beautiful Sea Siren mermaids are under attack from the Serpent King and his slithery minions–and Trot and her feline become dangerously entangled in this war of tails and fins.

This graphic novel was inspired by The Sea Fairies, L. Frank Baum’s “underwater Wizard of Oz.” It weaves Vietnamese mythology, fantastical ocean creatures, and a deep-sea setting.

– Goodreads

Thank you to Viking Books for Young Readers and Penguin Random House for a free copy of this graphic novel in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was SO surprised to get this finished copy from Viking today! I saw I had something coming from Penguin Random House so I was like, ‘Oh, it’s Memento.’ Even though I’m so excited for Memento, I was pleasantly surprised! And a finished copy! What?!

I was so excited I dove right in to this California surfer girl’s story. The first thing I noticed on the cover was she was holding a one-eyed cat! You never get the story of why he has one eye, however, there are more books coming!

Trot is a surfer girl who goes to the beach every day after school to surf while her grandpa fishes. Her grandpa has Alzheimer’s, which I think is really good to show in a book for younger kids. I know a lot of kids have to go through having a loved one with this disease – I did. So it’s really nice to have that representation like, hey- you aren’t alone. It’s a pretty common thing these days.

I loved when Trot and Cap’n Bill – the one eyed cat – make it to the Siren Kingdom. The story was so cute and fun. I couldn’t put it down!

I loved the diversity of the characters. I loved the underwater experience. It definitely read as a middle grade novel, but honestly, sometimes we just need something light-hearted and fun. I will definitely be on the lookout for the further adventures of Trot and Cap’n Bill!

Until next time..

fantasy, Four Star Book, graphic novel, Horror, middle grade

The Dreadful Fate of Jonathan York Review

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  • Title: The Dreadful Fate of Jonathan York
  • Author: Kory Merritt
  • Book Form: Ebook
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Middle Grade, Graphic Novel
  • Rating: ★★★★


Discover the horrible fate of Jonathan York as he sets out on his journey through a spooky forest with an alarming party of travelmates!

Jonathan York has led a boring life — a pointless degree from the community college, a lackluster job at the General Store, and never any desire for something more exciting. But when fate leaves him stranded in a sinister land, he finds himself seeking an adventure of his own. Along the way he encounters ghoulish thieves, ravenous swamp monsters, a dastardly ice cream conspiracy, and a necromancer bent on human sacrifice.

In this beautifully illustrated, four-color novel, Jonathan York’s life takes a decidedly spooky turn!

– goodreads

I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not a huge graphic novel reader. Honestly, I read them when I think I won’t finish Book Battle criteria. They’re just not really my thing. But man, am I glad I picked this one up.

The art is amazing. It gives off a very creepy, Nightmare Before Christmas type vibe. That was exciting since that’s been my favorite movie since I was like, three.

The story was just as good as the art! Jonathan York gets lost in a swamp. He and three other people find shelter with an old man and woman, if they tell them a story. Jonathan doesn’t have a story worth telling, so he gets kicked out and ends up in a very story-worthy adventure.

I can see how this reads a middle grade. This is all about finding yourself, overcoming your fears, and not living life on the safe, boring side. I was enthralled with the book from the very first page and couldn’t put it down.

I would recommend this to anyone who has kids struggling with who they are, or even adults! Also, anyone who likes Nightmare Before Christmas-esque art will love this!

Until next time…

contemporary, Four Star Book, middle grade

A Boy Called Bat Review

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  • Title: A Boy Called Bat
  • Author: Elana K. Arnold
  • Book Form: E-Book
  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Walden Pond Press
  • Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction
  • Rating: ★★★★


For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises — some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter.

But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he’s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.

– Goodreads

This is my first MG that I’m reviewing on my blog, and I’m SO GLAD it’s this book! I absolutely loved it!

A Boy Called Bat is about Bixby Alexander Tam (Bat) and his journey through his mom finding a baby skunk. He tries his hardest to get his mom to let him keep it.

The most interesting thing about this book, to me, is that Bat has autism.

I felt this would be a great book for any younger child to read. It can show them that people with autism, while they may act differently, they still have feelings and desires just like everyone else.

The illustrations in the book were adorable. I loved seeing pictures of Bat and his baby skunk.

This was the first in a series of three books, and I would love to read the rest! I will be getting this series for by two year old when he’s a bit older. I think its a great way to introduce kids to others with Autism!

Until next time…