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21.05.2025

MOVING BEYOND SURVIVAL MODE by Ann Braden | Nerdy Book Club

When I was fifteen-months old, my dad died in a plane crash. I was in the plane crash, too. So was my mom. My mom saved my life.  It was winter, after sunset, when we crashed into a heavily wooded area in upstate New York.   The small plane was torn apart as it crashed through the trees. The…

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24.05.2025

Ten Middle Grade Novels with a Hint of Magic by Melissa Dassori | Nerdy Book Club

I’m a big fan of middle grade novels with a hint of magic, stories where the world is recognizable but things happen that wouldn’t in real life (or would they?!). Magical elements can heighten the fun of an adventure and soften the blow of hard things, making them perfect for young readers. Here are ten…

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31.05.2025

My Precious: How Magical Objects and Totems in Both Fantasy and Realistic Fiction Help Young Readers Deal with Tough Times by Mima Tipper | Nerdy Book Club

When I began writing the manuscript that would become Kat’s Greek Summer, the WIP title was Greek God Summer. I saw Kat, my fourteen-year-old protagonist, going on something of an odyssey during her summer in Greece. One where she would face metaphoric god-like characters—both good and bad—as well as endure god-like trials—again, both good and…

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13.06.2025

Be Scared, But Be Brave by Maura Jortner | Nerdy Book Club

I’m a huge scaredy cat. I don’t use this term lightly, nor without full knowledge of its meaning; I live with a seventeen-pound cat named Shiloh who is frightened of many things, including: the vent under the pantry, shoes, the occasional misplaced school bag, any new item put on the kitchen table, and the cat…

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