School Library Journal has an interesting article about the middle grade novel: Disappearing Children’s Books. Writer Vicky Smith speaks eloquently on the current situation where middle grade novels are growing more and more endangered as teen novels grow in number and children’s picture books increase their share of the market. As a lover of the true middle grade novel, I tend to agree. But they are out there and some of them are just as wonderful as the books of our childhood. It just makes being a librarian who deals with children who are beyond easy readers and before angst novels even more challenging. Don’t you love a good treasure hunt though?
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Waking Brain Cells 
New Middle Grade Novel
Janie L. Lancaster’s book, “Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale.” There are some awesome illustrations in the middle-school age fictional book as well as a delightful story.
In Julie’s story, you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza and meet Cordelia Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm.
“Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale,” has been serialized in newspapers across the country. The story has ben praised for its ease of use in classrooms.
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