Best of 2024: Middle Grade Horror and Dark Fiction Here are my top ticks for 2024, featuring my favourite Middle Grade horror and dark fiction titles. Due to my own YA Horror 400 almanac being published last June I read and reviewed less than in most other years. Nevertheless, there […]
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A June Showcase of YA and Middle Grade Horror Roundup
A June Showcase of YA and Middle Grade Horror Roundup Apologies for the recent erratic posting and radio silence, I have been working on another YA horror project which has taken up all my time. I have read many further books I have not yet had time to review but […]
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August 2023 YA and Middle Grade Roundup In our latest roundup we have an amazing ten books for you, almost all of which are worth a closer look. We are going to start with Emma Read’s rather lovely The House Trap, as it is the only Middle Grade novel featured […]
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The Psychotronic Book Club: Adventures in getting older teens to read (horror) I have been a school librarian for nearly thirty years, working in three very different schools and over that period have run many successful (with a few misfires along the way) book clubs. By far the most rewarding […]
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