MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX
Welcome to the debut issue of Middle Shelf: Cool Reads for Kids. I am thrilled to be a part of this amazing new endeavor. Good books have the power to entertain, to spark imaginations, and to transform lives, which is precisely why Middle Shelf came into being. We want to connect middle grade readers with the very best books, whether they are on the best-seller lists, published by small and indie presses, or self-published. What will you find in this issue? First, Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of many popular books for kids and teens, gives us a glimpse into the latest book in her The Missing series. Gilbert Ford and Nicole de las Heras discuss how they worked together to create the cover for Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein, who is interviewed in this issue as well.
Welcome to the debut issue of Middle Shelf: Cool Reads for Kids. I am thrilled to be a part of this amazing new endeavor. Good books have the power to entertain, to spark imaginations, and to transform lives, which is precisely why Middle Shelf came into being. We want to connect middle grade readers with the very best books, whether they are on the best-seller lists, published by small
and indie presses, or self-published. What will you find in this issue? First, Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of many popular books for kids and teens, gives us a glimpse into the latest book in her The Missing series. Gilbert Ford and Nicole de las Heras discuss how they worked together to create the cover for Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein, who is interviewed in this issue as well.
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P R E M I E R E I S S U E : F A L L 2 0 1 3<br />
HALLOWEEN<br />
Monster in the Mudball<br />
by S.P. Gates<br />
Tu Books<br />
www.leeandlow.com/<br />
books/505/hc/the_monster_in_<br />
the_mudball<br />
Ages 8 – 12<br />
A<br />
monster is loose in London!<br />
And it’s kind of Jin’s<br />
fault that Zilombo got<br />
loose. He tracked the monster<br />
to slimy Oozeburn Creek, but<br />
how does he get Zilombo to go<br />
back into her mudball, where<br />
she can’t hurt anyone?<br />
That’s when Jin meets Chief<br />
Inspector of Ancient Artifacts<br />
A.J. Zauyamakanda—Mizz Z,<br />
for short—who has arrived to<br />
inspect the mudball and insists<br />
that Jin help her find the monster<br />
that hatched from it.<br />
But Zilombo gains new,<br />
frightening powers every time<br />
she reawakens. She’s cleverer<br />
than ever before ... and she likes<br />
to eat babies. When Jin’s older<br />
sister gets distracted along the<br />
Oozeburn and forgets to watch<br />
their baby brother, Smiler is<br />
easy pickings for Zilombo!<br />
Will Jin’s baby brother be the<br />
next baby on Zilombo’s menu?<br />
As Zilombo’s powers grow, Jin<br />
and Mizz Z team up to outsmart<br />
Zilombo!<br />
The Emerald Ring:<br />
Cleopatra’s Legacy, Book I<br />
by Dorine White<br />
Sweetwater Books<br />
(Cedar Fort)<br />
http://blog.cedarfort.com/<br />
category/sweetwater-books/<br />
Ages 8 – 12<br />
Ordinary “tween” life turns<br />
upside down when Ancient<br />
Egypt intrudes on modern<br />
middle school life. Twelve-yearold<br />
Sara Guadalupe Bogus<br />
reads about adventures, but<br />
unexpectedly is drawn into one<br />
when a mystical emerald ring<br />
that once belonged to Cleopatra<br />
becomes stuck on her finger.<br />
The fun of discovering the<br />
ring’s unique abilities turns to<br />
fear when she finds out a dangerous<br />
cult bent on restoring<br />
Rome to power is after the<br />
ring. Forced to choose between<br />
keeping the ring and saving her<br />
friends, Sara learns the price of<br />
bravery in this electrifying read!
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