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Quote of the Day – The Sleeping Sword

June 1, 2023May 11, 2023Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged kidlit, middlegrade, book quotes, quotes, MGReads, MGLit, book blogger, quote of the day, Middle Grade, middle grade novelsLeave a comment

"She taught me to be more positive, to accept my blindness for what it was; not to embrace it exactly, but to stop feeling so angry about it all the time. She herself had been blind for most of her life, after some illness or other. She'd brought up two children, traveled half the world, and been an English teacher in a school in Manchester. All with no eyes." —THE SLEEPING SWORD by Michael Morpurgo

—The Sleeping Sword by Michael Morpurgo

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Quote of the Day – Spaceboy

May 25, 2023May 11, 2023Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"People come in flavors. That's what I think, anyway. My mother is the flavor of mint—sharp and bright. My father reminds me of hot chocolate—sweet and full of gentle warmth. My name's Amy, and if I had a flavor, it would probably be lilac or pomegranate or something. I don't know. It's hard to judge your own flavor." —SPACEBOY by Stephen McCranie

—Spaceboy by Stephen McCranie

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Quote of the Day – When the Circus Came to Town

May 18, 2023May 11, 2023Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"I live at the Back of Beyond. At least, that's what Pa calls it. Folks who don't know any better call it Whistle. That's because when someone rides through town, it's gone between the pucker and the first note of the whistle." —WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN by Laurence Yep

—When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep

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Quote of the Day – Zinnia and the Bees

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"I take off down the sidewalk in a panic, tripping over people and shoes and strollers. It's like a terrible, ridiculous attack-of-the-bees sci-fi movie is being filmed—except no one else knows about it, and I am, unfortunately, the star." —ZINNIA AND THE BEES by Danielle Davis

—Zinnia and the Bees by Danielle Davis

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Quote of the Day – The Detective’s Assistant

December 26, 2022December 12, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"I say gossip is just like a newspaper, only written in whispers instead of ink. Sure you can't always believe everything you hear, but isn't that the same with the newspaper?" —THE DETECTIVE'S ASSISTANT by Kate Hannigan

—The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan

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Quote of the Day – The League of Beastly Dreadfuls

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"Anastasia had read about orphans in storybooks. To an almost-eleven-year-old girl with two parents, orphans had been sort of a mythical figure, like unicorns and mermaids. A creature that lived in the pages of a book. And now she was one. An orphan, that is. Not a unicorn." —THE LEAGUE OF BEASTLY DREADFULS by Holly Grant

—The League of Beastly Dreadfuls by Holly Grant

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Quote of the Day – Finding Serendipity

October 24, 2022July 4, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"When small children at school talked about the Vivienne Small books, Tuesday nevre said "My mom wrote them," even though she sometimes felt she would burst with the effort of keeping it a secret." —FINDING SERENDIPITY by Angelica Banks

—Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks

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Quote of the Day – Baker’s Magic

October 3, 2022July 4, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"He took great pleasure in teasing her; he'd decided that Bee was no name for a person, and that it must just be the first letter of her real name. So every time he came in, he addressed her by a new and awful name that started with B." —BAKER'S MAGIC by Diane Zahler

—Baker’s Magic by Diane Zahler

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Quote of the Day – Everything on a Waffle

September 12, 2022July 4, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"I got the feeling that Miss Honeycut didn't even know what issues she was talking about—that she just liked using the word "issues" and would use it whenever she could slip it into conversation. Certain people do get attached to certain words this way. I kind of liked "solarim" myself although it did not lend itself to such easy usage." —EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE by Polly Horvath

—Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

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Quote of the Day – Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

August 22, 2022July 4, 2022Posted in book quotes, favorite fiction, for readersTagged book blogger, book quotes, kidlit, MGLit, MGReads, Middle Grade, middle grade novels, middlegrade, quote of the day, quotesLeave a comment

"You took what you had and you took what you knew and what you felt and what you guessed and you mixed them all together, and remembered to look out the window and listen to the birds sing while you were doing it. Plus, it didn't hurt to count your blessings while you were beating the batter. Louise thought this might be the recipe for the whole world." —WISHES, KISSES, AND PIGS by Betsy Hearne

—Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs by Betsy Hearne

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