Middle Grade Reviews, Part Two

We know you’ve been missing browsing our shelves and discovering a book that wasn’t on your radar. So, we’ll be sharing some newer middle grade releases throughout the week.
 
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Itch by Polly Farquhar
 
Isaac (a.k.a. Itch) is having the worst school year ever. First, a tornado damages the school cafeteria. And, he may have caused one of his friends to have a severe food allergy reaction when they traded lunches. How can things get better for him when the troubles seem to be non-stop?
 
For fans of: Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake

Mary Underwater by Shannon Doleski
 
Mary Murphy doesn’t have the easiest life ever with an abusive father at home and a potentially failing grade at school. But she’s sick and tired of playing the victim. So she hatches a plan involving a submarine to save herself.
 
For fans of: The Line Tender by Kate Allen, No Fixed Address by Susan Nielsen, and Mostly the Honest Truth by Jody Little

Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
 
When Lucely and Syd inadvertently releases evil spirits into the real world, it’ll be up to them with the help of Syd’s witch grandmother to bring things back to normal.
 
For fans of: Goosebumps by R.L. Stine, Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier, and The Real Boy by Anne Ursu