Tag Archives: middle school readers

Four girls, all named Taylor

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Bookworm

Taylor is terrified to start middle school. She wishes she could fade into the background, unnoticed. But on the first day of school, she finds herself in the spotlight when it’s revealed that her homeroom class has four girls all … Continue reading →

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A fortune and a curse

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Bookworm

The latest book from bestselling author Jen Calonita is about a girl who will inherit a mysterious fortune if she can break a centuries-old curse. In Isle of Ever, Everly “Benny” Benedict learns she’s the heir to a fortune, but … Continue reading →

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A kid’s guide to the First Amendment

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Bookworm

Boston College graduate Clelia Gore, a former literary agent and vice president of a boutique literary agency, has co-authored a children’s book, Your Freedom, Your Power (Running Press Kids/Hachette, 2023). Writing under the name Clelia Castro-Malaspina, she and her co-author … Continue reading →

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Iceland Poppies

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Bookworm

Boston College alumna Katherine St. Germain Smith applies her experience as a physician specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry into her new fantasy book for middle school readers. Life and therapeutic insights are woven into Iceland Poppies (Yorkshire Publishing, 2017), … Continue reading →

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