6/10/2023 0 Comments Small Spaces by Katherine Arden![]() ![]() ![]() She wants nothing to do with them, and doesn't want to be Coco's friend. One day on her way home from school, she sees some classmates bullying the new girl, Coco, and throws a rock at them, then flees. She has no desire in going back to the hobbies she once loved such as softball and chess. She still gets a pass for tuning out the world and retreating into herself. Teachers and classmates still look at her with pity. Ollie hasn't been the same since her mother died. I had no clue what SMALL SPACES was about when I first heard of it - or even that Arden had written a middle-grade novel! - but I instantly knew I wanted it. Initially, I knew about Arden because she wrote the popular adult fantasy Winternight trilogy, which begins with the much-acclaimed THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE. Today, I'd like to introduce you to the new kid on the block, SMALL SPACES by Katherine Arden. Another book in the genre I really love is DOLL BONES by Holly Black, which is a Newbery Honor title. Then, of course, you have well-established titles such as CORALINE by Neil Gaiman and entire catalogs from authors such as Mary Downing Hahn and R.L. Kozlowsky, which is no longer well-known. One of my favorites to recommend is JUNIPER BERRY by M.P. It is so hard to find a middle-grade book that is just the right amount of spine-tingling. ![]()
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