February was a month for middle-grade books about amazing girls that do amazing things! They save their families! They go to bat for their friends! They fight for survival! Let’s take a look at some stories your young patrons will love.
A witch has come to Brye and she has kidnapped Hans, Greta’s little brother. Greta has to travel to the perilous city of Belladonna to rescue him. It’s going to be a difficult journey, but she’ll stop at nothing to get her brother back.
Mabel’s baby sister is plucked from her crib Mabel must brave the jungles of The Forbidden City to get her back!
Real and imaginary worlds are colliding in the world of Story. Tuesday sets off with her friends at the request of the Librarian to find the Gardener: the only person who can stop this catastrophe.
BONUS MARCH GIRL:
Soledad and her sister Ming moved from the Philippines to Louisiana with their dad–and then he left them. Now all they have left is each other and the amazing stories that Sol creates to comfort them. But as time goes by and all they have to look forward to is a life with their hated stepmother, will Sol’s stories save them or make everything worse?
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Our cross-poster from YALSA today is Ally Watkins (@aswatki1). Ally is a library consultant at the Mississippi Library Commission.