{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"YALSA Blogger","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/yalsa-blogger\/","title":"Middle Grade Check-In","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LiNZT21WW7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/middle-grade-check-in\/\">Middle Grade Check-In<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/middle-grade-check-in\/embed\/#?secret=LiNZT21WW7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Middle Grade Check-In&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"LiNZT21WW7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Summer reading is in full swing at my library and my tweens are reading furiously. The middle grade (MG) is flying off the shelves! \u00a0Here are a few books that my kids cannot get enough of: How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous\u00a0by Georgia Bragg This one is a follow-up to How They Croaked, which was on the shortlist for the Mississippi Children\u2019s Choice Award last year in the 6-8 category. My kids loved that one, and they must love this one because I haven\u2019t seen hide nor hair of it since it came in. It\u2019s about famous failures and includes stories about Amelia Earhart, Vincent Van Gogh, Ferdinand Magellan, and more. I managed to glance through it between circs and it is hilarious. &nbsp; The Battle for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi The WondLa trilogy has been popular at my branch since the first book. This...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1398200586l\/18594549.jpg"}