I am also on a mission to read all Milford books (see this helpful guide) because wow she definitely knows how to write! Milford writes plucky dialogue, and she writes about the obscure and the mechanics in such an irresistible way-I would not read about knots or lock picking or canal systems with such enthusiasm if it was by another writer.
#MAGICAL WORDS FANTASY SERIES#
If you know me, you already know that I LOVED the Greenglass house series and it is one of my most recommended books. I missed the trolls in Book 3 compared to the first two books, but did I tell you there are storms and frog armies? Only that Suzy’s parents got on board the train and the library book is magical, eating words at an alarming pace. There’s more fuzzy physics to save the day and big clouds! In Book 3 Delivery to the Lost City, Suzy is entrusted with the task of returning an overdue library book to a lost city. I did not realize how much I missed the characters-Stonker, Fletch and Suzy-of Book 1 until I began reading The Great Brain Robbery. To my delight, Book 2 The Great Brain Robbery which is just as witty, more adventurous with glorious villains, lots of new machine kinks, and of course packages to deliver. This was an absolute roller coaster of a train ride and I loved every minute of it. When Suzy jumps onto the train to Impossible Places, she has no idea that she will be stealing a snow globe delivered to evil Lady Crepuscula, or trying to understand laws of motion using fuzzicks (which is physics but fuzzier), or diverting the train from its schedule into the mouths of the villain or visiting the Impossible Places. I laughed until my sides hurt about the ceremony of licking the troll queen’s behind. Love it when fictional kids talk like kids, not adults in kid voices. He keeps you turning the pages with those unpredictable twists, chuckling your way through the ride (A good, witty read always gets bonus points. Bell writes a fast-paced adventure with friends, lies, ship ghosts, trolls, blonde polar bears, packages delivered in trains, a central spying agency and an intricately designed trollville.
It is a book I often recommend as a writer’s book to understand how to plot and structure a good middle grade magical adventure.
I was completely smitten by The Train to Impossible Places : A Cursed Delivery. Bellįirst up is a postal delivery train service run by trolls that magically appears in your living room when your parents are snoring in their bed.
#MAGICAL WORDS FANTASY FREE#
Feel free to comment with your favourite midde grade fantasy books-one can never have enough of them!ġ. I am still reading some of the series mentioned and I’ve not included some of the popular titles that you might already be familiar with. There are so many amazing middle grade stories out there to name only a few. So it was a difficult task to choose a few middle grade books for this list. Isn’t that the best thing about children’s books? They seldom go wrong. I have enjoyed almost every middle grade fantasy book that I have read. Here are the best middle grade fantasy books to add to your reading list. These adventures filled with conflict and a generous amount of magic give me hope every time I read them. There’s something about kids battling demons, slaying monsters, and facing conflicts (and also messing things up) that makes me feel happy. Nothing lifts me up after a dull day like an excellent middle grade fantasy.
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