I just finished the most recent Greenglass House book

This is a middle-grade series that's... actually kinda hard to categorize. I guess I'd say that it's a largely-realistic, slightly-AU series with some fantastical elements. I'd almost go so far as to categorize it as having a "weird atmosphere" except it's... not quite that weird. Lightly weird, maybe? Lightly weird, sorta realistic, except for all the things that aren't? It's not really a fantasy, despite the ( sorry, this is a major spoiler for the first book )

but maybe it's a fantasy after all?

Also, there are some heavy themes for middle grade, but touched on in a sensitive way.

Anyway, for middle grade books which I like to read, this series is surprisingly hard to get through. I don't know, every book takes me a couple of tries before I can really dig in and enjoy it.

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