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conulyThis 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 existence of ghosts (not very many ghosts, and people generally don't believe in them unless they know one) and weird iron 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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The Mesmerizing Geometry of Malaysia’s Most Complex Cakes
People Are Finding Out That Some Owls Sleep With Their Faces Down
The last lighthouse keeper: Why a Nova Scotian couple refused to leave their island paradise
This rare, mutant honeybee is both male and female
Concrete gets a greener recipe
A new study finds that giving kids deworming treatment still benefits them 20 years later
Switzerland fights heroin with heroin
A man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling $30 of marijuana will be freed
The Eastland Disaster Killed More Passengers Than the Titanic and the Lusitania. Why Has It Been Forgotten?
A Border Town Is Now Isolated From Both the U.S. and Canada
Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19
Three of ten Americans laid off in coronavirus crisis worried about food, shelter
They Crossed Oceans to Lift Their Families Out of Poverty. Now, They Need Help.
The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying
One of America’s most popular drugs — first aimed at schizophrenia — reveals the issues of ‘off-label’ use
China expands its amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. supremacy beyond Asia
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.
The Mesmerizing Geometry of Malaysia’s Most Complex Cakes
People Are Finding Out That Some Owls Sleep With Their Faces Down
The last lighthouse keeper: Why a Nova Scotian couple refused to leave their island paradise
This rare, mutant honeybee is both male and female
Concrete gets a greener recipe
A new study finds that giving kids deworming treatment still benefits them 20 years later
Switzerland fights heroin with heroin
A man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling $30 of marijuana will be freed
The Eastland Disaster Killed More Passengers Than the Titanic and the Lusitania. Why Has It Been Forgotten?
A Border Town Is Now Isolated From Both the U.S. and Canada
Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19
Three of ten Americans laid off in coronavirus crisis worried about food, shelter
They Crossed Oceans to Lift Their Families Out of Poverty. Now, They Need Help.
The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying
One of America’s most popular drugs — first aimed at schizophrenia — reveals the issues of ‘off-label’ use
China expands its amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. supremacy beyond Asia
