Age Category: Middle-Grade

Uptown Oracle Reads… The Mirror and the Mountain

The story gets a bit darker nearer the end, however it reads as a children’s book throughout. Overall I thought it was a quick and easy read, although I might not have it on my favourites shelf any time soon.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Fae Child

Fae Child is a charming faerie-tale into the Otherworld through our main character Abbie who accidentally gets called through a pond. Luckily she meets Foster, a young fae boy, who plans to help her find her way back to the human world. On top of this journey, we have POV chapters from Dan, Abbie’s father,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Saving Fable

Saving FableScott Reintgen (Affiliate Links) Side characters can be heroes too in this charming and fast-paced adventure that is The Land of Stories meets The Phantom Tollbooth! Indira has been a character-in-waiting her entire life. So she can’t believe her luck when she’s finally chosen to travel to Fable and study at the renowned Protagonist…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Zanna Function

When fourteen-year-old Zanna Mayfield gets an acceptance letter from St. Pommeroy’s School for Gifted Children, she jumps at the chance to put her considerable intellect to good use. But nothing can prepare her for the first day, when she discovers that she is a Scientist —one able to see and bend the basic functions of…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Crowns of Croswald

For 16 years Ivy Lovely has been hidden behind a barrier that suppresses magic. When she’s kicked out of her maid role, she goes off through the barrier and is found by the headmaster of The Halls of Ivy. She goes to school and meets a mix of wonderful and not so wonderful people along…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Raven God

The Raven God is the third book in the Legends of Orkney series. The God of Mischief, Loki, is on the loose and determined to reunite with his evil wife, Angerboda, and their three children. Sam is on a mission to the underworld to find Odin and bring him back to life. While the rest…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The House of Mountfathom

Family, adventure and magic. A perfect combination for this middle grade book. The House of Mountfathom is set in Ireland during times of unrest. The Driochta, always peacekeepers, must choose a side to survive. My favourite aspect was how alive the house felt as it was so full of magic. The House of Mountfathom seemed like…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The List

I recieved The List* by Patricia Forde as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. Living in a post-flood dystopian world, language has been culled to a small selection of approved lexicon. Letta is a wordsmith, one of the privileged who can use more words. I liked this book, it was a…