Books In the Middle Podcast

Tasha Squires
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Books In the Middle Podcast

Looking for booktalks for middle school students? Look no farther than this podcast. Browse through the many titles in all different genres for just the right title to get your students inspired, excited and racing to the library for a copy of the book. Looking for written reviews for more titles? Check out the blog Booksinthemiddle.Wordpress.com to expand your own library and give students more options. New episodes typically release every Monday, however during the summer months, they will release every other week or so. Enjoy!

  1. Why Would I Lie? by Adi Rule (Contemporary Fiction)

    5 DAYS AGO

    Why Would I Lie? by Adi Rule (Contemporary Fiction)

    Viveca is ready! This is her year for it all to be done and great! She is a senior and on track to be the valedictorian of her class. She has a good friend, Wren, who helps Viveca through her anxiety and helps get her out of her comfort zone, but in a good way. So, all is on track to go to the college of her dreams - the one that her mom went to for one year until she had to come back home and take care of her dad. Viveca just needs to get into the college and everything will be as she has al...

    5 min
  2. Warrior on the Mound By Sandra W. Headen (Sports and Historical Fiction)

    NOV 4

    Warrior on the Mound By Sandra W. Headen (Sports and Historical Fiction)

    Warrior on the Mound By Sandra W. HeadenCato loves baseball and plans to follow in his father and big brother's footsteps to become a professional pitcher in the Negro League....just as soon as he can convince his grandfather he is old enough to head out. But there are secrets surrounding his father's death that no one wants to reveal to Cato. And when he and his teammates trespass onto a whites only ball field, some of those secrets come to light. Recommended for grades 6 and up.

    4 min
  3. Star Splitter By Matthew J. Kirby (Science Fiction)

    OCT 28

    Star Splitter By Matthew J. Kirby (Science Fiction)

    Star Splitter By Matthew J. KirbyThe year is 2199 and people can visit deep space, because teleportation is possible. Jessica is going to be with her parents for a year on a planet that has been designated Carver 1061c, to examine it for possible habitation by humans. But she isn't happy about it. She wants to stay on Earth, with her grandparents and her friends. Still, she doesn't appear to have a choice. When she wakes up though, it isn't on the ship, orbiting the planet, but it is on...

    5 min
  4. It Found Us by Lindsay Currie (Horror)

    OCT 21

    It Found Us by Lindsay Currie (Horror)

    It Found Us by Lindsay CurrieIt started out as a harmless game of hide and seek in the local graveyard, but Hazel and her brother, Den, realize quickly, there is nothing normal about the graveyard, or maybe who is buried there. When Den's best friend disappears during the game, the race is on to figure out where he is and if they can get him back!Recommended for grades 6 and up.

    4 min
  5. The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee (Historical Fiction)

    OCT 14

    The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee (Historical Fiction)

    The Downstairs Girl by Stacey LeeWhen Jo loses her job, unexpectedly, at the milliner's hat shop, she isn't sure what she will do next for employment. After all, she and Old Gin need her wages to help them keep them going. Luckily, they don't have to worry about where they live, since they have been squatting in the basement of a printing shop for all of Jo's life. The owners of the print shop have no idea that Jo and Old Gin have been there for years, but when she hears the owners might have...

    6 min
  6. Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango (Contemporary and Novel in Verse)

    OCT 7

    Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango (Contemporary and Novel in Verse)

    Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz ArangoThis is it! A new school year full of new opportunities - like making good grades again, and maybe making some new friends even though she has a great one in her friend Amir, and this year, she will not get into any trouble at school. Well, these are all goals that Iveliz has for herself as she starts seventh grade, but having them come true is a bit harder than she ever imagined. She is struggling with the fact that her grandmother has come to l...

    5 min
  7. Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin (Nonfiction)

    SEP 30

    Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin (Nonfiction)

    Impossible Escape by Steve SheinkinFor Rudi, escape was all he thought about. Escape and getting information about what was actually happening in the concentration camps in Europe out to the world. After all, how could people really know just how awful things were in Poland and some of the other countries where the Nazis had established these killing centers. For Greta, it was all about trying to stay out of the concentration camps, and avoid being rounded up. For both Rudi and Greta, time is...

    5 min
  8. The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling (Adventure and Novel in Verse)

    SEP 23

    The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling (Adventure and Novel in Verse)

    The Canyon's Edge by Dusti BowlingWhen Nora and her father set out on a hike to a canyon they have never visited before, Nora is hopeful. After all, this year has been awful. First, to lose her mom on her birthday to a shooter has been horrific, but then to see her father change from a confident outgoing person, to someone afraid of everything, has been incredibly hard. The fact that he has removed himself from the world is bad, but he wants to remove Nora from it as well and so when she asks...

    6 min
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Looking for booktalks for middle school students? Look no farther than this podcast. Browse through the many titles in all different genres for just the right title to get your students inspired, excited and racing to the library for a copy of the book. Looking for written reviews for more titles? Check out the blog Booksinthemiddle.Wordpress.com to expand your own library and give students more options. New episodes typically release every Monday, however during the summer months, they will release every other week or so. Enjoy!

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  • Creator
    Tasha Squires
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    293
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Books In the Middle Podcast
  • Show Website
    Books In the Middle Podcast

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