Two Must Reads from the Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Short List

First, Operation Yes – Goodness I loved that book. It’s probably the military family in me but who cares, it was awesome. Little green army men. Air Force (and one Army) “brats” at a small school in a small school in a small military town. What’s not to like? Particularly when there’s a great teacher involved. Heck, the book even made me like air shows and I really do not like air shows.

Next, The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis. Hah. We listened to this one on audio (and I do believe this is my preferred method of reading middle grade fiction) and at first, I was confused. How could a middle grade fiction book start in such a horrible, depressing way? It didn’t make sense. I’m not sure I’ve ever read a middle grade fiction book that started this way and I was pretty sure I was going to hate this book after listening to the first two chapters. But then… the Holiday Rambler appeared and the “vocabulary words from Velma” really got going and I just loved this story. TW loved it too and we were sorry to see it end – but very happy that it ended exactly the way it did end.

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