Great Middle Grade Reads discussion

We've set our reading goals for a new year, and many of us have embarked on annual reading challenges. So how did your first month go? Are you on track? And more importantly, did you find any good reads? Share your favorites from January, because we love recommendations!

My picks from January reading include The Boys in the Back Row by Mike Jung, about two besties who decide to have one last big adventure together. And I really loved City of Thieves by Alex London, which is the first in the Battle Dragons series. It's got a futuristic, cyber punk vibe, and it's set on an urbanized world where domesticated dragons are part of daily life. Then there's the Korean sci-fantasy tale, Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee. Fox shifters (and other supernaturals) in space! I see there's a sequel just out, and I'm gonna grab it soon!

The best gooks I read in January were The Hunt for the Mad Wolf's Daughter by Diane Magras and December Stillness by Mary Downing Hahn.

I only managed one book last month and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was one of our Book of the Month - The Boy at the Back of the Class.