Blog Entries

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is on Middle Grade Football stories since it is the start of the NFL season!!!  With a combination of fiction and nonfiction, these titles provide different aspects and perspectives of the game of football and what it takes to play the game.  Also, many of these books are part of a series so if you enjoy one of them, you will have more to choose from!  These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag

Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is focused on books that are linked together by being superhero inspired!  We have a great selection of fiction and graphic novel titles which include superhero characters and themes; some are one that you may know from the Marvel or DC Universes while others are completely original to that author and story.  Hopefully these will help inspire you to explore if you have superpowers and how would you use them if you could.

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about books that have been nominated for the Virginia Reader’s Choice (VRC) Middle School award for the 2022-2023 school year!!  The VRC award was started back in the 1980s with the goal being that students across the state choosing what they thought the best book of the year is instead of adults.  Every year, there are 10 middle grade books nominated for the award by a committee; readers then have a few months to read as many of the 10 as they can and then they will cast their vote for which one they think is the best.  The bo

Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is focused on books that are all school inspired to get us into the back to school groove!  The start of a new school year is filled with all sorts of different emotions and these stories are ones that are as well but in all of them, the school plays an integral role either in the setting, developing friendships and relationships, making decisions for the future, and so much more.  Hopefully these titles will help to get the school year started off right.

Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is focused on  books that have recently been added to our collection meaning they are new!!!!  New books are the best; they have a new book smell and there is just something about being one of the first people to read it.  There is a great mix of realistic, nonfiction, graphic novels, and humorous this week; there is literally something for everyone!  These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Change!!!  We are exploring books that are inspirational and explore the idea and concepts of changing ourselves and the world around us; we have an incredible mixture of fiction and nonfiction titles this week which will open our eyes to others and situations around us and will inspire us to make and lead change through our example.  These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all aboutPossibilities from the Past!!!  We are exploring books that deal with past events, individuals, or time periods--through both fiction and nonfiction--as there is so much we can learn.  We can learn how we are still being impacted from things already done, what choices not to make, or to open our eyes to some amazing individuals who have made a difference without us even knowing and we should know.  Books have the ability to do that--to let us learn about our possibilities from the past.  These books and more can be fo

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Exploration!!!  We are taking a look at stories that feature hobbies, games, and activities that you may be doing right now or may be inspired to explore and try this summer or in the future.  Because of all of the possibilities, there is a little bit of something for everyone--some are more serious than others while we have some fiction and nonfiction as well as others that combine different types of genres.  You may be inspired to try something new and the book you read may be the jumping off point you

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities into the Unknown!!!  We are exploring books that have an element of unknowing what is going to happen so we have a great mixture of mysteries, suspense, thrillers, plot twists, and horror because who doesn’t love a good edge of your seat storyline every now and then to keep us on our reading toes.  These elements can be found in so many different stories so there are a lot of cross genres as well which are so much fun to read and explore.  Hopefully these books and others will keep you guessing right with th

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of New Places!!!  We are exploring books that take place in either other countries, at sea, in outer space, and in some cases even at different schools such as a boarding school.  Books have this amazing ability to take us to numerous places, real or imagined, without even needing to leave our comfy reading nook as we need to take advantage of it as we can learn more about ourselves and others.    These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Fantastical Beings!!  We are taking a look at titles that include monsters, beings, creatures, and anything else you can imagine that is made up in fantasy and mythology.  What is amazing about these stories is that anything goes; creatures can be anything the author can imagine and then you as the reader get the chance to develop them in your imagination as well.

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Discovery!!  We are exploring books this week that are all about reading or learning about new things in both fiction and nonfiction.  Summer is a perfect opportunity to read about something you normally would not explore as you may actually have time to read and digest what new information or themes you have explored.  Science Fiction allows you to read about things, places, or experiences we may actually have in the future while nonfiction helps us learn about times and events from the past as well as s

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Relationships!!  We are exploring books this week that are all about what it means to have a relationship from friendship and siblings and families because those all play a role in our lives and books allow us to learn and explore and then maybe implement in our own lives what we have learned.  Relationships are there to help you through the good times as well as the tough so find those people who you can lean on and share one of these titles or two.  We have an awesome selection of titles this week inclu

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Possibilities of Adventure!!  We are taking a look at books that have an element of adventure to them--but that word may mean different things to different individuals.  For some, adventure could be climbing Mount Everest while to others, adventure for them may mean trying a new pizza topping for Friday night dinner; you can even live vicariously through the characters in an adventure packed story.  We have an awesome selection of titles this week including some nonfiction, science fiction, fantasy, and even a little bit

Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is focused on books that have Red, White, and Blue Covers!!!  As we celebrate Memorial Day, let’s use the colors of our flag to help us take a look at a variety of stories!  Since we are choosing these books based on their front covers, then we have an amazing selection that are all completely different from realistic to fantasy, mysteries, humor, and books turned to movies!