#MGTakesOnThursday was created by Mary over at Book Craic and is a brilliant way to shout about some brilliant books!
To join in, all you need to do is:
- Post a picture of the front cover of a middle-grade book which you have read and would recommend to others with details of the author, illustrator and publisher.
- Open the book to page 11 and share your favourite sentence.
- Write three words to describe the book.
- Either share why you would recommend this book, or link to your review.
It was World Bee Day yesterday, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to give another shout out too a bee-themed MG book I love.
There have been a fair few MG books recently with environmental messages or themes of nature and climate change, but this is one of the first I remember seeing and it’s still one of my favourites.
How to Bee by Bren MacDibble, cover art by Joanna Hunt, published by Old Barn Books
I’ve cheated a bit with my favourite sentence from page 11, and I’ve chosen a whole favourite passage instead! Oops! Sorry, Mary!
Being first or second doesn’t mean you’re instant bee. Foreman has to like your style. You have to be gentle to the flowers and branches and not clumsy. With four of us done, Foreman blows his whistle and the other pests run up from their rows to hear who has won.
In three words?
Nature. Family. Drama.
You can read my full review of it here.
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Bellis Does Books 
Thank you for reminding me about this one. It was on my radar after I read ‘Where the River Runs Gold’. I’ve now ordered it.
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Oh I hope you enjoy it! I was really worried when Where the River Runs Gold came out as I thought it was going to totally rip this off but it didn’t. They do share some similarities but they’re very different too. I think you’ll like this though!
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