67: Our Favorite Middle Grade Books of 2025 with Melissa Taylor and Karen Reeder

There were so many wonderful middle grade books released in 2025, and in this episode Melissa Taylor and I discuss just some of the best books of 2025 from our lists. Want to hear more of my favorite books from 2025 then check out this episode next https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/42-the-best-books-of-2025-so-far-shannon-balloon/id1752315662?i=1000715323257Find children's book author and content creator Melissa Taylorhttps://imaginationsoup.net/https://www.instagram.com/imaginationsoup/https://www.facebook.com/ImaginationSoupChapters 00:00 Meet children’s book blogger Melissa Taylor from Imagination Soup03:30 The Free State of Jax by Jennifer A. Nielson06:32 Blood in the Water by Tiffany D Jackson08:39 The Beat I Drum / Holding on For Dear Life by Dusti Bowling13:18 The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser15:24 Silverborn The Mystery of Morrigan Crow of the Nevermoor series by Jessica Townsend19:14 The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner21:41 Neshama by Marcella Pixley24:11 Afia in the Land of Wonders by Mia Araujo26:05 Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate29:17 Deepwater Creek graphic novel by Michael Regina31:18 The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham by Ryan James Black33:39 The Creature Clinic by Gavin Aung Than36:00 Tuck Everlasting the graphic novel adapted by K. Woodman-Maynard37:13 Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes38:55 The Sherlock Society Hurricane Heist by James Ponti41:28 Please Pay Attention by Jamie Sumner46:09 The Burning Season by Caroline Starr Rose49:35 Old School by Gordon Korman