Between Monsters and Marvels by Alysa Wishingrad
Five Star Read!
Release day is 9/12/23.
I have to tell you about this high-stakes middle grade fantasy novel that I just read. It’s called Between Monsters and Marvels and was written by Alysa Wishingrad. To say that Dare Coates has a difficult life is somewhat of an understatement. I mean, it started out okay for her, who doesn’t want to live on an island that monsters used to inhabit? It gives mystery to the place you love most… home. Dare’s father, who is captain of the guard starts acting funny, and not really giving her the attention that he normally does, but on day while out on patrol, he ends up dead. Dare is crushed, as he was her favorite person in the whole world. Dares suspicions grow that monsters could still be on the island. Which just starts this mystery.
It is a wonderful read for anyone, full of mystery and suspense, and yes… monsters!
I didn’t guess the end either which is a wonderful treat for me as a reader! Well done, Alysa!
Be sure to pick up this book when it comes out on September 12th!
Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins Children’s Books, and
Alysa Wishingrad for this ARC copy.
The books description has been copied below. I really can't wait until you guys can get a hold of your own copies! I know I'll be buying one for myself and my nieces, too. set reminders in your phones to grab one when they come out in September!
Books Description:
A standalone high-stakes middle grade fantasy by Alysa Wishingrad, author of the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection The Verdigris Pawn. Monsters are still lurking on Barrow's Bay.
Dare Coates is sure of it. No drifter or ruffian could have killed her father, the Captain of the Guard, while he was on patrol. But everyone insists that monsters have been gone for years now. Dare's mother. Her classmates. Even the governor, who swiftly marries her mother just months after her father's death.
Dare's suspicions grow even stronger when the governor suddenly ships her off to the mainland, away from any hope of uncovering the truth about her father's death.
Or so she thinks. Soon Dare finds solid proof that monsters still exist and she starts to question everything she's always known. Was her father who she thought he was? Who can she trust? Where is the line between good and evil?
The truth hides behind danger and deception. But with the help of an unlikely crew of cohorts and a stray beastie, nothing can stop Dare from finding out what happened to her father and exposing who the real monsters are.
Perfect for fans of Ellen Oh's Spirit Hunters
and
Lauren Oliver's The Magnificent Monsters
of Cedar Street.
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