Smack Dab in the Middle

  I’ve recently enjoyed a couple of fantasy books highly recommended by my ten-year-old book buddy Jane. They’ve been around for awhile, but their popularity hasn’t waned, so I thought I’d share them. THREE CHEERS FOR MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY!!!   DRAGONS IN A BAG by Zetta Elliott is the first in a series. Here is the description from Amazon: The dragon’s out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she’s not his grandmother–but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical world where they’ll be safe. There are two rules when it comes to the dragons: don’t let them out of the bag, and don’t feed them anything sweet. Before he knows it, Jax and his friends Vikram and Kavita have broken both rules! Will Jax get the baby dragons delivered safe and sound? Or will they be lost in Brooklyn forever?   AN ALA-ALSC ...