Shining with imagination, the middle grade books included on this list take real-life situations and add in a healthy dose of witches, warlocks, and other assorted magic. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).Podcast about your favorite show, movie, or bookĨ Great Fantasy Films Based on Middle Grade Books.Create a cosplay of your favorite character.Use a Ouija board to contact the spirits.Enter a Magic: The Gathering tournament.Titles not yet released will be upon its publication. She is married to a fabulous man, and has one cat, who believes Vanessa lives only to open cat food cans, and can often be found baking when she should be editing.Ĭonnect with the Author: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Pinterest | YouTubeĬomplete the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win!

When not writing or teaching, she’s a bookaholic, movie fanatic, and loves to travel. She is a member of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators), the Virginia Writer’s Club, and the Hampton Roads Writers. She has had articles published in Altered Arts Magazine, has had some artwork displayed in galleries in Ohio and online, and currently teaches engineering, practical physics, drafting and other technological things to high school students in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. She is a graduate of George Mason University and Old Dominion University, and has degrees in Graphic Design, a minor in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, and a Masters in Technology Education. Vanessa Barger was born in West Virginia, and through several moves ended up spending the majority of her life in Virginia Beach, Virginia. But what’s a human without magical powers to do? Caroline better figure it out fast, before she loses everything she has ever loved and the whispers she’s heard all her life prove true: Caroline is a useless superfreak.īAM | Chapters | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | TBD | iBooks Determined to prove herself, Caroline uncovers a plot to destroy her new hometown. Seems someone doesn’t want Caroline sticking her non-magical nose where it most certainly does not belong. But when Caroline takes to investigating the mysterious and strange happenings of Harridan House, her BFF goes missing. To make matters worse, her new home is cursed.

But, with someone without a magical bone in her body, this daughter of tree sprites feels like even more of an outcast than she has ever before. Her parents have uprooted her to a town full of Supernaturals. This week, we are revealing the cover forīe sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post! Welcome to this week’s M9B Friday Reveal!

Super Freak by Vanessa Barger