Hey guys! I decided I should start doing other things than just doing book reviews, so here's my first entry for Jessica Recommends. Today I'm going to be recommending my top 3 middle-grade series.
1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Starting with The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a modern fantasy series about a boy named Percy who finds out he is a demigod: half-human, half-god. He doesn't understand why weird things keep happening to him, and why monsters are suddenly chasing him. He is sent to a camp for demigods called Camp Half-Blood, and he realizes that Greek myths aren't exactly myths. He meets satyrs, centaurs, and makes friends/foes with other demigods at the camp. He discovers his true identity as being the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. From there, he goes on adventures fighting monsters, going on dangerous quests, and saving the Earth from the evil god who wants to reign: Kronos. This is a five-book series, including The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian. The series also has a few spinoffs about different types of mythology such as The Kane Chronicles, The Heroes of Olympus, and soon-to-be-released Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. I highly recommend this series whether you're a kid, teen, or adult. Trust me, it's amazing.
2. Grimm
For fans of Grimm's fairy tales, this series might just be what you're looking for. Each book tells a different tale, but they're each so dark and have their own twists on the original stories. The first book, A Tale Dark and Grimm, follows Hansel and Gretel and tells the story of how their parents met, how they came to be, and what really happened to them in the forest. The second book, In a Glass Grimmly, is about Jack and Jill, and the last book, The Grimm Conclusion, I haven't actually read yet! I've only read the first one, but I really would like to read the next two. A Tale Dark and Grimm was so strange and dark and sometimes funny. I would recommend this to anyone who loves dark fairy tales and kids, if you're going to read the book, make sure you can handle occasional blood/gore and that you're not too scared. Otherwise, I'd have a nightlight.
3. Magisterium
Written by two amazing authors, Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, the Magisterium series is pretty amazing. If you don't know the authors, Cassandra Clare wrote The Mortal Instruments series and The Infernal Devices trilogy, and Holly Black has written The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Curseworkers trilogy as well as cool standalones like The Coldest Girl in Coldtown or The Darkest Part of the Forest. Anyway, this series follows a young boy named Callum Hunt who, in the first book The Iron Trial, has been told all his life to stay away from magic. Yet, he has to take The Iron Trial, a test to get into a magic school, the Magisterium. He tries his best to fail the test so that he doesn't get in, but instead passes and has to go to the school. There, he finds out things about his past that he never knew, but also makes some new friends along the way. I got the first book sent to me from Scholastic for review and I absolutely loved it. Cassandra Clare and Holly Black working together to write this book was exactly what I've been waiting for. It reminds me a lot of Harry Potter, with the magic school and whatnot, but honestly, I think everyone should read this series. The second book releases in September, so watch your backs everyone and get excited!
So there are my middle-grade series recommendations, and I'll be posting another blog post in a few days. Happy reading!
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