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A Cozy Middle Grade Book

Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono

February 19, 2025 by Tracy Leave a Comment

I was looking for a cozy book after finishing the first two books in the Farseer trilogy, and this is just what I needed. Translated from Japanese, it follows 13-year-old witch Kiki. The tradition in her world is for witches to travel to a new town that does not already have a witch at some point after turning 13 and establish a life there, and they can’t go home for a year. Kiki’s magical ability is that she can fly on a broom. She lands […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Eiko Kadono, middle grade, translated fiction

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:17 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Eiko Kadono, middle grade, translated fiction ·
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Not a single clue to these murders is found in a fjord

Hildur (The Clues in the Fjord) by Satu Rämö

January 5, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Books 2025 Bingo: A book in translation Hildur Rúnarsdóttir is a police investigator on Iceland’s harsh and rather sparsely populated west coast. When she was only a child, her two younger sisters disappeared without a trace, and now she’s the head of the division for missing children in her part of the country. Her only remaining relative is her aunt, who she eats dinner with every Monday. Her aunt raised her after her parents died in a car accident about a year after her […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr17, contemporary fiction, family, Finnish author, Hildur, Iceland, Malin, murder, mystery, Satu Rämö, The Clues in the Fjord, translated fiction

Malin's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr17, contemporary fiction, family, Finnish author, Hildur, Iceland, Malin, murder, mystery, Satu Rämö, The Clues in the Fjord, translated fiction ·
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