New first round Middle Grade fiction panelist, Brenda, who blogs at Log Cabin Library. A speech pathologist by profession, she says has a weakness for middle grade fiction with pretty covers and fairy-tale retellings. She reviewed the Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative fiction nominee Gabriel Finely and the Raven’s Riddle by George Hagen, saying:
Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle is also about being brave and selfless. It’s about Gabriel having to put faith or trust in someone else even though they may disappoint him, he also might find that they surprise him too. Hagin includes humor in the form of a dancing desk that holds clues if you know how to ask it the right questions and I can’t say enough about the riddles; they are certainly entertaining and fun to try and solve. Overall, I really loved the premise of the story and its link to Norse mythology.
Read the rest of the review here.