Seems to be a sweet adventure of the very standard "children in the forbidden forest" sort, with hobbits (aka snergs) as the primary magical being. But it just didn't grab me. Maybe because the children were a bit two dimensional, maybe I'm just not in the mood for whimsy. 

A solidly written orphan joins the circus story, with a suitably evil orphanage director. I enjoyed it! 

Very fun

A good addition to the world of the five gods, with plenty of involvement from the 5th god

Extremely well written, with full well rounded characters, which is why it was kind of a bummer how awkwardly the "some have it worse than I do" commentary landed. Nevertheless, an extremely gentle version of foster kid finding a home, which I appreciate existing as an option. 

Deeply strange mystical events, in a very new world that is truly NOT derivative in a way that is so fun! P=

Fun and light, with a gentle romance

SUCH a cute board book!\. Big kids saying "no" to, well, everything! 

 A Jewish autistic child goes on a class trip to Barcelona. Friendship tangles and middle school crushes abound as the class is broken into teams for a city wide scavenger hunt. Gender and sexuality are lightly explored as Ellen makes friends with a nonbinary kid, has crushes, learns of others having crushes, explores the city, and tries out bilingual puns.   

A Secret Garden, but make it American Desi. On the whole, this is a good thing to have on the shelves to hand people looking for the Secret Garden. It's not racist, it's not ablest, it's an inoffensive reworking of the story. And now the downsides: There are seemingly randomly interspersed bits of free verse that really break up the narrative in an unhelpful way, and don't seem to really serve a purpose. And though it's a completely serviceable reworking, it also adds very little of note. It also lacks the mysterious baby goth atmosphere of the original. So on the whole, it's fine. Not brilliant, but serves a purpose.