Barron, Thomas.A. (1996). The lost years of Merlin. Philomel. 0399230181. $19.99 [PW 8/12/96; SLJ 9/96; BL 11/1/97]
DeFelice, Cynthia. (1996). The apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker. Farrar. 03743446690. $15.00 [SLJ 8/98; BL 10/1/96]
Farmer, Nancy. (1997). A girl named Disaster. Orchard. 05531088898. $20.99 [SLJ 10/96; PW 10/28/96; KR 9/13/96]
Fleischman, Paul. (1997). Seedfolks. HarperCollins. 0060274719. $13.95 [PW 4/7/97; SLJ 5/97; BL 5/15/97]
Gauthier, Gail. (1998). A year with Butch and Spike. Putnam. 0399232168. $16.99 [SLJ 6/98; BL 6/15/98]
Giff, Patricia. Reilly. (1998). Lily's crossing. Delacorte. 0553525298. $19.99 [BL 2/1/97; SLJ 2/97; PW 1/2/97]
Jacobs, Paul Samuel. (1997). James Printer: A novel of rebellion. Scholastic. 05590163817. $15.95 [BL 4/15/97; SLJ 6/97; KR 1/15/97]
Jiang, Ji-Li. (1997). Red scarf girl: A memoir of the cultural revolution. HarperCollins. 0060275855. $15.95 [PW 7/28/97; SLJ 12/97; BL 10/1/97]
Johnson, Angela. (1998). Heaven: A novel. Simon & Schuster. 0689822294. $16.00 [PW 7/3/98; KR 7/15/98]
Karr, Kathleen. (1998). The great turkey walk. Farrar. 0374327734. $16.00 [PW 4/20/98; BL 6/15/98]
Lasky, Kathryn. (1998). Alice Rose & Sam. Hyperion. 0786803363. $15.95 [PW 12/16/98; SLJ 5/98]
Lowry, Lois. (1997). Stay!: Keeper's story. Houghton Mifflin. 03955870488. $15.00 [SLJ 10/97; BL 11/1/97]
McDonald, Joyce. (1996). Comfort creek. Delacorte. 0385322321. $15.00 [BL 11/15/96; PW 11/23/96]
Nye, Naomi Shihab. (1997). Habibi. Simon & Schuster. 068901491. $16.00 [BL 9/15/97; PW 9/8/97; SLJ 9/97]
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. (1998). Raven in a dove house. Harcourt. 0152014616. $16.00 [PW 2/2/98; BL 2/15/98; SLJ 5/98]
Rylant, Cynthia. (1998). The islander. DK Ink. 0789424908. $14.95 [BL 2/1/98; PW 1/19/98]
Tillage, Leon.Walter. (1997). Leon's story. Farrar. 0374343799. $14.00 [BL 10/1/97; PW 9/8/97; SLJ 12/97]
Turner, Megan.Whaler. (1997). The thief. Greenwillow. 0140388346. $14.95 [SLJ 10/96; BL 1/13/97; PW 10/21/96]
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. (1998). Bat 6. Scholastic. 0590897993. $16.95 [PW 4/20/98; SLJ 3/98; BL 5/1/98]
Yep, Laurence. (1998). The imp that ate my homework. HarperCollins. 0060276886. $13.95 [PW 11/24/97; SLJ 3/98]
Alternates
1. Banks, Sara.Harrell. (1997). Under the shadow of wings. Atheneum. 0689812078. $15.00 [BL 8/13/97; SLJ 6/97]
2. Holt, Kimberly Willis. (1998). My Louisiana sky. Holt. 0805052518. $15.95 [SLJ 7/98]
3. Mead, Alice. (1998). Junebug and the reverend. Farrar. 0374339651. $16.00 [SLJ 9/98]
4. Porter, Tracey. (1997). Treasures in the dust. HarperCollins. 0064407705. $15.95 [PW 7/14/97; SLJ 12/97]
