HIT: New Fiction

[Joan Kimball <jkim@BORG.COM>]

Yesterday I asked:
What is your favorite children's fiction (not picture books) published in
1998 so far?

The list is long because, just like the kids in a classroom, hardly any two
librarians like the same book.  :-)


The paired numbers are interest levels by grades, a useful, rather
subjective ranking.

Arrow over the door by Joseph Bruchac - elementary
Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolf - 5-9   (2 recommendations)
Foster's War by Carolyn Reeder - 5-8
Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove - 6-8
Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr - 6-8
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling -  4-7 (2
recommendations)
Holes by Louis Sachar - 4-7  (3 recommendations)
I rode a horse of milk white jade by Diane Lee Wilson - 6-8
Islander by Cynthia Rylant  - 5-8
Joey Pigza Swallowed a key- elementary/middle
P.S.Longer Letter Later:A novel in letters by Paula Danziger & Ann Martin - 5-8
Paperquake: A puzzle by Kathryn Reiss - elementary
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen - 6-8
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer - secondary
Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher - 7-9
Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen -7-10
Sort of Forever by Sally Warner - elementary
Storyteller's Beads by Jane Kurtz - 5-8  (2 recommendations)
Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes - 3-6  (2 recommendations)
Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen - 6-8
Victor: a novel based on the life of Victor, the Savage of Aveyron  by
Mordecai Gerstein - 7-12
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman - 7-10
Year with Butch and Spike- elementary/middle

Published prior to 1998, but mentioned as continuing favorites,
these titles are all available in paperback:

Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine (2 recommendations)
Frindle by Andrew Clements (2 recommendations)
Kid Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman  (Good gr. 3-7 read-aloud to inform
and spark discussion before the 2000 election. jk)
Music of Dolphins  by Karen Hesse
Sticks by Joan Bauer

Thanks to Lisa Von Drasek, Yapha Mason, Betty Picone, Sue Sheil, Rena
Deutsch, Sandy Pomerantz, Christine House, and Lisa Rose for their
suggestions.  I'll be glad to compile a second hit if there's more
interest.
Joan Kimball         jkim@borg.com

Joan Kimball, Librarian, Writer, Storyteller. Clinton NY.
E-mail:  jkim@borg.com

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