PA Not-Ready-For-Newbery Recommended "Top Ten" Fiction Titles 2001 

Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. New York: Delacorte Press, 2001.0-385-72933-2. 294p. $14.95.  Gr. 9-12.  Friendship

Carbone, Elisa. Storm Warriors. NY: Knopf, 2001. 0-375-80664-4. 168p.  $16.95. Gr. 5-8.  Multicultural/Historical Fiction

Card, Orson Scott. Shadow of the Hegemon. New York : Tor, 2000.  0-312-87651-3. 365p. $25.95 Gr. 7-adult. Science Fiction

Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk. NY: HarperCollins, 2001. 0-688-18019-1. 220p. $15.95. Gr. 8-12.  Swimming/ Relationships/ High   Schools/ Adoption.

Doss, James. Grandmother Spider. New York: William Morrow, 2001. 0-380-97722-2. 293p. $23.00. Gr. 10-12.  Mystery

Eisner, Michael Alexander. The Crusader: A Novel. New York: Doubleday, 2001. 0-385-50281-8. 319p.  $24.95.  Gr.10-adult.      History / Adventure / Human Character  

Ellis, Deborah.  The Breadwinner.  Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2001. 0-88899-419-2. 170p. $15.95.  Gr. 5-8.    Historical  Fiction     

Fleischman, Paul. Seek. Chicago: Cricket Books, 2001. 0-8126-4900-1.176p. $16.95. Gr. 7+. Contemporary  Realistic/Radio/ Fathers and Sons/ Family

Fletcher, Susan.  Walk Across the Sea.  New York: Athenium Books for Young Readers, 2001.  0-689-84133-7. 214p. $16.00.     Gr. 5-9. Historical Fiction

Ferris, Jean.  Of Sound Mind.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001.  0-374-35580-0.  215p. $16.00.  Gr. 8-12.       Deafness and  Family   

Gavin, Jamila. Coram Boy. New York:Farrar Straus, 2001. 0-374-31544-2. 237p. $19.00. Gr.7-9.   Historical Fiction

Jennings, Richard Walker.  The Great Whale of Kansas.  New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 0-618-10228-0.  150p.  $15.00.   Gr. 5-adult.  Novel                                            

Killingsworth, Monte.  Equinox.  New York:Henry Holt & Co., 2001.  0-8050-6153-3. 118p. $16.95.  Gr. 7-9.  Family  

Klass, David.  You Don't Know Me. New York: Frances Foster Books, 2001. 0-374-38706-0. $16.95. Gr.7-10.        Self-perception / Child Abuse  

LeGuin, Ursula K. The Other Wind. New York : Harcourt Brace, 2001. 0-15-100684-9. 256p.  $25.00.  Gr. 6-adult.  Fantasy

McDonald, Janet.  Spellbound.  New York: Frances Foster Books, 2001.  0-374-37140-7. 138 p. $16.00.  Gr. 9-12. Teenage  Mothers/High School Dropouts                                                                                                                                    

Matas, Carol. The War Within. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 0-689-82935-3. 151p. $16.00. Gr.7-10.  Historical  Fiction 

Mazer, Harry.  A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. 0-689-84161-2. 104p. $15.00.  Gr. 5-8.  Historical Fiction

Mikaelson, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. 0-060-29149-4. 241p.  $16.95. Grades 7+.                        

Na, An. A Step from Heaven. Asheville, NC:Front Street, 2001. 1-886910-58-8. $15.95. 156p. Gr 9-12. Realistic Fiction,  Family  

Nolan, Han. Born Blue. New York: Harcourt, 2001. 0-15-201916-2. 277p. $17.00. Gr. 8-12.Multicultural / Realistic Fiction

Nolan, Han. A Face In Every Window. New York: Puffin Books, 1999. 264p. 0-14-131218-1. $5.99. Gr. 9-12.  Adolescent   Issues 

Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. New York:Clarion Books, 2001. 0-395-97827-0.  $15.00.  152p. Gr 5-8.  Historical Fiction

Perabo, Susan. The Broken Places. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 0-684-86234-4. 254p. $23.00 Gr. 8-12.   Adolescent  Fiction

Pressler, Mirjam. Shylock's Daughter. New York: Phyllis Fogleman Books, 2001. 266p. 0-8037-2667-8. $17.99. Gr. 9-12.     Historical Fiction         

Rodowsky, Colby. Clay. New York:Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2001. 0-374-31338-5. 166p. $16.00. Gr. 6-10. Family

Salisbury, Graham.  Lord of the Deep. New York: Delacorte, 2001. 0-385-72918-9.  $15.95.  Gr. 7-10. Family

Sawyer, Kem Knapp. Freedom Calls - Journey of a Slave Girl. Shippensburg: White Mane Kids, 2001. 1-57249-206-6. 181p.    $17.95. Gr. 5-9.  Historical Fiction 

Sijie, Dai. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. New York: Knopf, 2001. 037541309-X. 197p. $18. Gr.10-adult.  China - Fiction                        

Sleator, William. Marco's Millions. Dutton Children's Books, 2001. 0-525-46441-7. 161p. $16.99. Gr. 6-9.  Science Fiction

Smith, Roland. Zach's Lie. New York: Hyperion, 2001. 078680617-6. 211p. $15.99. Gr. 5-10. Adventure

Terpening, Ron. The Turning. Cortaro, Arizona: Desert Bloom Press, 2001. 0-9621452-1-1.168p. $10.95. Gr. 9-12.    Coming-of-Age/Teen Novel 

Udall, Brady. The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint. New York : Norton, 2001. 0-393-02036-3.  384p.  $24.95  Gr. 9-adult                          Adventure / Multicultural     

Wolff, Virginia Euwer.  True Believer.  New York: Atheneum, 2001.  0-689-82827-6.  264p. $17.00.  Grades 7-10.  Realistic   Fiction/Family/Ethnic Groups

Wynne-Jones, Tim. Boy in the Burning House. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. 2001. 0374309302. 213 p.  $16.00. Gr. 7-10.  Thriller

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