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Pick of the Decade 1995-2005: Best Fiction Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden , 1998. In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong. (Sequels: Among the Imposters ; Among the Betrayed ; Among the Barons ; Among the Brave and Among the Enemy .) Hahn, Mary Downing. The Old Willis Place : A Ghost Story , 2004. Diana and Georgie, live in the wild, depending only on each other, until Diana befriends Lissa. But when Lissa leads her into the derelict house she watches over, she unlooses the spirit of an old woman who lived and died there, and more.
Hamilton , Virginia . Bluish , 1999. Ten-year-old African-American Dreenie feels both intrigued and frightened when she thinks about the girl nicknamed Bluish, whose leukemia is making her pale and causing her to use a wheelchair. Hannigan, Katherine. Ida B. 2004. Ida B. enjoys her life being home-schooled and playing in the family's apple orchard, but things change drastically when her mother begins treatment for breast cancer. Hendry, Diana. Harvey Angell , 2001. Henry, an orphan, lives a dismal life in his Aunt Agatha's unhappy boarding house until Harvey Angell uses his special connecting kit to liven things up. (Sequel: Harvey Angell Beats Time .) Hesse, Karen. The Music of Dolphins , 1996. After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world. Holt, Kimberly Willis. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town , 1999. During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world. Horvath, Peggy. Everything on a Waffle , 2001. Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the predictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea. Hunter, Erin. Into the Wild , 2003. For generations, four clans of wild cats have shared the forest. When their warrior code is threatened by mysterious deaths, a house cat named Rusty may turn out to be the bravest warrior of all. (First in the Warriors series which includes: Fire and Ice ; Forest of Secrets ; Rising Storm ; A Dangerous Path and The Darkest Hour .) Ibbotson, Eva. Island of the Aunts , 2000. As they get older, several sisters decide that they must kidnap children and bring them to their secluded island home to help with the work of caring for an assortment of unusual sea creatures. (See also: Dial-a-Ghost and Which Witch? ) Johnson, Angela. Songs of Faith , 1998. Living in a small town in Ohio in 1975 and desperately missing her divorced father, thirteen-year-old African-American Doreen comes to terms with disturbing changes in her family life.
Joseph, Lynn . The Color of My Words , 2000. When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday. Karr, Kathleen. The Great Turkey Walk , 1998. In 1860, a somewhat simple-minded fifteen-year-old boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver , Colorado , in hopes of selling them at a profit. Kerhert, Peg. Stranger Next Door , 2002. A clever cat's heroism helps two twelve-year-old boys become friends after their families, one of which is in a witness protection program, move to neighboring houses in Hilltop, Washington. Kindl, Patrice. Goose Chase , 2001. Alexandra Aurora Fortunato only wants to take care of her geese, but when she brushes her hair gold dust falls, and her tears become diamonds. This attracts the attention of King Claudio the Cruel and Prince Edmond of Dorloo. Clearly, she must escape, which she does, with the help of the geese. But then, she finds herself in more trouble than she was in the first place. (See also: Owl in Love .) King-Smith, Dick. The School Mouse , 1995. Flora, the world's most educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis. (See also: Babe: the Gallant Pig ; Ace: A Very Important Pig and The Water Horse .) Klise, Kate. Regarding the Fountain , 1998. When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results. (Sequel: Regarding the Sink .) Konigsburg, E. L. The View from Saturday , 1996. Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. (See also: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Up from Jericho Tel .)
Korman, Gordon. The Chicken Doesn't Skate , 1996. Wild things happen at the South Middle School when Milo 's science project, Henrietta the chicken, becomes the hockey team's mascot and their only chance for a winning season. (See also: Radio Fifth Grade ; The Toilet Paper Tigers and No More Dead Dogs .) LeFaye, A. Worth , 2004. After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska , so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse. Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted , 1997. Lucinda, a foolish fairy, bestows on Eleanor the gift of obedience. Consequently, all her life Ella is compelled to do everything she is told to do. In an attempt to break the spell, Ella ventures out on her own and encounters dwarfs, giants, wicked stepsisters, and her prince charming. McKay, Hilary. Saffy's Angel , 2002. After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to Italy where she was born to find a special memento of her past. (Sequel: Indigo's Star .) Mead, Alice. Soldier Mom 1999. Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother behind in Maine in the care of her mother's boyfriend. (See also: Girl of Kosovo .) Nimmo, Jenny. Midnight for Charlie Bone , 2003. Ten-year-old Charlie lives an ordinary life until he starts hearing the people in photographs speaking. His nasty Grandma Bone then insists he attend Bloor's Academy where the endowed (magically gifted) descendants of the Red King all go to school with the rich and talented. The trouble is, some descendents are good, and some are not. (Sequels: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister ; Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy ; and Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors .) Nix, Garth. Mister Monday , 2003. Arthur Penhaligon is an ordinary boy with asthma until Sneezer passes him one of the seven keys that leads him to the world of the House. Here he could become Lord Monday, master of the Lower House, if the other denizens don't kill him first. (First of the Keys to the Kingdom septet which includes: Grim Tuesday and Drowned Wednesday .) |
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