Showing 1–12 of 12 titles
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Ella Enchanted
Spunky, stubborn, and very clever, this new Cinderella spends a lifetime trying to outwit the curse of a fairy's unwelcome gift of obedience. In a kingdom populated with ogres, giants, princes, and fairies, Ella begins a fruitless quest to have the curse lifted, only to discover that she has that power within herself.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 1998 (Honor Title)
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: (0-06-027510-3)
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The Gardener
Illustrations, combined with letters home, tell the story of Lydia Grace Finch, a young Depression-era heroine, who transforms her curmudgeonly uncle and his dreary urban neighborhood with her rooftop garden.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1998 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780374325176
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Lily's Crossing
During her 1944 summer vacation in the Rockaways, ten-year-old Lily's best friend moves away and her beloved father Poppy goes off to war. Then Lily meets Albert, a young Hungarian refugee with whom she builds a poignant friendship based on shared loneliness, secrets, and lies.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1998 (Honor Title)
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: (0-385-32142-2)
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Nero Corleone: A Cat's Story
A bold and self-serving tom cat reigns supreme both in the farmyard in Italy where he was born and later in the comfortable home in Germany to which a vacationing couple takes him and his helpless sister.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1998 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670873951
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Out of the Dust
Fourteen-year-old Billie Jo relates how her mother dies after an accident with burning kerosene. Blaming both herself and her father, she is unable to express herself through her piano playing because of the burns that scar her hands. She leaves but quickly returns to her home “of dust” and she realizes how much a part of her it is.
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Verse Novel
- John Newbery Medal 1998 (Medal Winner)
- Older
- ISBN: (0-590-36080-9)
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Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida
Poetic, moving, and harrowing, these vignettes paint a realistic portrait of a Chicano boy's coming of age in Fresno, California. Graphic realism and lyrical imagery highlight not only familial and societal tensions, but also unexpected moments of humor, insight, and tenderness.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 1998 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780060267049
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Rapunzel
Zelinsky retells the story based on the familiar Grimm's folktale as well as earlier French and Italian sources. The detailed oil paintings are inspired by Renaissance Masters' paintings.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1998 (Medal Winner)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780525456070
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The Robber and Me
Here begins the story of Boniface, who lands in a remote corner of the forest, in the god-forsaken village of Graab, where he makes the acquaintance of Robber Knapp.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1998 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780805055993
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Snapshots from the Wedding
Maya, the flower girl, is busy snapping pictures at this lively Mexican American wedding. She captures the groom with his arm in a cast due to a softball accident, the bride with gifts of money pinned to her dress, the mariachis with their instruments, and the younger guests playing in their dress-up clothes.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 1998 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780399228087
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Spirits of the High Mesa
In this moving coming-of-age novel set in rural New Mexico, the young protagonist, Flavio, is torn between the seductiveness of progress and new technology and his loyalty to village traditions so steadfastly preserved by his grandfather, El Grande. (Arte Publico Press summary)- Fiction, Mexican American
- Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 1998 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9781558851986
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
The popular American folk song of the old woman with an insatiable taste for life is served up in a fresh presentation. The reader is treated to an insider's view of her progressively excessive appetite through expanding die-cut peepholes to the in evi table climax.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1998 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780670869398
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Wringer
Palmer LaRue dreads his approaching birthday because he does not want to be a wringer, one of the ten-year-old boys who breaks the necks of pigeons wounded at the town's pigeon shoot fund-raiser. When his three bullying friends suspect he is sheltering a stray pigeon, Palmer decides to take a personal stand against this annual rite of passage.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1998 (Honor Title)
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: (0-06-024913-7)