Twelve-year-old Dean Matthews receives a journal as a birthday present from his mother and records the events of the following year. At first, he is very unhappy about having to do this, but he learns valuable lessons along the way.
2000-2001 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Putnam
Copyright October 13, 1997
ISBN# 0-399-23130-7 (PB, HB)
When his best friend illegally shoots a wolf while hunting in Minnesota, twelve-year-old Seth struggles to determine whether their friendship can survive their different ideas.
2000-2001 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Hyperion
Copyright September 1, 1997
ISBN# 0-7868-0325-8 (PB, HB)
In 1946, while her emotionally distant father is in occupied Japan, a twelve-year-old girl spends a year with her mother’s relatives in a Tlingit Indian village in Alaska and begins to love and respect her heritage as she confronts the secret of her mother’s disappearance.
2000-2001 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Scholastic
Copyright September 1, 1997
ISBN# 0-590-36087-6 (PB)
Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, because they believe everyone deserves a second chance, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright August 1, 1997
ISBN# 0-689-81460-7 (PB, HB)
Based on a true story, Lessons From a Sheepdog, by Phillip Keller, this account tells how he rescues Lass from an unhappy life in the city. Lass learns to trust and to become the great dog she was created to be.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Tommy Nelson
Copyright June 1, 1997
ISBN# 0-8499-1449-3 (HB)
The true story of Chiune Sugihara, who during World War II, chose to disobey his government by issuing countless visas to Jewish refugees, which allowed them to escape Nazi occupied Lithuania.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Lee & Low
Copyright May 1, 1997
ISBN# 1-880000-49-0 (PB, HB)
In 1920 in the mountains of North Carolina, fourteen-year-old Jim Houston sees his hopes of continuing his education fade when his mother becomes seriously ill and his logger father must deal with underhanded businessmen.
2000-2001 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt Brace
Copyright April 15, 1997
ISBN# 0-15-201509-4 (HB)
Storm chaser Warren Fraidley discusses the techniques, dangers, and difficulties of photographing lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes. He gives tips on storm safety and the glossary includes a bibliography.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Putnam
Copyright March 16, 1997
ISBN# 0-399-23029-7 (PB, HB)