1999 Nominees

Poppy
by AVI
Ocax the owl has promised to protect the mice living in an abandoned farmhouse -- as long as they do things his way. Poppy, a young mouse, timidly obeys his orders until she witnesses a tragic event. She then sets out on a dangerous and challenging journey to save the mice community.

Summer of the Bonepile Monster
by Aileen K Henderson
Bonepile Hollow Road is forbidden to Hollis. He's been told that things that "go in there, don't come out!" How dangerous could it be? Join him as he finds out.

Just Call Me Stupid
by Tom Birdseye
Patrick is a fifth grader who loves to draw and has a great imagination. There's only one problem: he can't read. Then Celina moves in next door, and tries to prove to him that he really is smart. But Patrick is not so sure.

Kokepelli's Flute
by Will Hobbs
Tepary Jones gets more excitement than he can handle when he plays an ancient flute. Through its power he learns about Native American magic from the Distant Time when people and animals could trade places.

Nasty Stinking Sneakers
by Eve Bunting
Colin has worked very hard to prepare his sneakers for "The Stinkiest Sneakers in the World Contest." But now his disgusting sneakers are missing. Where are they? Will he find them in time to enter the contest?

Seven Spiders Spinning
by Gregory Maguire
Seven gruesome spiders are defrosted from an ice age glacier, and are lost en route to Harvard for analysis. They end up in rural Vermont, getting bigger and meaner by the minute!

The 13th Floor, a Ghost Story
by Sid Fleischman
When his older sister disappears, Buddy tries to find her, and is transported from present day California to a pirate ship off the coast of New England 300 years ago. He must somehow get his sister and himself back to the present!

Junebug
by Alice Mead
In the housing project in New Haven, Connecticut where Junebug lives, age 10 is the time young boys start joining gangs. His mother and others try to keep him safe. But Junebug is afraid, and his tenth birthday is coming up soon.

Running Out of Time
by Margaret Haddix
Jessie discovers that evil people are in control of her village, and it's up to her to change things. To do so, she attempts a dangerous escape. Will she succeed?

Mick Harte was Here **
by Barbara Park
Phoebe Harte tries to come to terms with her brother Mick's death in a bicycle accident. As she remembers the good times they shared, it helps her to cope with the pain.

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