Elementary and Middle School Novels

by Donna Jo Napoli

(ANGELWINGS series is at the end.)

SOCCER SHOCK (first in the trilogy with SHARK SHOCK and SHELLEY SHOCK)

1991 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-44827-6) (pb 1993 Puffin)

  • Hall of Fame Sports Books for Kids 1996, Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table
  • nominated Nutmeg Book Award
  • available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  • published in Chinese (1999 Academy Press- Xue Yuan ISBN 7-5077-0858-6)

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THE PRINCE OF THE POND, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DE FAWG PIN (first in the trilogy with JIMMY, THE PICKPOCKET OF THE PALACE and GRACIE, THE PIXIE OF THE PUDDLE)

1992 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-44976-0) (pb 1994 Puffin)

  • New Jersey Reading Association's M. Jerry Weiss Book Award 1997
  • one of the funniest children's books for the '90's SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
  • sleeper by SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
  • nominated for Kansas State Reading Circle
  • 100 Best Children's Books 1992 of New York Public Library
  • Outstanding Merit, Bank Street Child Study CBC
  • starred review KIRKUS
  • starred review BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • nominated Nutmeg Children’s Book Award
  • Pennsylvania Young Readers’ Choice Award Program
  • nominated Colorado Children's Book Award
  • book of the month Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table
  • 1995 Jostens Learning biology lesson based on the chapter "Tadpoles"
  • performed by Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA
  • available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  • published in German (1995 Sauerländer DER PRINZ Vom TEICH ISBN 3-7941-3833-3; pb Sansibar ISBN 3-293-21022-8)
  • published in Dutch (1997 Averbode DE KIKKERPRINS ISBN 90-317-1199-3)
  • published in Chinese (1999 East & West Book Co. Ltd. ISBN 957-0339-01-2)
  • published as CD and cassette in Swiss German Dialect (Tudor Recording AG, Zurich DE PRINZ VOM TEICH CD: ISBN 3-03776-215-2; cassette: ISBN 3-03776-216-0)
  • performed as play at Media Theater, Media, PA, in October, 2004
  • a read aloud plan is found in CHILDREN'S BOOK CORNER: A READ-ALOUD RESOURCE WITH TIPS, TECHNIQUES, AND PLANS FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, AND PARENTS, Grades 5-6

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WHEN THE WATER CLOSES OVER MY HEAD (first in the series with ON GUARD)

(originally 1994 Dutton (0-525-45083-1) with pb 1996 Puffin)
reissued and available in pb 2002 Scholastic (0043936800)

  • Outstanding Merit, Bank Street Child Study CBC
  • starred review KIRKUS
  • boxed review BOOKLIST
  • book of the month Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table
  • available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  • published in Chinese (1999Academy Press-Xue Yuan ISBN 7-5077-0814-4)

reviews


SHARK SHOCK (second in the trilogy with SOCCER SHOCK and SHELLEY SHOCK)

1994 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-45267-2) (pb 1997 Puffin)

  • Children’s Books 1994, Free Library of Philadelphia
  • Keystone State Reading Association's Young Adult Book Award Nominee
  • available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  • published in Chinese (1999 Academy Press-Xue Yuan ISBN 7-5077-0878-0)

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THE BRAVEST THING

(originally 1995 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-45397-0) with pb 1997 Puffin)
reissued and now available in pb 2001 Scholastic (0043936798)

  • Renaissance Learning recommended list
  • Published in German (1997 Beltz&Gelberg DAS HASENWUNDER ISBN 3-407-79793-1)
  • published in Chinese (1999 Academy Press-Xue Yuan ISBN 7-5077-0839-X)

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JIMMY, THE PICKPOCKET OF THE PALACE (second in the trilogy with THE PRINCE OF THE POND and GRACIE, THE PIXIE OF THE PUDDLE)

1995 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-45357-1) (pb 1997 Puffin)

  • Outstanding Merit, Bank Street Child Study CBC
  • starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
  • Junior Library Guild
  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List, Vermont
  • book of the month Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table
  • performed as play at Media Theater, Media, PA, in October, 2005

reviews


ON GUARD (second in the series with WHEN THE WATER CLOSES OVER MY HEAD)

1997 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-45759-3) (pb 1999 Puffin)

  • Book of the month Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table
  • available in braille and in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  • published in Chinese (1999 Academy Press-Xue Yuan ISBN 7-5077-0815-2)

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TROUBLE ON THE TRACKS

1998 Scholastic (ISBN 0-590-13447-7)

  • available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  • Published in Dutch (1999 Averbode OP HET SPOOR VAN DE KAKETOE ISBN 90-317-1426-7)

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CHANGING TUNES

1998 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-45861-1) (pb 2000 Puffin)

  • Book of the month Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table
  • Highlights, Free Library of Philadelphia
  • Renaissance Learning recommended list
  • available in braille through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  • published in German (2004 Carl Hanser Verlag ALS PAPA DAS KLAVIER mitnahm
    ISBN 3-423-62165-6)

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SHELLEY SHOCK (third in the trilogy with SOCCER SHOCK and SHARK SHOCK)

2000 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-46452-2) (pb 2002 Puffin)

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THREE DAYS


2001 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-46790-4) (pb 2003 Puffin)

  • Junior Library Guild
  • Bank Street Best Books Master List
  • starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
  • SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Best Books
  • nominated Florida Sunshine State Young Reader Award
  • nominated South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award
  • nominated Kansas William Allen White Award
  • nominated Pennsylvania Young Readers Award
  • nominated Iowa Children's Choice Award
  • Miami Herald Best Children's Book list
  • audiocassette with Recorded Books (ISBN 1-4025-0939-1)
  • published in German (2005 Carlsen NUR 3 TAGE ISBN 3-551-58125-8)

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GRACIE, THE PIXIE OF THE PUDDLE (third in the trilogy with THE PRINCE OF THE POND and JIMMY, THE PICKPOCKET OF THE PALACE)


2004 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-47264-9)

 

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SLY THE SLEUTH AND THE PET MYSTERIES (first in the SLY THE SLEUTH series)

coauthor Robert Furrow


2005 Dial Books for Young Readers (ISBN 0-8037-2993-6) (pb Scholastic Book Club 2007)

  • Junior Library Guild
  • Best of the Year list, Bank Street College
  • Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award list

 

reviews

 

UGLY


2006 Hyperion Books for Young Readers (ISBN 0-7868-3753-5)

  • Junior Library Guild
  • Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Master List
  • starred review KIRKUS

 

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SLY THE SLEUTH AND THE SPORTS MYSTERIES (second in the SLY THE SLEUTH series)

coauthor Robert Furrow


2006 Dial Books for Young Readers (ISBN 0-8037-2994-4)

  • Best of the Year list, Bank Street College

 

 

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SLY THE SLEUTH AND THE FOOD MYSTERIES (third in the SLY THE SLEUTH series)

coauthor Robert Furrow


2007 Dial Books for Young Readers (ISBN 0-8037-3119-6)

 

reviews

 

MOGO


2008 Hyperion Books for Young Readers (ISBN-10: 1-4231-0816-7)

  • Junior Library Guild

 

 

 

ANGELWINGS Series

 

ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster


#1 FRIENDS EVERYWHERE (ISBN0-689-82694-X)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434- 0832-2)
  • Published in Italian (2002 Bompiani NUOVI AMICI PER PAT, ISBN 88-451-2607-2)
  • Published in Hebrew (2006 Sefer Lakol, Israel, to order click )

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ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#2 LITTLE CREATURES (ISBN 0-689-82695-8)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434 -0833-0)
  • Published in Italian (2002 Bompiani GLI ANIMALI DI SIMONA, ISBN 88-451-2608-0)
  • Published in Hebrew (2006 Sefer Lakol, Israel, to order click )

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ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#3 ON HER OWN (ISBN 0-689-82985-X)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434 -0834-9)
  • Published in Italian (2002 Bompiani ELENA CRESCE, ISBN 88-451-2609-9)
  • Published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel, to order click)

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ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#4 ONE LEAP FORWARD (ISBN 0-689-82986-8)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434 -0835-7)
  • Published in Italian (2002 Bompiani IL CORAGGIO DI PAUL, ISBN 88-451-2610-2)
  • Published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel,to order click)

ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#5 GIVE AND TAKE (ISBN 0-689-83205-2)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434-0838-1)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)

reviews

 

ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#6 NO FAIR (ISBN 0-689-8320-0)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN0-7434 -0841-1)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)

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ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#7 APRIL FLOWERS (ISBN 0-689-83207-9)

  • Renaissance Learning recommended list
  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434-0861-6)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)

reviews

ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#8 PLAYING GAMES (ISBN 0-689-83208-7)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434 -0862-4)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)


ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#9 LIES AND LEMONS (ISBN 0-689-83209-5)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434 -0889-6)
  • Published in Hebrew (2006 Sefer Lakol, Israel, to order click )

ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#10 RUNNING AWAY (ISBN 0-689-83210-9)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434 -0863-2)
  • Published in Hebrew (2006 Sefer Lakol, Israel, to order click )

 

 


ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#11 KNOW-IT-ALL (ISBN 0-689-83572-8)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434 -2884-6)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)

 

ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#12 NEW VOICES (ISBN 0-689-83573-6)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434 -1608-2)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)

 

ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#13 LEFT OUT (ISBN 0-689-83971-5)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7434-1609-0)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)

 


ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#14 HAPPY HOLIDAYS (ISBN 0-689-83977-4)

  • Published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd. ISBN0-7434 -1910-4)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)


ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#15 PARTNERS (ISBN 0-689-83972-3)

  • to be published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd.)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)

 

ANGELWINGS
a series of 16 books, fall, 1999 - spring, 2001 Simon&Schuster

#16 HANG IN THERE (ISBN 0-689-83973-1)

  • to be published in the United Kingdom (2001 Omnia Books, Ltd.)
  • to be published in Hebrew (Sefer Lakol, Israel)