Elementary and Middle Grade Novels and Stories
by Donna Jo Napoli
Friendship Humor Trilogy (available on Kindle 2012)
-- amazing talking freckles!--
SOCCER SHOCK
1991 Dutton (pb 1993 Puffin)
ISBN 0-525-44827-6
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Hall of Fame Sports Books for Kids 1996 Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table
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nominated Nutmeg Book Award
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in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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in Chinese (1999 Academy Press- Xue Yuan ISBN 7-5077-0858-6)
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL:
... fantastic twist... lighthearted ... genuine characters ...[The characters] are heroic in smaller, more personal ways--sticking to their goals and accomplishing them.
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SHARK SHOCK
1994 Dutton (pb 1997 Puffin)
ISBN 0-525-45267-2)
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Children’s Books 1994, Free Library of Philadelphia
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Keystone State Reading Association's Young Adult Book Award Nominee
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in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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in Chinese (1999 Academy Press-Xue Yuan ISBN 7-5077-0878-0)
BOOKLIST:
... A lighthearted but realistic look at the fears contemporary children encounter as they grow up...
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL:
...will appeal to children who have an appreciation for the absurd, particularly when it occurs in a warm, supportive environment...
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