Fantasies based on fairytales in historical settings other than Germany and France — chronologically ordered
- Junior Library Guild
- Smithsonian’s Notable Books
- starred review BOOKLIST
- starred review BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS
- starred review VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES
- Tennessee Master List, Volunteer State Book Award
- Renaissance Learning recommended list
- available in large print from Thorndike (ISBN 0-7862-3047-9)
- audiocassette Recorded Books (ISBN 0-7887-4010-5)
- audiocassette National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- in Japanese (2006 Julian ISBN 4-902584-14X)
To see a one-act play version performed at Lamoille Union High School in Hyde Park, VT on 13 March 2014, go here.
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1999 Delacorte (pb 2001)
ISBN 0-385-32627-0
BOOKLIST:… beautifully written… romance, adventure, fantasy…
VOYA:...subtle highlighting of the need to work hard, yet appreciate the beauty in life…
KIRKUS:…Gripping… dark and psychologically truthful...
HORN BOOK:… everyday magic that makes life worth living.
2000 Simon & Schuster (pb 2002)
ISBN 0-689-83589-2
HORN BOOK:… brings immediacy and vitality to the beast
KIRKUS:… sensual and brillliant imagining… Compelling, relentless, erotic.
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL:… rich language and gracefully formal prose portraying Beast’s poignant search for his place in the world…
LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS:Besides creating unconventional viewpoint characters, Napoli is a master of atmosphere …a deep immersion into an unfamiliar world… anguish… integrity … true love.
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- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Best Books
- Junior Library Guild
- VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES “Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers”
- VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES “Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror”
- finalist for 2001 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature
- starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
- starred review KIRKUS
- starred review THE HORN BOOK
- audiocassette with Recorded Books (ISBN 0-7887-5227-8)
- Washington DC’s Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children
- Carolyn W. Field Honor Book Pennsylvania Library Association
- Keystone YA Book Award list
- YALSA 100 Great Books for Teens
- 2001-2002 Texas Tayshas Reading List
- Renaissance Learning recommended list
- cassette Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
- large print Thorndike (ISBN 0-7862-7421-2)
- in Japanese (2005 Julian ISBN 4-902584-13-1)
- in Farsi (2003 Peydayesh ISBN 964 349 169 2)
For a description of Donna Jo’s visit to Iran in 2005, click here
2004 Simon & Schuster (pb 2006)
ISBN 0-689-86175-3
CAPITOL CHOICES:…this excellent read-aloud introduces young readers to an exotic habitat.
KIRKUS: …fabulous coming-of-age story… beautiful lessons about finding oneself, about fitting in (or not), about the implacability of nature and weather and the importance of maternal advice.
HIGHLIGHTS MAGAZINE, a child review:
...you’ll want to read it again and again… It sounds like music when it’s being read to you.
- American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Best Books
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Books
- KIRKUS Editor’s Choice
- BOOKLIST Top Ten Historical Fiction for Youth
- starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
- starred review KIRKUS
- starred review BOOKLIST
- starred review PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
- Junior Library Guild
- American Library Association Young Adults (YALSA) Popular Paperbacks
- nominated for Kentucky Bluegrass Award
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Master List (Vermont)
- South Carolina Junior Book Award List
- available in large print from Thorndike (ISBN 0-7862-7419-0)
- in German (2008 Patmos Verlagshaus ISBN 978-3-7941-8047-
- in Japanese (2009 Akane Shobo ISBN 978-4-2510-6662-6)