THE MAGIC CIRCLE
1993 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-45127-7) (pb 1995 Puffin)

• PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Books
• BULLETIN OF THE CENTER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS Blue Ribbon Book
• American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
• American Library Association Recommended Books for Reluctant Readers
• American Library Association Notable
• BOOKLIST Children's Editor's Choice
• starred review KIRKUS
• starred review BULLETIN FOR THE CENTER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
• starred review PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
• starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
• boxed review BOOKLIST
• Volunteer State Book Award Master List in Tennessee
• New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
• nominated Garden State Teen Book Award, New Jersey
• book of the month Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table
• available in cassette through Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
• published in German (1995 SAUERLÄNDER IM ZAUBERKREIS ISBN 3-7941-4101-6)
• published in Dutch (1996 Averbode HET GEVECHT MET DE DUIVELS ISBN 90-317-1333-3
• published in Japanese (2000 Aoyama Shuppansha ISBN 4-89998-003-5)
• published in Chinese (2003 Pennant Cultural Publishing Co. ISBN 957-6774721)
• performed as musical at Media Theatre, Media, PA, Feb., 2001

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ZEL
1996 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-45612-0) (pb 1998 Puffin)

• PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Books
• SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Best Books
• BULLETIN FOR THE CENTER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS Blue Ribbon Book
• BOOKLIST "Books of Special Note"
• American Booksellers Association Pick of the List
• American Library Association Young Adults (YALSA) popular paperbacks
• starred review KIRKUS
• starred review PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
• starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
• boxed review BOOKLIST
• Junior Library Guild
• New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List, Vermont
• Maine Student Book Award Master List
• Voice of Youth Advocates Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror List
• Missouri State Teachers Association Reading Circle Selection List
• Notable Carolyn W. Field Award, Pennsylvania Library Association
• Honor Book YOUNG CRITICS' TOP CHOICES FROM THE LAST SIX YEARS, 1997
• audiocassette with Recorded Books (ISBN 0-7887-3529-2)
• available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
• published in Danish (1999 Carlsen ZEL ISBN 87-562-7748-2)
• published in Chinese (1999 Academy Press-Xue Yuan ISBN 7- 5077-0877-2)
• published in Japanese (2008 Poplar-Sha ISBN 978-4-591-10494-1)

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SONG OF THE MAGDALENE
(originally 1996 Scholastic (ISBN 0-590-93705-7) with pb 1998)
reissued and available in pb 2004 Simon & Schuster (ISBN 0-689-87396-4)

• American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists
• American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
• Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
• New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list
• boxed review BOOKLIST

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STONES IN WATER (first in a series with FIRE IN THE HILLS)
1997 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-45842-5) (pb 1999)

• Golden Kite Award of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 1998
• Sydney Taylor Book Award presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries 1998
• Carolyn W. Field Honor Book, Pennsylvania Library Association
• nominated Nebraska Golden Sower Young Adult Award
• nominated Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award of Illinois
• American Library Association Best Books
• American Library Association Notable
• National Council of Social Studies Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
• PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Books
• boxed starred review PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
• starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
• New York Public Library Best Books
• nominated Allen White Children's Book Award
• nominated Young Hoosier Book Award, Indiana
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List, Vermont
• nominated Maud Hart Lovelace Award, Minnesota
• available in braille and in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
• published in Dutch (1998 Averbode SAMEN STERK ISBN 90-317-1381-3)
• published in Danish (1999 Carlsen SOM STEN I VAND ISBN 87-562-8086-6)
• published in England (1999 Oxford U Press ISBN 0-19-271798-7, also in paperback)
• published in German (2001 Carl Hanser Verlag FLUCHT NACH VENEDIG ISBN 3-446-20012-6)
• published in Korean (2008 Pulbit Publishing Co. ISBN 978-89-7474-621-6)
• Performed as drama at Media Theatre, Media, PA, 2003

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FOR THE LOVE OF VENICE
1998 Delacorte (ISBN 0-385-32531-2) (pb 2000)

• New York Public Library Best Books
• Highlights Free Library of Philadelphia
• Boxed review BOOKLIST
• Renaissance Learning recommended list
• available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

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SIRENA
1998 Scholastic (ISBN 0-590-38388-4) (pb 2000)

• American Library Association Best Books
• starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
• boxed review BOOKLIST
• San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Roundup List
• Nebula nomination
• New York Public Library Best Books
• International Reading Association Children's Choices
• Highlights Free Library of Philadelphia
• Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice for Young Adults
• available in braille through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
• published in Chinese (2005 Muses Publishing in Taiwan 0800-221029 and 02-22181142 and 957-29530-6-0, as well as Shanghai Literature and Art in Mainland China)
• to be published in Thai by Matichon Publishing House

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SPINNERS

coauthor Richard Tchen

1999 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-46065-9) (pb 2001)

• Junior Library Guild
• boxed review BOOKLIST
• New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
• Carolyn W. Field Honor Book, Pennsylvania Library Association
• South Carolina Book Award Master List

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CRAZY JACK
1999 Delacorte (ISBN 0-385-32627-0) (pb 2001)

• Junior Library Guild
• Smithsonian's Notable Books
• starred review BOOKLIST
• starred review BULLETIN FOR THE CENTER OF 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 with Recorded Books (ISBN 0-7887-4010-5)
• available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
• published in Japanese (2006 Julian ISBN 4-902584-14X)

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BEAST
2000 Simon & Schuster (ISBN 0-689-83589-2) (pb 2002)

• 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
• 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 Young Adult Book Award list
• YALSA 100 Great Books for Teens
• 2001-2002 Texas Tayshas Reading List
• Renaissance Learning recommended list
• available in cassette through Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
• available in large print from Thorndike (ISBN 0-7862-7421-2)
• published in Farsi (2003 Peydayesh ISBN 964 349 169 2)
• published in Japanese (2005 Julian ISBN 4-902584-13-1)

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DAUGHTER OF VENICE
2002 Delacorte (ISBN 0-385-90036-8) (pb 2003)

• Nevada Young Readers Award
• starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
• Booksense 76
• starred review VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List, Vermont
• YALSA 100 Great Books for Teens
• Renaissance Learning recommended list
• excerpted in READ vol.53, no. 15, March 19, 2004
• published in England (2002 Walker Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-7445-9059-0; 2004, pb ISBN 0-7445-9080-9)
• published in German (2003 Fischer Schatzinsel DONATA, TOCHTER VENEDIGS ISBN 3-596-85124-6)

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THE GREAT GOD PAN
2003 Delacorte (ISBN 0-385-32777-3) (pb 2005)

• starred review KIRKUS
• New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
• Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror list, VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES

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BREATH
2003 Simon & Schuster (ISBN 0-689-86174-5) (pb 2005)

• Golden Kite Honor Book
• American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
• New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
• American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
• starred review KIRKUS
• starred review KLIATT
• Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers list
• Renaissance Learning recommended list
• ALA Popular Paperback in the Diseases and Disorders category
• available in large print from Thorndike (ISBN 0-7862-7420-4).
• published in Chinese (2006 Muses Publishing House ISBN 986 739913-7)
• to be published in German by Patmos Verlagshaus GmbH & Co.

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NORTH
2004 Greenwillow (ISBN 0-06-057987-0) (pb 2005)

• Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award
• South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee
• published in Spanish (2005 Destino. Barcelona. HACIA EL NORTE ISBN 84-08-05765-0)
• published in German (2006 Carl Hanser Verlag NACH NORDEN ISBN 3-446-20645-0)
• audiocassette with Recorded Books (ISBN 1-4025-9927-7)
• selections read on Vermont Public Radio in spring, 2005

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BOUND
2004 Simon & Schuster (ISBN 0-689-86175-3) (pb 2006)

• 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
• 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)
• published in German (2008 Patmos Verlagshaus ISBN 978-3-7941-8047-9)
• published in Japanese (2009 Akane Shobo ISBN 978-4-2510-6662-6)

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THE KING OF MULBERRY STREET
2005 Delacorte (ISBN 0-385-74653-9) (pb 2007)

• Sydney Taylor Honor Book presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries 2006
• Junior Library Guild
• Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award
• starred review in KIRKUS
• starred review in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
• New York Public Library 100 Books for Reading and Sharing
• Sons of Italy National Book Club selection
• Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (by NCSS and CBC)
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award List (Vermont)
• Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Master List
• Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee
• Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award Master List, Intermediate Category
• Graden State Book Award Nominee (New Jersey)
• to be published in Japanese (Kaiseisha Publishing)

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FIRE IN THE HILLS (sequel to STONES IN WATER) (pb 2008)
2006 Dutton (ISBN 0-525-47751-9)

• Carolyn W. Field Honor Book, Pennsylvania Library Association

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HUSH: An Irish Princess' Tale
2007 Atheneum (Simon & Schuster) (ISBN 0-689-86176-1) (pb 2008)

• American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
• Young-Adult Round Table of the Texas Library Association (TAYSHAS) selection
• Bank Street Best Books selection
• starred review KIRKUS
• starred review PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
• starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
• Miami Herald's Best Books of the Year list
• New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
• to be published in German by Patmos Verlagshaus GmbH & Co

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THE SMILE
2008 Dutton (ISBN 978-0-525-47999-4)

• highlighted review VOYA (5Q)
• to be published in Greek (Agyra Publishing House, Athens)
• to be published in German by Fischer Verlag GMBH
• to be published in Polish by Wydawnictwo Jaguar
• to be published in Australia and New Zealand (Random House Australia)

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ALLIGATOR BAYOU
2009 Random House (ISBN 978-0-385-76472-8)

• Parents' Choice Gold Award for Historical Fiction
• Junior Library Guild

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