Junior Books, Chat & Chow Past Selections:

2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002| 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

2011

• Savvy, by Ingrid Law
• Freaky Monday, by Mary Ridgers
• Lost and Found, by Andrew Clements
• Gollywhopper Games, by Jody Feldman
• The Book of Time, by Guillaume Prevost

2010

• Cats of Roxville Station, by Jean Craighead George
• Found (The Missing, Book 1), by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
• The Root Cellar, by Janet Lunn
• Swindle, by Gordan Korman
• How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
• Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
• Flip by David Lubar

2009

• No Talking, by Andrew Clements
• Boggart, by Susan Cooper
• Ghost Ship, by Dietlof Reiche
• Penderwicks, by Jeanne Birdsall
• Donuthead, by Sue Stauffacher
• Princess in the Pigpen, by Jane Resh Thomas
• Becoming Naomi Leon, by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Marley: A Dog Like No Other, by John Grogan

2008

• Wright 3, by Blue Balliett
• Shipwreck, by Gordon Korman
• Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
• Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
• Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Ida B by Katherine Hannigan
• Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

2007

• The Puppeteer's Apprentice by Danne Love
• House on Hackman's Hill by Joan Lowery Nixon
• Flush by Carl Hiaasen
• Blue Wolf by Catherine Creedon
• Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
• Escaping The Giant Wave by Pet Kehret
• Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
• Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

2006

• Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
• The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli
• City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
• Boy who Spoke Dog by Clay Morgan
• Secret Journey by Peg Kehret
• Tale Of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
• Egyptian Box by Jane Louise Curry
• Macaroni Boy by Katherine Ayres

2005

• Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
• Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
• Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
• Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements
• Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• Protecting Marie by Kevin Henkes

2004

• Loser by Jerry Spinelli
• Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
• Saving Lilly by Peg Kehret
• Secret School by Avi
• Half Magic by Edward Eager
• Hoot by Carl Hiassen
• Midnight Magic by Avi
• Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

2003

• Redwall by Brian Jacques
• Wanderer by Sharon Creech
• Night Hoops by Carl Decker
• Sasquatch by Roland Smith
• Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney
• Nose from Jupiter by Richard Scrimger
• Night the Bells Rang by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

2002

• Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
• Four Stupid Cupids by Gregory Maguire
• Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
• Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel
• Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
• Bradley and the Billboard by Mame Farrell
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz
• Schernoff Discoveries by Gary Paulson

2001

• Welcome Home Jellybean by Marlene Shyer
• Boy Who Owned the School by Gary Paulson
• Unbroken by Jessie Haas
• Dave at Night by Gail Levine
• Kid Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman
• Shadowland by Jenny Carroll
• Place Called Ugly by Avi
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Holt
• Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• Skellig by David Almond
• Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson
• Bad Dreams by Anne Fine

2000

• Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
• Cat Running by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• Twinkie Squad by Gordon Korman
• Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
• Well Wished by Franny Billingsley
• Secret Circle by Dona Schenker
• Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
• Going Through the Gate by Janet Anderson
• Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr

1999

• Cousins by Virginia Hamilton
• Frindle by Andrew Clements
• Nekoma Creek by Linda Crew
• Running Out of Time by Margaret Haddix
• Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
• Kidnap Kids by Todd Strasser
• Bad Girls by Cynthia Voight
• War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel

1998

• In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord
• Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
• Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Everyone Else’s Parents Said Yes by Paula Danziger