Junior Books, Chat & Chow Past Selections:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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