PUBLISHED BOOKS

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NOVELS (see picture books)

STRANGE RELATIONS
Knopf, 2007
New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age 2008
Sydney Taylor Award
Bank Street College list of Best Books for 2008
JUNK MAN'S DAUGHTER
Sleeping Bear Press, 2007
Bank Street College of Education Best Book
THE GOODNESS GENE
Dutton, 2005
Nominee, Georgia Peach Award
New York Public Library "Books For The Teen Age 2006"
California Collections Choice
ROOM IN THE HEART
Dutton, 2003; Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
Scholastic Book Club
German Rights
CLEM'S CHANCES
Orchard/Scholastic 2001
DREAM FREEDOM
Harcourt, 2000
Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book for Children
Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
THE CURE
Harcourt Brace, 1999; Harper/Trophy Paperback 2000
2005 California Readers Collection
German Rights
ABA Pick Of The List
Recorded Books
THE SINGING MOUNTAIN
Simon and Schuster 1998
Sydney Taylor Honor Book
Bank Street College Best Books of 1998
YESTERDAY'S CHILD
Simon & Schuster 1997
Finalist, Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award
NY Public Library Books for the Teen Age
EVIL ENCOUNTER
Simon and Schuster, 1996
Parents' Choice Honor Book
NY Public Library Books for the Teen Age List
Best of the Best Fiction - Pennsylvania Librarians Assn.

A PIECE OF HOME*
Dial, 1996
McGraw Hill Bi-lingual Program
ADAM'S WAR*
Dial, 1994
California Readers 2000 Collection
ESCAPE FROM EGYPT
Little Brown & Co., 1994; Puffin Paperback, Blackstone Audio Rts.
1994 National Conference of Christians and Jews Recommended List
Mirrors and Windows: Seeing the Human Family
Booklist Editors Choice
YALSA Best Books For Young Adults 1995 List
Voice of Youth Advocates Outstanding Books, 1994
New York Public Library 1995 Books for The Teen Age List
Nominee, South Carolina Junior Book Award
Nominee, TN Book Award, YA Category, 1998-99

ANNIE'S PROMISE
Atheneum, 1993
1993 Riverside County Author's Award
American Booksellers Pick Of The Lists Nominee
Georgia State Award
THE GOLEM AND THE DRAGON GIRL
Dial, 1993; Fawcett Paperback
1993, Kansas State Reading Circle Selection
YALSA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
SILVER DAYS
Atheneum, 1989; Aladdin Paperback
German Rights 1989
ALA-YASD Best Book for Young Adults
Nominee for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
Finalist, Jefferson Cup Award
Honor Book, Jewish Library Association, Sydney Taylor Award
INCIDENT AT LORING GROVES
Dial, 1988; Fawcett Paperback, German Rights
1988 Mystery Writers of America, Edgar Allen Poe Award
Nominee for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
Nominee for Nevada State Award
THE RETURN
Atheneum, 1987; Fawcett paperback, Danish Rights, German Rights, British Rights
1987, National Jewish Book Award in Children's Literature
PEN Los Angeles Award for Young Adult Fiction
Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award
Austrian Youth Prize
Germany, Catholic Children's Book Prize
Parents' Choice Honor Book
ALA-YASD Best Book for Young Adults
Nominee for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
French Rights

A SEASON FOR UNICORNS*
Atheneum, 1986; Fawcett Paperback

SMILE LIKE A PLASTIC DAISY*
Atheneum, 1984; Fawcett Paperback, German Rights

THE YEAR OF SWEET SENIOR INSANITY*
Atheneu, 1982; Fawcett Paperback
1982, American Booksellers Pick of the Lists
Japanese Rights

WHAT THEY DID TO MISS LILY*
Harper and Row, 1981; British and Danish Rights
Published under Sonia Wolff

THE NO-RETURN TRAIL*
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978; Junior Literary Guild
1978, Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award,
.........Best Juvenile Western
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
BEYOND ANOTHER DOOR
Atheneum, 1977
Fawcett Paperback

THE MARK OF CONTE*
Atheneum, 1976; German Rights
Aladdin Paperback 1981
Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award for Best Fiction
Nominee for California Young Reader Medal

REIGNING CATS AND DOGS*
Atheneum, 1976

JASON AND THE MONEY TREE*
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974; Scholastic Paperback
Film option

 

ROANOKE: A NOVEL OF THE LOST COLONY
Atheneum, 1973
Nominee for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
Nominee for Mark Twain Award
Nominee for Georgia State Award
Aladdin Paperback 9/2000

RITA THE WEEKEND RAT*
Atheneum, 1971, Scholastic Paperback
Danish Rights

JOURNEY TO AMERICA
Atheneum, 1970; Junior Literary Guild
German Rights, Scholastic & Aladdin Paperback
1970, Jewish Book Council of America, Best Juvenile Fiction
ALA Notable Book

ANTHOLOGIES
"Memories of Sun," Greenwillow Press, 2004
Story: Lying Down With The Lion

"With All My Heart, With All My Mind," Thirteen Stories About Growing Up
Jewish.
Story: Fly Me To The Moon

PICTURE BOOKS
WHEN KANGAROO GOES TO SCHOOL
Scholastic, Northland/Rising Moon 2001
WHEN ELEPHANT GOES TO A PARTY
Scholastic, Northland/Rising Moon, 2001
TAKING CHARGE
Orchard Books, 1999
Recorded Books
BOOM TOWN
Orchard Books 1998
Scholastic Book Club
Nominee, Nebraska Golden Sower Award
Recorded Books
NINE FOR CALIFORNIA
Orchard Books 1996
Finalist, Southern California Young Reader Medal
Scholastic Book Club
SLJ Best Book 1996
Nominee Show Me Readers Award, Missouri Association of School Librarians
Recorded Books
THE MAN WHO KEPT HIS HEART IN A BUCKET
Dial, 1991; Scholastic Paperback, Puffin Paperback

ALL THE CATS IN THE WORLD*
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982
Notable Children's Trade Book 1982

THE FISHERMAN AND THE BIRD*
Houghton Mifflin, 1982; Reprinted, the Ginn Company
1982, Notable Children's Trade Book
American Booksellers Pick of the Lists

NOBODY STOLE THE PIE*
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980
1980, Children's Choice

A SOUND TO REMEMBER*
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979; Jewish Book Club

A SINGE SPECKLED EGG*
Parnassus, 1976; Japanese Rights

WHO OWNS THE MOON*
Parnassus, 1973; Japanese Rights
1973 ALA Notable Book
SPECIAL AWARD Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Distinguished Body of Work Award 1981 and 1994.