1999-2000

Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominees

The books nominated for the 1999-2000 Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards Program have been selected after a long, thoughtful process on the part of all committee members. At the time of the publication of this list, all titles are in-print. You are invited to send in recommendations for the 2000-01 list to the Black-Eyed Susan Book Committee, % MEMO, P.O. Box 21127, Baltimore, MD 21228. Anyone interested in serving on one of the three committees may send his or her name to the same address and be prepared to meet one Sunday afternoon each month. Your participation is encouraged and appreciated.

Picture Books

Boss of the Plains: The Hat that Won the West -� Carlson/Mead
Grandpa's Teeth - Rod Clement
A Night at the Fair -� Donald Crews
Scrambled States of America -� Laurie Keller
The Seven Gods of Luck - Kudler/Finch
Black Cowboy - Lester/Pickney
The Wolf is Coming - MacDonald/Brown
Ghost of Sifty-Sifty Sam - Medaris/Rogers
The Giant Carrot - Peck/Root
Thank You, Mr. Falker - Patricia Polacco
Sassy Gracie- Sage/Pratt
Weave of Words - San Souci/Colon
A Bad Case of the Stripes - David Shannon
Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems - Sierra/Aruego
Something Beautiful - Wyeth/Soentpiet

Grades 4-6 Annotations

The Skull of Truth - Bruce Coville
Autumn Journey - Priscilla Cummings
Ghost of Fossil Glen - Cynthia DeFelice
My Life as a Fifth Grade Comedian - Elizabeth Levy
A Season of Comebacks - Kathy Mackel
White Water - P.J. Peterson
The Kidnapers: A Mystery - Willo Davis Roberts
For Your Eyes Only - Joanne Rockifa
Bug Boy - Carol Sonenklar
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents - Lee Wardlaw

Grades 6-9� Annotations

The Terrorist - Caroline Cooney
Ghost of Fossil Glen - Cynthia DeFelice
Lone Wolf - Kristine Franklin
The Secret of Platform 13 - Eva Ibbotson
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, A Slave Girl -� Patricia McKissack
Silverwing - Kenneth Oppel
My Life in Dog Years - Gary Paulsen
Hero - S.L. Rottman
Wringer - Jerry Spinelli

High School� Annotations

(This is the first year that the High School level was included)

Mama's Girl - Veronica Chambers
The Taking of Room 114 - Mel Glenn
Leaving Fishers - Margaret Haddix
Danger Zone - David Klass
Blood and Chocolate - Annette Curtios Klause
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
Swallowing Stones - Joyce McDonald
Soldier's Heart - Gary Paulsen
The Final Journey - Gudrun Pausewang
Rats SawGod - Rob Thomas