...Christine Taylor-Butler, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Juanita Havill, Helen Hemphill, Donna Jo Napoli, Eileen and Jerry Spinelli; and illustrator Floyd Cooper. Editors on the faculty included Julie Ham of Charlesbridge Publishing; Lou Waryncia...

...It follows 16-year-old Mattie Cook, whose comfortable life is shattered by the epidemic. * "Loser," by Jerry Spinelli. Newberry Medal-winning author Spinelli explores the cruelty of a student body and how it does and doesn't affect...