...Juvenile) ? Bluefish, by Pat Schmatz (Candlewick Press) ? The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale, by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, Barry Moser (Illus.) (Peachtree) ? The Flint Heart, by Katherine Paterson and John Paterson, John...

...tongue-in-cheek story, its young heroine and cheerful monster. "Martina the Beautiful Cockroach," retold by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael Austin. When Martina turns 21 days old and is ready to marry, she receives a lovely shawl...