JUNIOR FICTION: GIRLS WITH GRIT.

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Author: Winslow, Betty

Atalanta and the Arcadian beast Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris HarperColins, 2003, $15.99. 0-060-29454-X. Grades 4-6. When 12-year-old Atalanta goes hunting for a vicious beast with a group that includes the most famous hunter of all, Oron, she surprises everyone when they finally face it.

Cougar canyon Lucy Jane Bledsoe. Holiday House, 2001, $16.95. 0-82841-599-6. Grades 4-7 Isabel spends her summer doing yard work and squabbling with her cousins, until a cougar shows up in the neighborhood. Will angry neighbors have it killed, or can Isabel and her cousins persuade them to leave it alone?

The girl with 500 middle names Margaret Peterson Haddix Ill., Janet Hamlin Simon & Schuster, 2001 $15.00. 0-689-84135-3. Grades 2-4, Janie's mom knits and sells specialty sweaters to pay to send Jane to Satterthwaite School, but the sweaters are not selling too well and Janie's not sure she likes the school Now what?

Hoop girlz Lucy Jane Bledsoe. Holiday House, 2002 $16.95 0-823-41691-7 Grades 3-6. When River does not make the basketball. A-team she starts her own team with other rejects as players and her brother as coach. Can the Hoop Girlz win the coming tournament?

Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia Reilly Giff Wendy Lamb, 2002 $15.95 0-38532-655-6 Grades 4-6. Foster child Hollis solves problems by running away, so when Josie, her latest foster mom, becomes dangerously forgetful and the Regans offer Hollis a permanent home. Hollis and Josie run away and hide while they decide what to do.

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By Betty Winslow