I am 'challenged' to find a few books to choose from to fill the category of Out of the Mouth of Babes for the Contemporary Fiction Challenge 2012.  Any suggestions? 

From HF you might read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas or Four Perfect Pebbles by Lila Perl and Marion Blumen thal Lazan from WWII.  I liked the latter but not the former but many others liked it.  Pebbles is on my shelf - no shameless promotion here.  I am reading Bound by Sallly Gunning (15-year-old).  I just finished Eragon by Christopher Paolini, who began the book when he was 15, for another challenge.  Carol Newman Cronin wrote Oliver's Surprise and a Cape Cod book - both are YA books with historical background that appeals to adults, too.  Hope these ideas help.   

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Would Qualify. Also Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

                                                               Rose

I have trouble remembering which are narrated by non-adults (rather than simply featuring them as protagonists),  but I'll keep this category in mind the next time I'm wandering around the bookstore trying not to buy stuff. ;-) The only work I can think of right now is the one on my challenge list, Vernon God Little.

I just read a review in the latest Bookmarks about a book called We the Animals (by Justin Torres). "In short, episodic chapters, an unnamed, seven-year-old boy, the youngest of three brothers, recounts a turbulent childhood in the embrace of a remarkably turbulent childhood in the embrace of a remarkably dysfunctional family." The book received high ratings and--here is perhaps the best part for some--it's only 144 pages.

                                                                                                                                              Rose

here is perhaps the best part for some--it's only 144 pages.

that is only good if you don't like the book!

If a 14-year-old girl counts as a child, then Mattie Ross as the narrator of True Grit. by Charles Portis, would be a book to consider. 

I figure furkids count as a non-adult point of view, so my choice is written from the dog's perspective. 

OOO.  True Grit.  I am going to look for a copy.

The Stolen Child by Donahue (fantasy/sci-fi)