2009 Newbery Medal Winner
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Newbery Honor Books
- The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
- The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- After
Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
2009 Caldecott Winner
- The House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie
Swanson
Caldecott Honor Books
- A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee
- How I learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz
- River of Words: The Story of William Carlos
Williams illustrated
by Melissa Seet and written by Jennifer Bryant
Young Reader's Choice Nominees, 2010
March, 2009 - Voting for 2009 YRCA nominees will take place
at Boise Public Library.
Junior Division: Grades 4-6
- Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Caroline Funke
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- Marley by John
Grogan
- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Stewart
- No Talking by
Andrew Clements
Intermediate Division: Grades 7-9
- The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
- Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
- Peak by Roland Smith
- The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci
- Schooled by Gordon Korman
- Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
- The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
- Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick
Coretta Scott King Award, 2009
- We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson
Coretta Scott King Honor Books
- The Blacker the Berry by
Joyce Carol Thomas
- Keeping the Night Watch by
Hope Anita Smith
- Becoming Billie Holiday by
Carole Boston Weatherford
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