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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

  1. The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas
  2. Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith
  3. Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford

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