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2009 Newbery Contenders
Add and vote for 2008 American children's books that should win the Newbery Medal in January 2009. The medal is awarded to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in English in the United States during the preceding year".
Tags: ala, award, childrens, fiction, medal, newbery, nonfiction, prize-winners, teen, ya, and young

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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins 173 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
2
The Underneath
The Underneath
by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads author) 60 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
3
Savvy
Savvy
by Ingrid Law (Goodreads author) 59 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
4
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author), Dave McKean (Illustrator) 57 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
5
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
by Jeanne Birdsall 47 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
6
The Willoughbys
The Willoughbys
by Lois Lowry 35 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
7
Chains
Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads author) 32 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
8
Waiting for Normal
Waiting for Normal
by Leslie Connor 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
9
Shooting the Moon
Shooting the Moon
by Frances O'Roark Dowell 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain i...
by Sid Fleischman 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
11
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
by Karen Hesse 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
12
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Base...
by Kadir Nelson 15 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
13
My One Hundred Adventures
My One Hundred Adventures
by Polly Horvath 15 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Graceling
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
15
Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School, and Other S...
by Lenore Look 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
16
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
17
Diamond Willow
Diamond Willow
by Helen Frost 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
Shifty
Shifty
by Lynn E. Hazen (Goodreads author) 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
19
The Porcupine Year
The Porcupine Year
by Louise Erdrich 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
Every Soul A Star
Every Soul A Star
by Wendy Mass 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
21
Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Trouble
Trouble
by Gary D. Schmidt 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
23
Keeping Score
Keeping Score
by Linda Sue Park 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
24
Eleven
Eleven
by Patricia Reilly Giff 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
25
Bird Lake Moon
Bird Lake Moon
by Kevin Henkes 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
26
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
by Candace Fleming 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
27
Greetings from Nowhere
Greetings from Nowhere
by Barbara O'Connor (Goodreads author) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
28
After Tupac and D Foster
After Tupac and D Foster
by Jacqueline Woodson 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
Down Sand Mountain
Down Sand Mountain
by Steve Watkins 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
30
Highway Cats
Highway Cats
by Janet Taylor Lisle 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
31
Hate That Cat: A Novel
Hate That Cat: A Novel
by Sharon Creech 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
32
Masterpiece
Masterpiece
by Elise Broach 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
White Sands, Red Menace
White Sands, Red Menace
by Ellen Klages 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
34
Clementine's Letter
Clementine's Letter
by Sara Pennypacker 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
35
Hummingbird
Hummingbird
by Kimberly Greene Angle (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
36
Keeping the Night Watch
Keeping the Night Watch
by Hope Anita Smith 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
Haley Cork and the Blue Door: The Doors of Veselago
Haley Cork and the Blue Door: The Doors of Vese...
by M. Andrew Sprong (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
38
The Diary of Chickabiddy Baby
The Diary of Chickabiddy Baby
by Emma Kallok 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
38
Smiles to Go
Smiles to Go
by Jerry Spinelli 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
40
Guardian
Guardian
by Julius Lester 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
Outside Beauty
Outside Beauty
by Cynthia Kadohata 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
42
Sunrise Over Fallujah
Sunrise Over Fallujah
by Walter Dean Myers 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
43
The Joys of Love
The Joys of Love
by Madeleine L'Engle 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
44
Game
Game
by Walter Dean Myers 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle fo...
by Margarita Engle 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
47
Spuds
Spuds
by Karen Hesse 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
48
The Great Wide Sea
The Great Wide Sea
by M.H. Herlong 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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A Thousand Never Evers
A Thousand Never Evers
by Shana Burg 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
50
The Dead and the Gone
The Dead and the Gone
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
51
How to Talk to Girls
How to Talk to Girls
by Alec Greven 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
52
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
by Walter Dean Myers 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
53
Hug a Bug
Hug a Bug
by Eileen Spinelli, Dan Andreasen (Illustrator) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
The Light Of The World
The Light Of The World
by Katherine Paterson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
55
Old Bear
Old Bear
by Kevin Henkes 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
56
The Seer of Shadows
The Seer of Shadows
by Avi 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
57
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
by Marla Frazee 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
58
The House in the Night
The House in the Night
by Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes (Illustrator) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
59
The Bronze Pen
The Bronze Pen
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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message 1: by Lazygal (new)

170420 How does Island of the Blue Dolphins qualify?


message 2: by Cindy (new)

339857 I was wondering that too.


message 3: by Maria (new)


message 4: by Maria (new)

1155803 I would love to nominate Shifty by Lynn Hazen for this list!


message 5: by Jess (new)

271355 I removed a bunch of books that were published before 2008 - only books published during 2008, by writers living in the US, are eligible!


message 6: by Tanya (new)

719591 ooooohhhhhh


message 7: by Tanya (new)

719591 i guess that was kinda obvious ^^


message 8: by Lindsey (new)

1430982 So far I've only read Savvy by Ingrid Law, but it was amazing and definitely gets my vote! I am hoping to read at least 4 more of the books mentioned on this list in the next week or so.


message 9: by Lindsey (new)

1430982 I'm removing Bosh Blobber Bosh as it was published in 1998.


message 10: by Meredith (new)

2138554 oh! savvy was brilliant!


message 11: by Ina (last edited Aug 08, 2009 06:51PM) (new)

2200963 i only know the graveyard book it wuz great.


message 12: by ♥ Brigid ♥ (new)

886144 graveyard book already won the newbery, didn't it?


message 13: by Josiah (new)

1914201 ♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "graveyard book already won the newbery, didn't it?"

That's right. I think that it was named as winner on January 26th of this year, but in any case the Newbery vote was definitely announced in late January.


message 14: by Kristen (new)

959000 If you are following current Newbery contenders join the Mock Newbery group.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1666...




message 15: by Eli (new)

Nophoto-u-25x33 Island of the Blue Dolphins is one of the worst books on record, and whoever made this list should change it to 2010. Also, We Are The Ship should seriously win one.


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