2009 Newbery Contenders
Add and vote for 2008 American children's and YA 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".
1 The Hunger Games (The Hunge...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 1,587,900 ratings
2 Savvy (Savvy, #1)
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 16,095 ratings
3 The Graveyard Book
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 128,774 ratings
4 The Underneath
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 3,912 ratings
5 The Penderwicks on Gardam S...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 6,448 ratings
6 Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 12,338 ratings
7 Graceling (Graceling Realm,...
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 122,694 ratings
8 The Willoughbys
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 5,175 ratings
9 Waiting for Normal
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 5,089 ratings
10 Shooting the Moon
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,784 ratings
11 Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4)
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 699,257 ratings
12 Every Soul A Star
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 7,109 ratings
13 The Disreputable History of...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 16,963 ratings
14 My One Hundred Adventures
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3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 951 ratings
15 Brooklyn Bridge
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 387 ratings
15 The Trouble Begins at 8: A ...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 289 ratings
17 Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,379 ratings
18 Eleven
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3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 1,648 ratings
19 Diamond Willow
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,241 ratings
20 We are the Ship: The Story ...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
21 Rodrick Rules (Diary of a W...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 39,414 ratings
22 The Penderwicks: A Summer T...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 13,441 ratings
23 Hate That Cat
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 3,487 ratings
24 Shifty
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 83 ratings
25 Masterpiece
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 3,110 ratings
26 The Porcupine Year
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 315 ratings
27 Trouble
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,406 ratings
28 Keeping Score
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 389 ratings
29 Bird Lake Moon
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3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 640 ratings
30 The Lincolns: A Scrapbook L...
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 236 ratings
31 Greetings from Nowhere
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 596 ratings
32 After Tupac and D Foster
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
33 Ruby Holler
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 7,485 ratings
34 Hummingbird
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 85 ratings
35 Highway Cats
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3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 244 ratings
36 Smiles to Go
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 2,303 ratings
37 Clementine's Letter (Clemen...
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
38 The Penderwicks at Point Mo...
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
38 Impossible (Impossible, #1)
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 11,614 ratings
40 Down Sand Mountain
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 90 ratings
41 White Sands, Red Menace (Gr...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 487 ratings
42 Sunrise Over Fallujah
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,853 ratings
43 Catching Fire (The Hunger G...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 927,509 ratings
44 The Great Wide Sea
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 826 ratings
45 Keeping the Night Watch
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 127 ratings
46 Outside Beauty
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3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 696 ratings
47 The Dead and the Gone (Last...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 14,855 ratings
48 The Joys of Love
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3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 497 ratings
49 The Seer of Shadows
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 2,470 ratings
50 The Bronze Pen
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3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 270 ratings
51 Spuds
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3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 102 ratings
52 Haley Cork and the Blue Door
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
53 The Diary of Chickabiddy Baby
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3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 24 ratings
54 Guardian
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 210 ratings
55 A Thousand Never Evers
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 335 ratings
55 The Little House
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 16,297 ratings
57 The Summer I Turned Pretty ...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 31,879 ratings
58 Game
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 305 ratings
59 Hansel and Gretel
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 644 ratings
60 The Surrender Tree: Poems o...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 802 ratings
61 How to Talk to Girls
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 151 ratings
62 The House in the Night
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 2,624 ratings
63 Anna and the French Kiss (A...
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 56,073 ratings
64 The Devil Wears Prada
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 366,516 ratings
65 The Boy Next Door (Boy, #1)
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 26,621 ratings
65 A Bad Case of Stripes
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 23,289 ratings
67 Strega Nona
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 30,199 ratings
68 Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Mi...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 36,962 ratings
69 Island of the Blue Dolphins...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 130,062 ratings
70 The Twits
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 41,931 ratings
71 Ella Enchanted
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 164,565 ratings
72 The Midwife's Apprentice
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 20,431 ratings
73 Number the Stars
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 183,260 ratings
74 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 77,994 ratings
75 Madeline
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 72,316 ratings
76 Corduroy
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 80,290 ratings
77 The Hundred Dresses
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 12,012 ratings
78 Because of Winn-Dixie
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 71,506 ratings
79 Walk Two Moons
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 69,069 ratings
80 Are You My Mother?
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 65,938 ratings
81 Holes (Holes, #1)
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 277,000 ratings
82 Ivy and Bean (Ivy and Bean,...
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 3,906 ratings
83 No Talking
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 7,272 ratings
84 Emmy and the Incredible Shr...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,580 ratings
85 Snow
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 195 ratings
86 Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth...
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
87 Hug a Bug
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 70 ratings
88 The Light of the World: The...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 33 ratings
89 Old Bear
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
90 A Couple of Boys Have the B...
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
91 Ma! There's Nothing to Do H...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 93 ratings
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message 1: by Laura (new)

Laura How does Island of the Blue Dolphins qualify?


message 2: by Cindy (new)

Cindy I was wondering that too.


message 3: by Maria (new)


message 4: by Maria (new)

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


message 5: by Jess (new)

Jess 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)

Tanya ooooohhhhhh


message 7: by Tanya (new)

Tanya i guess that was kinda obvious ^^


message 8: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey 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)

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


message 10: by [deleted user] (new)

oh! savvy was brilliant!


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

Ina i only know the graveyard book it wuz great.


Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* graveyard book already won the newbery, didn't it?


message 13: by Josiah (new)

Josiah ♥ 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)

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

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...




message 15: by Cl (new)

Cl GO HUNGER GAMES!!!!!!


Lukia *Oh. My. Word.* How did Hunger Games not even get an honors!!!


message 17: by Topaz (new)

Topaz Wright Savvy and scumble for the win!


message 18: by Becca (new)

Becca may the best book win!!


message 19: by Emily (new)

Emily yes


message 20: by Jack (new)

Jack Hi everyone,

I have created a new group called Goodreads All Sorts and I'd love for people to join it or just even just give it a look. It's a group that discusses anything and everything. There will be monthly group reads, movies, and music. There is a folder for everything you could think of. I'd really like if people could spread the word because I'd love for the group to be a success. Here is the link to the group:

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/9...

Thanks very much,
Jack :-)


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