Books nominated for the 2009 Best Books for Young Adults List

These are the 96 books that were nominated for the 2009 BBYA list by the cutoff point before the ALA Annual convention.

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Adlington, L.J. Cherry Heaven. 

Almond, David. The Savage. 

Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Vol. II: The Kingdom on the Waves . 

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. 

Baskin, Nora Raleigh. All We Know of Love. 

Beaufrand, Mary Jane. Primavera. 

Bertagna, Julie. Exodus. 
Bodeen, S.A. Compound. 2009 Quick Picks nominee

Bray, Libba. The Sweet Far Thing. 

Brothers, Meagan. Debby Harry Sings in French. 

Bruchac, Joseph. March Toward the Thunder

Bryant, Jen. Ringside 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial. 

Buckhanon, Kalisha. Conception. 

Bunce, Elizabeth. A Curse Dark as Cold. 

Cadnum, Michael. The King’s Arrow. 

Caletti, Deb. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye. 

Colfer, Eoin. Airman. 

Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. 

de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. 2009 Quick Picks nominee

Dessen, Sarah. Lock and Key. 

Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother. 

Dole, Mayra Lazara. Down to the Bone. 

Dowd, Siobhan. The London Eye Mystery. 

Feldman, Jody. The Gollywhopper Games. 

Fleischman, Sid. The Entertainer and the Dybbuk. 

Gardner, Sally. The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution. 
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven. 

Gilman, David. The Devil’s Breath. 

Godberson, Anna. The Luxe. 

Gonzalez, Julie. Imaginary Enemy. 
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Uprising. 

Halpern, Julie. Get Well Soon. 

Harmon, Michael. The Last Exit to Normal. 

Harris, Joanne. Runemarks. 

Hernandez , David. Suckerpunch. 2009 Quick Picks nominee

Heuston, Kimberley. The Book of Jude. 

Hooper, Mary. Newes from the Dead: Being a True Story of Anne Green, Hanged for Infanticide at Oxford 
Assizes in 1650, Restored to the World and Died Again 1665.
Jenkins, A.M. Night Road No. 1. 

Jordan, Hillary. Mudbound. 

Juby, Susan. Another Kind of Cowboy. 

Kephart, Beth. Undercover. 

Kibuishi, Kazu. Amulet: Book 1: The Stone Keeper. 
Kluger, Steve. My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park. 

Koertge, Ron. The Savage.
Le Guin, Ursula K. Lavinia. 
Lecesne, James. Absolute Brightness. 

Levithan, David. How They Met, And Other Stories. 

Little, Melanie. The Apprentice's Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain. 

Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. 

Lurie, April. The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine.

 

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MacLeon, Doug. I'm Being Stalked by a Moonshadow. 

Mazer, Norma Fox. The Missing Girl. 

McMann, Lisa. Wake. 

McMullan, Margaret. When I Crossed No-Bob. 

McNamee, Graham. Bonechiller. 

Meldrum, Christina. Madapple.

Mitchard, Jacquelyn. All We Know of Heaven. 

Meyer, Stephenie. The Host. 

Monniger, Joseph. Baby. 

Murphy, Pat. The Wild Girls. 

Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah. 

Na, An. The Fold. 

Napoli, Donna Jo. Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale. 

Pearson, Mary E. The Adoration of Jenna Fox.  [Trailer available]

Petrucha, Stefan. Teen, Inc. 

Reinhardt, Dana. How to Build a House. 
Rex, Adam. The True Meaning of Smekday. 

Roe, Monica. Thaw. 

Schmidt, Gary. Trouble. 
Schumacher, Julie. Black Box. 

Shaw, Susan. Safe. 

Sheth, Kashmira. Keeping Corner. 

Shoup, Barbara. Everything You Want. 

Smith, Jennifer. The Comeback Season. 

Smith, Roland. Elephant Run.

Stein, Garth. The Art of Racing in the Rain.

Tamaki, Mariko. Skim.

Townsend, Wendy. Lizard Love.

Valentine, Jenny. Me, the Missing, and the Dead.

Whittenberg, Allison. Life is Fine. 

Woodson, Jacqueline. After Tupac and D Foster. Quick Picks nominee

Venkatraman, Padma. Climbing the Stairs. 

Yoo, Paula. Good Enough. 

Zarr, Sara. Sweethearts. 

Ziegler, Jennifer Lynn. How NOT to be Popular.

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Nonfiction

 
Abadzis, Nick. Laika. Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2008

Barry, Lynda. What It Is. 
Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. 
Engle, Margarita. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom. 

Hillstrand, Jonathan, et al. Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs. 
Lewis, J. Patrick. The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse. 
Murphy, Jim. The Real Benedict Arnold. 

Nelson, Scott Reynolds. Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry.

Porcellino, John. Thoreau at Walden. 

Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. Three Little Words: A Memoir. 

Shields, Charles J. I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee.