Best New Books 2008-2009

by Joni Sensel (2008) Savvy by Ingrid Law (2008) Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (2009) BEST NONFICTION Looking for Miza: The True Story of the Mountain Gorilla Family Who Rescued One of Their Own by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Paula Kahumbu (2008) Frogs (2008) by Nic Bishop Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art.<br><br> (2008) Greater Estimations by Bruce Goldstone (2008) The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming (2008) The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick (2008) Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka (2008) Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & Susan Roth (2009) BEST NEW FICTION (NOVELS) Lost and Found (2008) and Extra Credit (2009) by Andrew Clements, ill by Mark Elliot Six Innings by James Preller (2008) Beanball by Gene Fehler (2008) The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy by Diane Stanley (2008) Bird Like Moon by Kevin Henkes (2008) Swindle by Gordon Korman (2008) Clementine 9s Letter by Sara Pennypacker, ill by Marla Frazee (2008) The Underneath by Kathi Applet, ill by David Smith (2008) The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall (2008) Love That Cat by Sharon Creech (2008) 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares (2009) Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen (2008) Write Before Your Eyes by Lisa Williams Kline (2008) The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (2009) Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (2009) Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur (2009) BEST HISTORICAL FICTION AND BIOGRAPHIES (PICTURE BOOKS) (including contemporary issues in other countries) My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet and the Birth of American Sign Language by Emily Arnold McCully (2008) We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (2008) Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A.<br><br> Nivola (2008) What To Do About Alice? By Barbara Kerley, ill by Edwin Fotheringham (2008) How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz (2008) Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford (2008) Walking to School by Eve Bunting (2008) Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes, ill by Bryan Collier (2008) Lincoln and Douglas by Nikki Grimes, ill by Bryan Collier (2008) Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan by Tony O 9Brien & Mike Sullivan (2008) One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventure of Charles Darwin by Kathryn Lasky, ill by Matthew Trueman (2009) Abe 9s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappoport, ill by Kadir Nelson (2008) Manjiro: The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries by Emily Arnold McCully (2008) Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange, ill by Kadir Nelson (2009) BEST UNTOLD TALES (PICTURE BOOKS) OR OTHER VIEWPOINTS Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch by Mona Kerby, ill by Lynne Barasch (2008) Manjiro by Emily Arnold McCully (2008) Sparrow Girl by Sara Pennypacker, ill by Yoko Tanaka (2009) Independent Dames by Laurie Halse Andersion, ill by matt Faulkner (2008) BEST UNTOLD TALES OR OTHER VIEWPOINTS (NOVELS) The Smile by Donna Jo Napoli (2008) BEST HISTORICAL FICTION (NOVELS) (including contemporary issues in other countries) Roots and Wings by Many Ly (2008) Snow Falling in Spring by Moying Li (2008) Ringside 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial by Jen Bryant (2008) Chandra 9s Wars by Allan Stratton (2008) Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park (2008) Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanji (2008) Mao 9s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin (2008) The Disappeared by Gloria Whelan (2008) All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg (2009) Chains (2008) and Forge (2009 forthcoming) by Laurie Halse Anderson BEST POETRY Why War is Never a Good Idea by Alice Walker, ill by Stefano Vitale (2008) On the Farm by David Elliott, ill. Holly Meade (2008) Oh, Theodore!<br><br> Guinea Pig Poems by Susan Kitz, illustrated by Stacey Schuett (2008) Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein, art by Ed Young (2008) Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye (2008) Well Defined: Vocabulary in Rhyme by Michael Salinger, ill by Sam Henderson (2009) More Than Friends: Poems from Him and Her by Sara Holbrook and Allan Wolf (2008) BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVELS The Fortunes of Indigo Skye (2008) by Deb Caletti The Juvie Three (2008) by Gordon Korman Wintergirls (2009) by Laurie Halse Anderson Shift by Jennifer Bradbury (2008) Sweethearts by Sara Zarr (2008) Ghost of Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen (2008) The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher (2008) How to Build a House by Dana Reinhardt (2008) Greetings from Nowhere by Barbara O 9Connor (2008) Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers (2008) The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (2008) House of Dance by Beth Kephart (2008) House of Djinn by Suzanne Fisher Staples (2008) Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli (2008) Trouble by Gary Schmidt (2008) Slam by Nick Hornby (2008) Paper Towns by John Green (2008) Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen (2008) Itch by Michelle Kwasney (2008) Artichoke 9s Heart by Suzanne Supplee (2008) The Kind of Friends We Used to Be by Frances O 9Roark Dowell (2009) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (2008) Willow by Julia Hoban (2009) Brutal by Michael Harmon (2009) King of the Screwups by K.<br><br> L. Going (2009) Just Another Hero by Sharon Draper (2009) Sprout by Dale Peck (2009) Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (2009) The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti (2009) Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott (2009) Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (2009) Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (2009) BEST ADULT BOOKS The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan (2008) The Other by David Guterson (2008) The Host by Stephenie Meyer (2008) Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (2008) Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah (2008) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (2008) The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (2009) Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter (2009) Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (2009) The Help by Kathryn Stockett (2009) Compiled by Bonnie Campbell Hill September, 2009<br><br>

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