2009 Nominees
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  • Alabama Moon by Watt Key
  • Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle
  • Black Storm Comin' by Diane Lee Wilson
  • Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
  • Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M.M. Blume
  • A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama by Laura Amy Schlitz
  • Gossamer by Lois Lowry
  • The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
  • Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
  • Heat by Mike Lupica
  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  • Letters From Wolfie by Patti Sherlock
  • Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  • The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  • Oh, Rats!: The Story of Rats and People by Albert Marrin
  • Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
  • Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
  • Rules by Cynthia Lord
  • shug by Jenny Han
  • Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
 

 
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