2009 Volunteer State Book Award

Awards List

Grades K-3

Chickens to the Rescue
(Winner)
John Himmelman

Young Adult

Life As We Knew It
(Winner)
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Grades 4-6

Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters
(Nominee)
Lesley M.M. Blume

On the Wings of Heroes
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

No Talking
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
(Nominee)
Lynne Jonell

Dragon's Egg
(Nominee)
Sarah L. Thomson

The Legend of Zoey
(Nominee)
Candie Moonshower

Blown Away!
(Nominee)
Joan Hiatt Harlow

Grades K-3

Duck at the Door
(Nominee)
Jackie Urbanovic

The End
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

Michael's Golden Rules
(Nominee)
Deloris Jordan

The Perfect Nest
(Nominee)
Catherine Friend

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
(Nominee)
Janice N. Harrington

The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians
(Nominee)
Carla Morris

A Mama for Owen
(Nominee)
Marion Dane Bauer

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Orange Shoes
(Nominee)
Trinka Hakes Noble

Snow Day!
(Nominee)
Lester L. Laminack

Young Adult

The Real Question
(Nominee)
Adrian Fogelin

Shark Girl
(Nominee)
Kelly Bingham

Peak
(Nominee)
Roland Smith

The Wednesday Wars
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Parrotfish
(Nominee)
Ellen Wittlinger

Bone by Bone by Bone
(Nominee)
Tony Johnston

Kissing the Bee
(Nominee)
Kathe Koja

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
(Nominee)
Sherman Alexie

Book of a Thousand Days
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

Deadline
(Nominee)
Chris Crutcher

Uprising
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Award Categories

Grades 4-6

Grades K-3

High School

Intermediate

Middle School

Primary

Young Adult

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