2009 Young Hoosier Book Award

Awards List

Intermediate

The Ghost's Grave
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

The Homework Machine
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

Mom for Mayor
(Nominee)
Nancy Edwards

Rules
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

The Hero Revealed
(Nominee)
William Boniface

Room One
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
(Nominee)
Anna Harwell Celenza

The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea
(Nominee)
Anne Sibley O'Brien

The Sloppy Copy Slipup
(Nominee)
Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan

Middle Grades

The Lightning Thief
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

Down the Rabbit Hole
(Nominee)
Peter Abrahams

Heat
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Black Duck
(Nominee)
Janet Taylor Lisle

Jumping the Scratch
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

The Legend of Bass Reeves
(Nominee)
Gary Paulsen

Penny from Heaven
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Fairest
(Nominee)
Gail Carson Levine

Hattie Big Sky
(Nominee)
Kirby Larson

Listening for Lions
(Nominee)
Gloria Whelan

Day of Tears
(Nominee)
Julius Lester

Weedflower
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

Alabama Moon
(Nominee)
Watt Key

Picture Book

Bad Kitty
(Winner)
Nick Bruel

Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef
(Nominee)
Marianne Berkes / Marianne Collins Berkes

Dad, Jackie, and Me
(Nominee)
Myron Uhlberg

Magnus at the Fire
(Nominee)
Jennifer Armstrong

Carmine
(Nominee)
Melissa Sweet

The Great Fuzz Frenzy
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Leaf Man
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

Show Way
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

The Boy Who Loved Words
(Nominee)
Roni Schotter

Lilly's Big Day
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Bats at the Beach
(Nominee)
Brian Lies

Letters from a Desperate Dog
(Nominee)
Eileen Christelow

The Shivers in the Fridge
(Nominee)
Fran Manushkin

Award Categories

Children's

Grades 4-6

Grades 6-8

Grades K-3

Intermediate

Middle Grades

Picture Book

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