Books nominated for the 2009 Best Books for Young Adults List

There are currently 70 books that are nominated for the 2009 BBYA list.

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Adlington, L.J. Cherry Heaven. 

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. 

Baskin, Nora Raleigh. All We Know of Love. 

Beaufrand, Mary Jane. Primavera. 

Bodeen, S.A. Compound. 

Bray, Libba. The Sweet Far Thing. 

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. 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. 

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven. 

Gilman, David. The Devil’s Breath. 

Godberson, Anna. Luxe. 

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Uprising. 

Halpern, Julie. Get Well Soon. 

Harmon, Michael. The Last Exit to Normal. 

Harris, Joanne. Runemarks. 

Hernandez , David. Suckerpunch. 

Heuston, Kimberley. The Book of Jude. 

Jenkins, A.M. Night Road No. 1. 

Jordan, Hillary. Mudbound. 

Juby, Susan. Another Kind of Cowboy. 

Kephart, Beth. Undercover. 

Kluger, Steve. My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park. 

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. 

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. 

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. 
Venkatraman, Padma. Climbing the Stairs. 

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

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

Engle, Margarita. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom. 

Murphy, Jim. The Real Benedict Arnold. 

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

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