Newbery 2009

2009 Final Results

Posted by Angela @ Redmond on March 13, 2009 @ 07:58 PM

Final Votes:

#1 Waiting for Normal
#2 TIE The Underneath and Shooting the Moon
#3 Tennyson
#4 Dragon's Child
#5 Brett McCarthy

The Top 8

Appelt, Kathi - The Underneath
Blumesley M.M. - Tennyson
Connor, Leslie - Waiting for Normal
Couloumbis, Audrey - Love Me Tender
Dowell, Frances O'Roark - Shooting the Moon
Padia, Maria - Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress
Rodman, Mary Ann - Jimmy's Stars
Yep, Laurence - Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island

Honorable Mention

Alter, Stephen - Ghost Letters
Angle, Kimberly Greene - Hummingbird
Burg, Shana - A Thousand Never Evers
Henkes, Kevin - Bird Lake Moon
Law, Ingrid - Savvy
Lowry, Lois - The Willoughbys
Mills, Claudia - The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda Macleish
O'Connor, Barbara - Greetings From Nowhere
Park, Linda Sue - Keeping Score
Schmidt, Gary D - Trouble

Notable Titles That Were Deemed "Too Y"

Bauer, Joan - Peeled
Bodeen, S.A. - The Compound
Dessen, Sarah - Lock and Key
Doyle, Marissa - Bewitching Season
Harmon, Michael B - The Last Exit to Normal
Kluger, Steve - My Most Excellent Year
Levine, Gail Carson - Ever
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert - Princess Ben
Pearson, Mary - The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Pfeffer, Susan Beth - The Dead and the Gone
Woodson, Jacqueline - After Tupac and D Foster

2009 Committee Members

Monica Sands - Chair
Angela Nolet
Kalee Shearer
Laurin Linscott
Margaret Martin
Micheline Lopez
Patti Stroschein

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Since 1922 the John Newbery Medal has been awarded to "the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". Each year a committee of librarians, book sellers, reviewers, and professionals who belong to the American Library Association's (ALA) Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) meet in January to determine the winner. This hardworking committee has read an overwhelming number of books and face an extremely difficult decision.
You can read the award criteria here.

The King County Library System started its own Mock Newbery Board in 2005 as a professional development opportunity for Children's Librarians.

For the first time we invite parents and children to participate in our discussion and voting. Add your comments to blog posts and email your 2009 book suggestions to newberysuggestions@kcls.org.

Committee Members
- Angela @ Redmond - Chair
- Allison @ Redmond
- Beth @ Bellevue
- Deb @ Woodmont
- Maggie @ Lake Hills
- Micheline @ Bellevue
- Susan @ the Service Center