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2009 Young Reader's Choice Award Nominees
These guides will help you begin the discussion. If you're hungry, they also provide snack suggestions! Warning! Some guides contain key elements of the plot. Do not read if you don't want to know what happens! Check out the official YRCA website for more details.
Junior Division
- Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
- The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
- The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
- Rules by Cynthia Lord
- Gossamer by Lois Lowry
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
- To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel
Intermediate Division
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable by John Boyne
- Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
- Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz
- The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
- Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- Small Steps by Louis Sachar
- Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
Senior Division
- The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
- Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
- The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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