2009 Newbery Medal and Honor Books
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
2009 Newbery Medal for Best Book: | The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean (HarperCollins Children's Books) |
2009 Newbery Honor Books: | The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing) |
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, Margarita Engle (Henry Holt & Company) | |
Savvy by Ingrid Law (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media, LLC) | |
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers) |
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