2009 Newbery Contenders

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,460 ratings
2.
Savvy (Savvy, #1)
Savvy (Savvy, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 49,490 ratings
3.
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book 4.16 avg rating — 560,836 ratings
4.
The Underneath
The Underneath 3.98 avg rating — 11,352 ratings
5.
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 25,415 ratings
6.
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58,193 ratings
7.
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 476,657 ratings
8.
The Willoughbys
The Willoughbys 3.82 avg rating — 16,397 ratings
9.
Waiting for Normal
Waiting for Normal 4.06 avg rating — 11,988 ratings
10.
Every Soul a Star
Every Soul a Star 4.10 avg rating — 25,150 ratings
11.
Shooting the Moon
Shooting the Moon 3.75 avg rating — 3,858 ratings
12.
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 1,832,523 ratings
13.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks 3.80 avg rating — 50,533 ratings
14.
Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)
Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 7,036 ratings
15.
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #2)
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 191,493 ratings
16.
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge 3.68 avg rating — 773 ratings
17.
Diamond Willow
Diamond Willow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,334 ratings
18.
My One Hundred Adventures (My One Hundred Adventures, #1)
My One Hundred Adventures (My One Hundred Adventures, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 1,757 ratings
19.
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West 3.78 avg rating — 624 ratings
20.
Eleven
Eleven 3.46 avg rating — 3,490 ratings
21.
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball 4.26 avg rating — 4,068 ratings
22.
Hate That Cat (Jack, #2)
Hate That Cat (Jack, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 10,819 ratings
23.
Masterpiece
Masterpiece 3.94 avg rating — 8,427 ratings
24.
The Porcupine Year (Birchbark House, #3)
The Porcupine Year (Birchbark House, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 1,803 ratings
25.
Shifty
Shifty 3.94 avg rating — 136 ratings
26.
Trouble
Trouble 3.92 avg rating — 3,783 ratings
27.
Greetings from Nowhere
Greetings from Nowhere 3.93 avg rating — 1,925 ratings
28.
Keeping Score
Keeping Score 3.79 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
29.
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary 4.29 avg rating — 563 ratings
30.
Clementine's Letter (Clementine, #3)
Clementine's Letter (Clementine, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 5,204 ratings
31.
After Tupac and D Foster
After Tupac and D Foster 3.80 avg rating — 4,328 ratings
32.
Bird Lake Moon
Bird Lake Moon 3.31 avg rating — 1,158 ratings
33.
Ruby Holler
Ruby Holler 4.06 avg rating — 17,823 ratings
34.
Highway Cats
Highway Cats 3.39 avg rating — 504 ratings
35.
Smiles to Go
Smiles to Go 3.77 avg rating — 5,310 ratings
36.
Hummingbird
Hummingbird 3.84 avg rating — 149 ratings
37.
Impossible (Impossible, #1)
Impossible (Impossible, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 18,175 ratings
38.
The Joys of Love
The Joys of Love 3.52 avg rating — 1,026 ratings
39.
Down Sand Mountain
Down Sand Mountain 3.56 avg rating — 180 ratings
40.
White Sands, Red Menace (Green Glass, #2)
White Sands, Red Menace (Green Glass, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,376 ratings
40.
The Great Wide Sea
The Great Wide Sea 3.85 avg rating — 2,062 ratings
42.
The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)
The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 41,965 ratings
43.
Sunrise Over Fallujah
Sunrise Over Fallujah 3.73 avg rating — 5,246 ratings
44.
The Seer of Shadows
The Seer of Shadows
by: Avi
3.70 avg rating — 5,420 ratings
45.
Keeping the Night Watch
Keeping the Night Watch 4.14 avg rating — 345 ratings
46.
Outside Beauty
Outside Beauty 3.60 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
46.
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by: Jenny Han
3.75 avg rating — 1,006,310 ratings
48.
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom 3.95 avg rating — 2,917 ratings
49.
The Bronze Pen
The Bronze Pen 3.35 avg rating — 630 ratings
50.
The House in the Night
The House in the Night 3.88 avg rating — 8,808 ratings
51.
Spuds
Spuds 3.39 avg rating — 264 ratings
52.
Haley Cork And The Blue Door: The Doors Of Veselago
Haley Cork And The Blue Door: The Doors Of Veselago 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
53.
The Diary of Chickabiddy Baby
The Diary of Chickabiddy Baby 3.48 avg rating — 61 ratings
54.
Guardian
Guardian 3.81 avg rating — 391 ratings
55.
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat (Emmy, #1)
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat (Emmy, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 6,946 ratings
56.
Game
Game 3.88 avg rating — 868 ratings
57.
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel 4.23 avg rating — 2,499 ratings
58.
How to Talk to Girls
How to Talk to Girls 3.78 avg rating — 356 ratings
58.
Antsy Does Time (Antsy Bonano, #2)
Antsy Does Time (Antsy Bonano, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 2,164 ratings
60.
Old Bear
Old Bear 4.02 avg rating — 3,396 ratings
61.
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever 3.90 avg rating — 3,665 ratings
62.
A Thousand Never Evers
A Thousand Never Evers 3.84 avg rating — 805 ratings
63.
The Big Field
The Big Field 4.11 avg rating — 6,480 ratings
64.
Dark Whispers (The Unicorn Chronicles, #3)
Dark Whispers (The Unicorn Chronicles, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 3,416 ratings
65.
Snow: A Winter and Holiday Book for Kids
Snow: A Winter and Holiday Book for Kids 4.05 avg rating — 1,129 ratings
66.
Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859
Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859
by: Avi
3.68 avg rating — 359 ratings
67.
The House of Djinn (Shabanu, #3)
The House of Djinn (Shabanu, #3) 3.67 avg rating — 656 ratings
68.
Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here!
Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! 4.12 avg rating — 242 ratings
69.
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told 4.14 avg rating — 155 ratings
70.
Hug a Bug
Hug a Bug 3.52 avg rating — 144 ratings
71.
The Cardboard Piano
The Cardboard Piano 3.13 avg rating — 146 ratings
72.
The Light of the World: The Life of Jesus for Children
The Light of the World: The Life of Jesus for Children 3.87 avg rating — 98 ratings
73.
The Second Siege (The Tapestry, #2)
The Second Siege (The Tapestry, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 9,268 ratings
74.
Brand-new School, Brave New Ruby (Ruby and the Booker Boys, #1)
Brand-new School, Brave New Ruby (Ruby and the Booker Boys, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 377 ratings