Best Books of 2009 (Older)

Best Books of 2009-Older

A list of some of our favorite titles published in 2009 for older kids and ‘tweens. The list includes a range of interests and a mix of well-known authors and new voices. Most would make great gift ideas!

Juvenile Fiction

• All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg
• Wild Things by Clay Carmichael
• Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
• Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle
• Scat by Carl Hiaasen
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• Hannah’s Winter by Kierin Meehan
• The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O’Conner
• A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
• Slob by Ellen Potter
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

Juvenile Mystery

• The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael Beil

Juvenile Science Fiction & Fantasy

• The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge
• The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
• The Doom Machine by Mark Teague

Juvenile Non-Fiction

• Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge
• Lucy Long Ago: Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came From
  by Catherine Thimmesh
• The Frog Scientist by Pamela Turner
• Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
• The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis
• The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
• Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World by Marilyn Nelson
• Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy by Leonard S. Marcus
• Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures from the Archives of the Anne Frank House by Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol
• Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Albert Marrin
• Darwin by Alice B. McGinty

Last Updated: 16 January 2010