Annotated lists of books receiving at least one starred review from one of four major review sources: Booklist, Kirkus, LJ and PW. The review source assigns the star.
(lists of new and notable books - lists are sortable and can be downloaded)
The list includes both fiction and nonfiction books. Titles are arranged alphabetically by author. The edition listed is the trade book, library bindings are not listed unless that is the only available format. Titles received starred reviews from Booklist, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, School Library Journal, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Horn Book.
The theme information is derived from cataloging information and is not comprehensive. Books are suggested for ages 12 and older. Age and grade designations are approximate, parental judgement should be used.
Notable book information is added as time allows: BBYA= Best Books for Young Adults (ALA/YALSA)
Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine or the Library of Congress CIP description, unless otherwise noted.
| Author | Title | Publisher | $ | Date | Stars | ISBN |
| Abrams, Dennis | Rachael Ray: Food Entrepreneur | Facts on File | 30 | 1/30/2009 | Booklist | 9781604130782 |
| Anderson, Laurie Halse | Wintergirls | Penguin Group USA | 17.99 | 3/19/2009 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ, Bulletin | 9780670011100 |
| Armstrong, Kelley | The Awakening | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 17.99 | 5/1/2009 | Kirkus | 9780061662768 |
| Barnes, John | Tales of the Madman Underground: A Historical Romance, 1973 | Penguin Group USA | 18.99 | 6/25/2009 | Booklist | 9780670060818 |
| Bausum, Ann | Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books | 21.95 | 4/14/2009 | Booklist, SLJ | 9781426303326 |
| Benjamin | Orange | Tokyopop | 14.99 | 2/10/2009 | Booklist | 9781427814630 |
| Bertagna, Julie | Zenith | Walker & Co | 16.99 | 3/17/2009 | Booklist | 9780802798039 |
| Block, Francesca Lia | Pretty Dead | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 10/1/2009 | Booklist | 9780061547850 |
| Block, Francesca Lia | The Waters & the Wild | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 6/1/2009 | PW | 9780061452444 |
| Blubaugh, Penny | Serendipity Market | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 3/1/2009 | Kirkus | 9780061468759 |
| Brashares, Ann | 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows | Random House Childrens Books | 18.99 | 1/13/2009 | Bulletin, PW | 9780385736763 |
| Caletti, Deb | The Secret Life of Prince Charming | Simon & Schuster | 16.99 | 4/7/2009 | PW | 9781416959403 |
| Chaltas, Thalia | Because I Am Furniture | Penguin Group USA | 16.99 | 4/16/2009 | PW, VOYA Pure Poetry Picks | 9780670062980 |
| Chambers, Aidan | The Toll Bridge | Harry N Abrams Inc | 8.95 | 4/1/2009 | SLJ | 9780810983588 |
| Dana, Barbara | A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 3/1/2009 | Kirkus, Horn Book | 9780060287047 |
| Davis, Tanita S. | Mare's War | Random House Childrens Books | 16.99 | 6/9/2009 | Kirkus | 9780375857140 |
| Fantaskey, Beth | Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 17 | 2/1/2009 | Bullletin, PW | 9780152063849 |
| Forman, Gayle | If I Stay | Penguin Group USA | 16.99 | 4/2/2009 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | 9780525421030 |
| Foxlee, Karen | The Anatomy of Wings | Random House Childrens Books | 16.99 | 2/10/2009 | Booklist, Bulletin | 9780375856433 |
| Freymann-Weyr, Garret | After the Moment | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 16 | 5/18/2009 | PW | 9780618605729 |
| Garsee, Jeannine | Say the Word | Bloomsbury USA | 16.99 | 3/17/2009 | Booklist | 9781599903330 |
| Gill, David Macinnis | Soul Enchilada | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 4/1/2009 | Kirkus | 9780061673016 |
| Going, K. L. | King of the Screwups | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 17 | 4/6/2009 | PW, SLJ | 9780152062583 |
| Han, Jenny | The Summer I Turned Pretty | Simon & Schuster | 16.99 | 5/5/2009 | PW, SLJ | 9781416968238 |
| Harrison, Mette Ivie | The Princess and the Bear | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 17.99 | 5/1/2009 | Kirkus | 9780061553141 |
| Hernandez, David | No More Us for You | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 2/1/2009 | Kirkus, Bulletin | 9780061173332 |
| Jinks, Catherine | The Reformed Vampire Support Group | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 17 | 4/20/2009 | PW | 9780152066093 |
| Klass, Sheila Solomon | Soldier's Secret: The Story of Deborah Sampson | Henry Holt & Co | 17.99 | 3/31/2009 | Booklist | 9780805082005 |
| Lloyd, Saci | The Carbon Diaries, 2015 | Holiday House | 17.95 | 2/6/2009 | Booklist, Horn Book, SLJ | 9780823421909 |
| Madden, Kerry | Harper Lee: A Twentieth-century Life | Penguin Group USA | 16.99 | 3/19/2009 | Kirkus, Booklist | 9780670010950 |
| Magoon, Kekla | The Rock and the River | Simon & Schuster | 15.99 | 1/6/2009 | Bulletin, Booklist | 9781416975823 |
| Mantchev, Lisa | Eyes Like Stars | Feiwel & Friends | 16.99 | 7/7/2009 | Kirkus | 9780312380960 |
| Marino, Peter | Magic And Misery | Holiday House | 17.95 | 3/15/2009 | Booklist | 9780823421336 |
| Martin, C. K. Kelly | One Lonely Degree | Random House Childrens Books | 16.99 | 5/26/2009 | Kirkus | 9780375851636 |
| McKernan, Victoria | The Devil's Paintbox | Random House Childrens Books | 16.99 | 1/13/2009 | PW, SLJ | 9780375837500 |
| Meehan, Kierin | Hannah's Winter | Edc Pub | 15.95 | 3/1/2009 | Kirkus, Horn Book | 9781933605982 |
| Morrison, Angela | Taken by Storm | Penguin Group USA | 16.99 | 3/5/2009 | PW | 9781595142382 |
| Morrison, Grant | All Star Superman 2 | Dc Comics | 19.99 | 2/17/2009 | Booklist | 9781401218379 |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Dope Sick | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 2/1/2009 | PW, SLJ | 9780061214776 |
| November, Sharyn (EDT) | Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction | Penguin Group USA | 19.99 | 3/5/2009 | Bulletin | 9780142405529 |
| Oaks, J. Adams | Why I Fight | Simon & Schuster | 16.99 | 4/21/2009 | Booklist | 9781416911777 |
| Pignat, Caroline | Greener Grass | Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd | 12.95 | 3/13/2009 | Booklist | 9780889954021 |
| Pon, Cindy | Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 17.99 | 5/1/2009 | Booklist | 9780061730214 |
| Prose, Francine | Touch | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 6/1/2009 | Booklist | 9780061375170 |
| Rich, Naomi | Alis | Penguin Group USA | 17.99 | 2/19/2009 | PW | 9780670011254 |
| Runyon, Brent | Surface Tension: A Novel in Four Summers | Random House Childrens Books | 16.99 | 3/10/2009 | Kirkus, PW | 9780375844461 |
| Ryan, Carrie | The Forest of Hands and Teeth | Random House Childrens Books | 16.99 | 3/10/2009 | Bulletin, SLJ | 9780385736817 |
| Smith, Sherri L. | Flygirl | Penguin Group USA | 16.99 | 1/22/2009 | Booklist | 9780399247095 |
| Smithson, Ryan | Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 5/1/2009 | Kirkus, SLJ | 9780061664687 |
| Spires, Elizabeth | I Heard God Talking to Me: William Edmonson and His Stone Carvings | Farrar Straus & Giroux | 17.95 | 2/2/2009 | SLJ | 9780374335281 |
| Stoffels, Karlijn | Heartsinger | Scholastic | 16.99 | 1/1/2009 | Kirkus, PW | 9780545069298 |
| Stork, Francisco X. | Marcelo in the Real World | Scholastic | 17.99 | 3/1/2009 | Booklist, Bulletin, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW, SLJ | 9780545054744 |
| Swanson, James L. | Chasing Lincoln's Killer | Scholastic | 16.99 | 2/1/2009 | PW, SLJ | 9780439903547 |
| Valentine, Jenny | Broken Soup | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 4/1/2009 | Bulletin, Kirkus | 9780060850715 |
| Vivian, Siobhan | Same Difference | Scholastic | 17.99 | 3/1/2009 | Kirkus | 9780545004077 |
| Whitcomb, Laura | The Fetch | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 17 | 2/2/2009 | Booklist, Bulletin | 9780618891313 |
| Williams, Carol Lynch | The Chosen One | St Martins Pr | 16.95 | 5/12/2009 | PW | 9780312555115 |
| Williams-Garcia, Rita | Jumped | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 16.99 | 3/1/2009 | Booklist, PW | 9780060760915 |
| Wiseman, Eva | Puppet | McClelland & Stewart Ltd | 17.95 | 1/13/2009 | Booklist | 9780887768286 |
| Wolff, Virginia Euwer | This Full House | Harpercollins Childrens Books | 17.99 | 2/1/2009 | Kirkus, PW | 9780061583049 |
| Wolfson, Jill | Cold Hands, Warm Heart | Henry Holt & Co | 17.99 | 3/31/2009 | Kirkus | 9780805082821 |
| Wyatt, Melissa | Funny How Things Change | Farrar Straus & Giroux | 16.95 | 4/27/2009 | Kirkus | 9780374302337 |
| Yang, Gene Luen | The Eternal Smile | First Second | 16.95 | 4/27/2009 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | 9781596431560 |
| Zink, Michelle | Prophecy of the Sisters | Little Brown & Co | 17.99 | 8/1/2009 | Booklist | 9780316027427 |
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