Listed below are all of the 2009 nominees for the Poetry category.

Author

Title

Al Capone Shines My Shoes Gennifer Choldenko
Alibi Junior High Greg Logsted
All The Broken Pieces Ann Burg
Also Known As Harper Ann Haywood Leal
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters Lenore Look
Angel Cake Cathy Cassidy
Anna’s World Wim Coleman
Anything But Typical Nora Raleigh Baskin
Beast of Blackslope (The Sherlock Files), The Tracy Barrett
Beef Princess of Practical County, The Michelle Houts
Best Bad Luck I Ever Had, The Kristin Levine
Beyond the Station Lies the Sea Jutta Richter
Black Angels Linda Beatrice Brown
Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) Lisa Yee
Born to Fly Michael Ferrari
Boy Trouble (Claudia Cristina Cortez) Diana G. Gallagher
Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z., The Kate Messner
Brooklyn Nine, The Alan M. Gratz
Brushing Mom’s Hair Andrea Cheng
Bull Rider Suzanne Morgan Williams
Bystander James Preller
Callie’s Rules Naomi Zucker
Captain Nobody Dean Pitchford
Carolina Harmony Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Castle of Bran, The Stephen S. Keeney
Chains Laurie Halse Anderson
Confetti Girl Diana Lopez
Dani Noir Nova Ren Suma
Dear Pen Pal (The Mother-Daughter Book Club) Heather Vogel Frederick
Dessert First Hallie Durand
Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better Lauren Barnholdt
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Jeff Kinney
Dog Whisperer: The Rescue Nicholas Edwards
Dragon Wishes Stacy Nyikos
Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in Love Lauren Tarshis
Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, The Jacqueline Kelly
Extra Credit (Junior Library Guild Selection) Andrew Clements
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Fiona Finkelstein, Big-Time Ballerina!! Shawn K. Stout
Girl Who Threw Butterflies, The Mick Cochrane
Gone from These Woods Donny Bailey Seagraves
Heart of a Shepherd Rosanne Parry
I Am Jack Susanne Gervay
Ice Shock (Joshua Files) M. G. Harris
Jemma Hartman, Camper Extraordinaire Brenda A. Ferber
Journey of Dreams Marge Pellegrino
Kind of Friends We Used to Be, The Frances O’Roark Dowell
Kip Campbell’s Gift (Funeral Director’s Son) Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Last Invisible Boy, The Evan Kuhlman
Last Newspaper Boy in America, The Sue Corbett
Leaving the Bellweathers Kristin Clark Venuti
Liberty Porter First Daughter Julia DeVillers
Lincoln and His Boys Rosemary Wells
Living It Up to Live It Down Ronica Stromberg
Love, Aubrey Suzanne LaFleur
Lucky Breaks Susan Patron
Melonhead Katy Kelly
Models Don’t Eat Chocolate Cookies Erin Dionne
Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Rodman Philbrick
Mudville Kurtis Scaletta
My Life in Pink & Green Lisa Greenwald
Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma, The Trenton Lee Stewart
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (Book One) Michael Buckley
Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me Nan Marino
Newsgirl Liza Ketchum
No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay) (Secrets of a Lab Rat) Trudi Trueit
Operation Redwood S. Terrell French
Operation Yes Sara Lewis Holmes
Paris Pan Takes the Dare Cynthea Liu
Peace, Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson
Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone: The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival Dene Low
Piper Reed Gets a Job Kimberly Willis Holt
Positively Courtney Sheinmel
Problem with the Puddles, The Kate Feiffer
Recipe for Robbery, A Marybeth Kelsey
Red, White & True Blue Mallory Laurie Friedman
Rescuing Seneca Crane (A Kari and Lucas Mystery) Susan Runholt
Return to Sender Julia Alvarez
Road to Tater Hill Edith M. Hemingway
Ruby Flips For Attention (Ruby And The Booker Boys) Derrick Barnes
Sahwira: An African Friendship Carolyn Marsden
Scat Carl Hiaasen
Season of Gifts, A Richard Peck
Ship of Lost Souls, The Rachelle Delaney
Signal Cynthia DeFelice
Sisters Eight Bk 1: Annie’s Adventures Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis, The Barbara O’Connor
Solving Zoe Barbara Dee
Standing for Socks Elissa Brent Weissman
Storm Chaser Chris Platt
Strawberry Hill Mary Ann Hoberman
Take the Mummy and Run: The Riot Brothers Are on a Roll (The Riot Brothers Series) Mary Amato
Touchdown Trouble (Fred Bowen Sports Story Series) Fred Bowen
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba Margarita Engle
Umbrella Summer Lisa Graff
Walking Backward Catherine Austen
Wanting Mor Rukhsana Khan
When the Whistle Blows Fran Slayton
White Cave Escape Jennifer Mcgrath Kent
Wild Things Clay Carmichael
William S. and the Great Escape Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Winnie’s War Jenny Moss
Year of the Bomb, The Ronald Kidd
Year the Swallows Came Early, The Kathryn Fitzmaurice