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2009 Starred Reviews

5 Stars

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead - K, SLJ, PW, BL, H

3 Stars

You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter; illustrated by Andre Carrilho - SLJ, PW, BL
Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd - K, BL, SLJ
Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) by Florence Parry Heide; illustrated by Lane Smith - PW, K, SLJ

2 Stars

Rosie and Skate by Beth Ann Bauman - K, BL

Sylvie and the Songman by Tim Binding - K, BL
Going Bovine by Libba Bray - PW, BL
Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant - K, PW
Once Upon a Twice by Denise Doyen; illustrated by Barry Moser - SLJ, K
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum by Candace Fleming; illustrated by Ray Fenwick - K, BL
Night Lights by Susan Gal - K, SLJ
The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan - SLJ, PW
Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry - K, H
Surface Tension by Brent Runyon - PW, K
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan - PW, SLJ
Sneaky Weasel by Hannah Shaw - PW, SLJ
A Book of Sleep  by Il Sung Na - PW, SLJ

1 Star

Raven Summer by David Almond - K
Winter Wood by Steve Augarde - K
The Red Blazer Girls by Michael D. Beil - BL
3 Willows by Ann Brashares - PW
The Enemy by Davide Cali; illustrated by Serge Bloch - SLJ
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane - K
A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper - BL
Tricking the Tallyman by Jacqueline Davies; illustrated by S. D. Schindler - SLJ
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis - K
The Fatal Child by John Dickinson - K
The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee - BL
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Practicing the Piano by Peggy Gifford; illustrated by Valorie Fisher - K
Egg Drop by Mini Grey - C
Recycle This Book, edited by Dan Gutman - SLJ

Scat by Carl Hiaasen - SLJ
Melonhead by Katy Kelly; illustrated by Gillian Johnson - PW
Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher - K
The Boy Who Invented TV by Kathleen Krull; illustrated by Greg Couch - SLJ
Love, Aubrey, by Suzanne LaFleur - BL
Thanks a LOT, Emily Post! by Jennifer LaRue Huget; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger - BL
The Giant-Slayer by Iain Lawrence - K
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters, by Lenore Look; illustrated by LeUyen Pham - H
When the Snow Fell by Henning Mankell - BL

One Lonely Degree by C. K. Kelly Martin - K

When Royals Wore Ruffles by Chesley McLaren and Pamela Jaber - PW
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - PW
Days of Little Texas, by R. A. Nelson - PW
The One and Only Marigold by Florence Parry Heide; illustrated by Jill McElmurry - K
Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman - BL
Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff - K
The Sleepy Little Alphabet, by Judy Sierra; illustrated by Melissa Sweet - H
The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley - PW
Wilson and Miss Lovely, by John Stadler - PW
Carolina Harmony by Marilyn Taylor McDowell - BL
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis; illustrated by Gwen Millward - K
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino - K

Key

BL - Booklist, ALA

C - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, University of Chicago

H - Horn Book

K - Kirkus Reviews

KYA - Kliatt

PW - Publishers Weekly

SLJ - School Library Journal

V - Voya