Announcing the 2009-2010
Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees
Picture Book Intermediate Middle Grades
Barnum Brown: Dinosaur Hunter Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Bella at Midnight
by David Sheldon Mars by Douglas Florian by Diane Stanley
Chickerella by Mary Jane Auch Counting on Grace Confessions From the Principal's
by Elizabeth Winthrop Chair by Anna Myers
Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller
A Crooked Kind of Perfect The Cryptid Hunters
Dogku by Andrew Clements by Linda Urban by Roland Smith
Fred Stays With Me by Nancy A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin Dark Water Rising by Marion Hale
Coffelt
Emmy and the Incredible Double Identity
Grandpa For Sale by Dottie Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonnell by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Enderle and Vicki Sansum
Gabriel's Horses by Alison Hart Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Ivan the Terrier by Peter
Catalanotto Hey There, Stink Bug! Giving Up the Ghost
by Leslie Bulion by Sheri Sinykin
John, Paul, George & Ben
by Lane Smith The Journey That Saved Curious Home of the Brave
George by Louise Borden by Katherine Applegate
Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach
by Carmen Agra Deedy Julia's Kitchen by Brenda Ferber Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby
Nothing to Do by Douglas Woods The Lemonade War If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
by Jacqueline Davies by Jennifer Choldenko
Once I Ate a Pie by Patricia and
Emily MacLachlan Make Your Mark, Franklin Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
Roosevelt by Judith St. George
A Place for Butterflies Listen! by Stephanie Tolan
by Melissa Stewart The Many Rides of Paul Revere
by James Cross Giblin The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny
Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin Night Boat to Freedom Middle School is Worse Than
by Margot Theis Raven Meatloaf by Jennifer L. Holm
Stick by Steve Breen
On the Wings of Heroes Night of the Howling Dog
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of by Richard Peck by Graham Salisbury
Lamar County by Janice N.
Harrington Paint the Wind One-Handed Catch
by Pam Munoz Ryan by Mary Jane Auch
The Orange Shoes
by Tricia Hakes Noble Punished! This is Just to Say: Poems of
by David Lauber Apology and Forgiveness
The Perfect Nest by Joyce Sidman
by Catherine Friend Quest for the Tree Kangaroo
by Sy Montgomery Throwing Stones by Kristi Collier
Velma Gratch & the Way Cool
Butterfly by Alan Madison The Society of Secret Superheroes The Ultimate Weapon, The Race
by Phyllis Shalant to Develop the Atomic Bomb
Where in the Wild? by Edward T. Sullivan
by David M. Schwartz The Aurora County All-Stars
by Deborah Wiles
Wolf's Coming!
by Joe Kulka All of the Above
by Shelley Pearsall
Archer's Quest by Linda Sue Park