American Born Chinese by Gene Luen (First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership).
Printz Honor Books
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson (Candlewick) An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), Inc.) Surrender by Sonya Hartnett (Candlewick Press) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books).
Coretta Scott King Book Award
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
King Author Honor Book
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes (G.P. Putnum's Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group).
King Illustrator Book Award
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children).
King Illustrator Honor Books
Jazz illustrated by Christopher Myers, written by Walter Dean Myers (Holiday House, Inc.) Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes illustrated by Benny Andrews, edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.)
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
Lois Lowry author of The Giver (Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mifflin Company).
