Read in 2009

January: (3)
The Heart of a chief by Joseph Bruchac (elementary)
*Three cups of tea by Greg Mortenson (adult-NF)
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (adult)

February: (4)
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury (YA)
*The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (YA)
*The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (elementary)
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (elementary)

March: (6)
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (middle)
*Gone by Michael Grant (YA)
*The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarky (adult)
*Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (middle)
*Compound by S.A. Bodeen (YA)
*A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg (middle-YA)
(this was a good-read month-I liked all but The Underneath, could not choose favorite)

April: (3)
*If a Tree Falls at Lunch by Gennifer Choldenko (middle-YA)
Black Box by Julie Schumacher (YA)
Elvis and Olive by Stephanie Watson (elementary)

May: (6)
*The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (YA)
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (elementary-middle)
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko (elementary-middle)
Red Glass by Laura Resau (YA)
Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan (elementary)
*The Help by Kathryn Stockett (adult)

June: (5)
*Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin (middle/YA)
The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy (elementary)
The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecelia Galante (middle)

Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal (elementary)
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarity (adult)

July: (6)
*Hunger by Michael Grant (YA)
Vidalia in Paris by Sasha Watson (YA)
*March Toward the Thunder by Joseph Bruchac (middle)
Airhead by Meg Cabot (YA)
Second Glance by Jodi Picoult (adult)
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry (elementary-middle)

August: (8)

Judy Moody Saves the World by Megan McDonald (elementary)
A friendship for Today by Patricia McKissack (elementary-middle)
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen (YA)
Julia's Kitchen by  Brenda A. Ferber (elementary)
*Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (adult)
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff (elementary)
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (YA)
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by  Liz Kessler

September: (9)
Savvy by Ingrid Law (elementary-middle)
Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graf (elementary-middle)
That Summer by Sarah Dessen (YA)
*The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo (elementary-middle)
*Found by Margaret Petersen Haddix (elementary-middle)
*Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (YA)
*The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (YA)
Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough (YA)
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff (elementary)
(good reading month as well-Four were my favs)

October: (6)
The Last  Lecture by Randy Pausch (adult)
*Rumors by Anna Godbersen (YA)
*The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein (elem.-middle)
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher (YA)
Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray (adult)
43 Old Creamery Road; Dying to meet you by Kate Klise (elementary)

November:  (9)
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (adult)
*The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (elementary-middle)
*Envy by Anna Godbersen (YA)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows(adult)
Journey of Dreams by Pellegrino (YA-adult)
*Liar by Justine Larbalestier (YA)
*Sent by Margaret Petersen Haddix (elementary-middle)
The Black Tower by Betsy Byars (elementary)
Abigail Iris by Lisa Glatt (elementary)

December: (4)
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look (elementary)
The Best Bad Luck Ever by Levine (elementary-middle)
Splendor by Anna Godbersen (YA)
*The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (adult)
The Blind Faith Hotel by Pamela Todd (YA)