2009 Newbery Medal: Neil Gaiman, author of “The Graveyard Book,” illustrated by Dave McKean

The book is published by HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Four Newbery Honor Books were named:

2009 Newbery Honor Book: “The Underneath” by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small

The book is published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

Newbery Honor Book: “The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom” by Margarita Engle and published by Henry Holt and Company LLC

Newbery Honor Book: “Savvy” by Ingrid Law

The book published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media, LLC

Newbery Honor Book: “After Tupac & D Foster” by Jacqueline Woodson

The book is published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers.

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