2009 Thumps Up! top 20!  Read  these titles then vote on your favorite at your local library!

Compound by S. A. Bodeen
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Playing With Matches by Brian Katcher
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena
Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
Paper Towns by John Green
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-banks by E. Lockheart
Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Waiting For Normal by Leslie Connor
Chanda's Wars by Allan Stratton
Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante
Debbie Harry Sings In French by Meagan Brothers
Venomous By Chris Krovatin
Two parties, one tux and a very short film about the grapes of wrath by Steven Goldman

The Thumbs Up! Award was established in 1986 to recognize the excellence in, and to celebrate the uniqueness of, Teen/Young Adult literature. Young Adult and Teen Librarians from all over Michigan determine the winner. Since 2001, the Thumbs Up! Award selection process has included a teen vote. Hundreds of teens voted for their favorite title out of the Top Twenty list; the 2008 teen vote winner was Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson. The total vote winner in 2008 was Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature by Robyn Brande.