Picture books: Mucumber McGee and the Half-Eaten Hot Dog by Patrick Loehr (HarperCollins).Middle grade: Bearwalker by Joseph Bruchac (HarperCollins)(author interview); The Chaos King by Laura Ruby (HarperCollins)(author interview); Monsters and Water Beasts by Karen Miller, illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier (Henry Holt); Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (HarperCollins); Vampyre: The Terrifying Lost Journal of Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing by Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing and Gustav de Wolff (HarperCollins).
Young adult: Daemon Hall by Andrew Nance (Henry Holt), Hauntings and Other Tales of Danger, Love, and Sometimes Loss by Betsy Hearne (Greenwillow); Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins (HarperCollins); The Restless Dead edited by Deborah Noyes (Candlewick)(author interview); and Vampire Kisses 4: Dance with a Vampire by Ellen Schreiber (HarperCollins).
