Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince is the sixth book in the popular series and the fourth Blue Spruce Award for J. K. Rowling whose Harry Potter books also won in 2002, 2004, and 2006.

Please visit our Web site at http://www.cal-webs.org/bluespruce/ for a list of the twenty titles nominated by Colorado teens for the 2009 Award. Additionally, visit for booktalks, program ideas, foil stickers for the winning titles, and voting procedures.

The Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award is cosponsored by Colorado Language Arts Society, Colorado Association of Libraries, and the Colorado Council of the International Reading Association.