Michael L. Printz Award and Honor Books
Submitted by frenchpanda on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 12:11
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- This is the list of Printz and Honor books that I own.
2000
- Award Winner:
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers
- Honor Books:
- Skellig by David Almond
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
2001
- Award Winner:
- Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
- Honor Books:
- Many Stones by Carolyn Coman
- The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
- Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
- Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
2002
- Award Winner:
- A Step From Heaven by An Na
- Honor Books:
- The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
- Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art by Jan Greenberg Abrams
- Freewill by Chris Lynch
- True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
2003
- Award Winner:
- Postcards from No Man’s Lan by Aidan Chambers
- Honor Books:
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr
- Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
2004
- Award Winner:
- The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
- Honor Books:
- A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
- Keesha’s House by Helen Frost
- Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
2005
- Award Winner:
- how i live now by Meg Rosoff
- Honor Books:
- Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
- Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin)
2006
- Award Winner:
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Honor Books:
- Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
- John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography by Elizabeth Partridge
- A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
2007
- Award Winner:
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Honor Books:
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
- An Abundance of Katherine by John Green
- Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2008
- Award Winner:
- The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Honor Books:
- Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox
- One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
- Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins
- Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
2009
- Award Winner:
- Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
- Honor Books:
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 2: The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- Nation by Terry Pratchett
- Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
2010
- Award Winner:
- Going Bovine by Libba Bray
- Honor Books:
- Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
- Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
- Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes
2011
- Award Winner:
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Honor Books:
- Stolen by Lucy Christopher
- Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
- Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
- Nothing by Janne Teller
2012
- Award Winner:
- Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
- Honor Books:
- Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
- The Returning by Christine Hinwood
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, art by Maira Kalman
2013
- Award Winner:
- In Darkness by Nick Lake
- Honor Books:
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
- Dodger by Terry Pratchett
- The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
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The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.