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Michael L. Printz Award Winners

Listly by Rhonda Gail Lesperance

...Evidence of this is the establishment of the Michael L. Printz Award, which YALSA presents annually to the author of the best young adult book of the year, “best” being defined solely in terms of literary merit. Further evidence is the extraordinary number of critically acclaimed adult authors who have begun writing for young adults...

Excerpt from: The Value of Young Adult Literature

Source: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/guidelines/whitepapers/yalit

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Chanda's Secrets, Allan Stratton (Honor)

Chanda's Secrets, Allan Stratton (Honor)
2

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D. Schmidt (Honor)

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D. Schmidt (Honor)
3

The First Part Last, Angela Johnson (Winner)

The First Part Last, Angela Johnson (Winner)
4

A Northern Light, Jennifer Donnelly (Honor)

A Northern Light, Jennifer Donnelly (Honor)
5

Keesha's House, Helen Frost (Honor)

Keesha's House, Helen Frost (Honor)
6

Fat Kid Rules the World, K. L. Going (Honor)

Fat Kid Rules the World, K. L. Going (Honor)
7

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, Carolyn Mackler (Honor)

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, Carolyn Mackler (Honor)
8

Postcards from No Man's Land, Aidan Chambers (Winner)

Postcards from No Man's Land, Aidan Chambers (Winner)
9

The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer (Honor)

The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer (Honor)
10

My Heartbeat, Garret Freymann-Weyr (Honor)

My Heartbeat, Garret Freymann-Weyr (Honor)
11

Hole in My Life, Jack Gantos (Honor)

Hole in My Life, Jack Gantos (Honor)
12

A Step From Heaven, An Na (Winner)

A Step From Heaven, An Na (Winner)
13

The Ropemaker, Peter Dickinson (Honor)

The Ropemaker, Peter Dickinson (Honor)
14

Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, Jan Greenberg (Honor)

Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, Jan Greenberg (Honor)
15

Freewill, Chris Lynch (Honor)

Freewill, Chris Lynch (Honor)
16

True Believer, Virginia Euwer Wolff (Honor)

True Believer, Virginia Euwer Wolff (Honor)
17

Kit's Wilderness, David Almond (Winner)

Kit's Wilderness, David Almond (Winner)
18

Many Stones, Carolyn Coman (Honor)

Many Stones, Carolyn Coman (Honor)
19

The Body of Christopher Creed, Carol Plum-Ucci (Honor)

The Body of Christopher Creed, Carol Plum-Ucci (Honor)
20

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison (Honor)

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison (Honor)
21

Stuck in Neutral, Terry Trueman (Honor)

Stuck in Neutral, Terry Trueman (Honor)
22

Monster, Walter Dean Myers (Winner)

Monster, Walter Dean Myers (Winner)
23

Skellig, David Almond (Honor)

Skellig, David Almond (Honor)
24

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (Honor)

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (Honor)
25

Hard Love, Ellen Wittlinger (Honor)

Hard Love, Ellen Wittlinger (Honor)