The Michael L. Printz Award for Teen Literature

The Michael L. Printz Award for Teen Literature

Winners and Honor Books, 2000-present

The Michael L. Printz Award, first given in 2000, is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. The award is named in honor of Michael L. Printz, a school librarian from Topeka, Kansas who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.

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2012

Where Things Come Back

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• Where Things Come Back (Hardcover | Kindle edition) written by John Corey Whaley

Honor Books

Why We Broke Up (Hardcover| Kindle edition) written by Daniel Handler and illustrated by Maira Kalman

The Returning (Hardcover | Kindle edition) written by Christine Hinwood

Jasper Jones (Hardcover| Kindle edition) written by Craig Silvey

The Scorpio Races (Hardcover | Kindle edition) written by Maggie Stiefvater

2011

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• Ship Breaker (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by Paolo Bacigalupi

Honor Books

Stolen (Hardcover| Kindle edition) written by Lucy Christopher

Please Ignore Vera Dietz (Hardcover | Kindle edition) written by A.S. King

Revolver (Paperback| Kindle edition) written by Marcus Sedgwick

Nothing (Hardcover | Kindle edition) written by Janne Teller

2010

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• Going Bovine (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by Libba Bray

Honor Books

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by Deborah Heiligman

The Monstrumologist (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by by Rick Yancy

Punkzilla (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by Adam Rapp

Tales from the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by John Barnes

2009

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• Jellicoe Road (Paperback | Kindle edition) by Melina Marchetta

Honor Books

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by M.T. Anderson

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by by E. Lockhart

Nation (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by Terry Pratchett

Tender Morsels (Paperback | Kindle edition) written by Margo Lanagan

2008

The White Darkness

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• The White Darkness
(Paperback) by Geraldine McCaughrean

Honor Books

• Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet (Paperback | Kindle edition) by Elizabeth Knox
• One Whole and Perfect Day (Hardcover) by Judith Clarke
• Repossessed (Paperback | Kindle edition) by A.M. Jenkins
• Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath (Paperback, | Kindle edition) by Stephanie Hemphill

2007

American Born Chinese

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• American Born Chinese
(Paperback | Kindle edition) by Gene Luen Yang

Honor Books

• The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party (Paperback | Kindle edition) by M.T. Anderson
• An Abundance of Katherines (Paperback, | Kindle edition) by John Green
• Surrender (Paperback by Sonya Hartnett
• The Book Thief (Paperback | Kindle edition) by Marcus Zusak

2006

Looking For Alaska

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• Looking For Alaska
(Paperback | Kindle edition) by John Green

Honor Books

• Black Juice (Hardcover) by Margo Lanagan
• I Am the Messenger (Paperback | Kindle edition) by Marcus Zusak
• John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth (Hardcover) by Elizabeth Partridge
• A Wreath for Emmett Till (Paperback | Kindle edition) by Marilyn Nelson

2005

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• How I Live Now
(Paperback | Kindle edition) by Meg Rosoff

Honor Books

• Airborn (Hardcover | Kindle edition) by Kenneth Oppel
• Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (Hardcover | Kindle edition) by Gary D. Schmidt
• Chanda's Secrets (Hardcover) by Allan Stratton

2004

The First Part Last

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• The First Part Last
(Hardcover | Kindle edition) by Angela Johnson

Honor Books

• A Northern Light (Hardcover) by Jennifer Donnelly
• The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Hardcover) by Carolyn Mackler
• Keesha's House (Hardcover | Kindle edition) by Helen Frost
• Fat Kid Rules the World (Hardcover) by K.L. Going

2003

Postcards From No Man's Land

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• Postcards From No Man's Land
(Paperback | Kindle edition) by Aidan Chambers

Honor Books

• The House of the Scorpion (Hardcover | Kindle edition) by Nancy Farmer
• My Heartbeat (Hardcover) by Garret Freymann-Weyr
• Hole in My Life (Hardcover | Kindle edition) by Jack Gantos

2002

A Step From Heaven

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• A Step From Heaven
(Paperback | Kindle edition) by An Na

Honor Books

• The Ropemaker (Hardcover | Kindle edition) by Peter Dickinson
• Heart to Heart : New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art (Hardcover) by Jan Greenberg
• Freewill (Paperback) by Chris Lynch
• True Believer (Hardcover) by Virginia Euwer Wolff

2001

Kit's Wilderness

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• Kit's Wilderness
(Paperback | Kindle edition) by David Almond

Honor Books

• Stuck in Neutral (Paperback) by Terry Trueman
• Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Paperback) by Louise Rennison
• The Body of Christopher Creed (Paperback | Kindle edition) by Carol Plum-Ucci
• Many Stones (Paperback | Kindle edition) by Carolyn Coman

2000

Michael L. Printz Award Winner

• Monster
(Paperback | Kindle edition) by Walter Dean Myers

Honor Books

• Hard Love (Paperback) by Ellen Wittlinger
• Skellig (Paperback | Kindle edition) by David Almond
• Speak (Paperback) by Laurie Halse Anderson