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