The Michael L. Printz Award
Winner and Honor Books
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. This award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.
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The following list is a compilation of the Printz Award Winners and Honor Books available at the Independence Township Library
The Michael L. Printz Award
Winner and Honor Books
2010
Award Winner
YAFIC BRAY Going Bovine
Cameron, a sixteen-year-old slacker, sets off on a madcap road trip along with a punk angel, a dwarf sidekick, a yard gnome and a mad scientist to save the world and perhaps his own life.
Honor Books
YABIO DARWIN Charles and Emma
Once Charles Darwin sets his rational mind to marry the religious Emma Wedgeworth, they both must take a leap of faith in order to build a life together.
YAFIC YANCEY The Monstrumologist
Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a monstrumologist, races against time to save his town (and himself) from the anthropophagi, a pod of monstrous creatures who prey on humans.
YAFIC RAPP Punkzilla
Fourteen-year-old runaway Jamie, homeless and strung out, embarks on a harrowing journey to reach his dying brother.
YAFIC BARNES Tales of the Madman Underground
Karl Shoemaker wants to begin his senior year with a new identity separate from his counseling group, his alcoholic mother and the legacy of his dead father.
The Michael L. Printz Award
Winner and Honor Books
2009
Award Winner
YAFIC MARCHETTA Jellico Road
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.
Honor Books
YAFIC ANDERSON The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. 2
When Octavian hears that Lord Dunmore, governor of Virginia, will free all slaves who join his "Ethiopian Regiment," the recent runaway gladly signs up. Upon enlisting, Octavian is reunited with his friend Pro Bono. The two comrades, who once shared a master, are thrilled to meet again, but their joy quickly subsides.
YAFIC LOCKHART The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Can the old-boy network at her elite boarding school survive the mal-doings of Frankie Landau-Banks?
YAFIC PRACHETT Nation
Pratchett’s trademark humor leavens this epic tale of ravaged islands, shipwrecked nobles and survival.
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