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Michael L. Printz Award Winners

The Michael L. Printz Award is given to 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.

2010	Going Bovine	Libba Bray (Delacorte Press/Random House Children’s Books) Y FIC Bra
2009	Jellicoe Road	Melina Marchetta (HarperTeen) Y FIC Mar
2008	The White Darkness	Geraldine McCaughrean (HarperTempest) Y FIC Mac
2007	American Born Chinese	Gene Luen Yang (First Second) GN Y YAN
2006	Looking for Alaska	John Green (Dutton Books) Y FIC Gre
2005	How I Live Now	Meg Rosoff (Wendy Lamb Books) Y FIC Ros
2004	The First Part Last	Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Y FIC Joh
2003	Postcards from No Man's Land	Aidan Chambers (Dutton Books) Y FIC Cha
2002	A Step from Heaven	An Na (Front Street) Y FIC Na
2001	Kit's Wilderness	David Almond (Delacorte Press) Y FIC Alm
2000	Monster	Walter Dean Myers (HarperCollins) Y FIC Mye

For more information visit the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Web page.

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