A Michael L. Printz winner or honor book
Category Description The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. In addition, the committee also names up to four honor books, which also represent the best writing in young adult literature. Access to all Michael L. Printz titles can be found at: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/ booklistsawards/bookawards/printzaward/previouswinners/winners
Teen
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo • The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughreanI, • Kit's Wilderness by David Almond Claudia by Mary McCoy • Skellig by David Almond • Monster by Walter Dean Myers • A Step from Heaven by Na An • I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson • Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson • Asking for It by Louise O’Neill • Damsel by Elana K. Arnold • Airborn by Kenneth Oppel • Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi • Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez • The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry • The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum- • Going Bovine by Libba Bray Ucci • White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna • Dodger by Terry Pratchett • A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti • Nation by Terry Pratchett • A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly • Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: • The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison • The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley • Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds • Keesha’s House by Helen Frost • How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff • Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos • Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell • Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner • Bone Gap by Laura Ruby • Looking for Alaska by John Green • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the • Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth- Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Century American Art edited by Jan Greenberg • Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. • Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler Schmidt • Surrender by Sonya Hartnett • The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick • Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by • Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick Deborah Heiligman • Scythe by Neal Shusterman • Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by • Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey Deborah Heiligman • Grasshopper Jungle: A History by Andrew Smith • The Returning by Christine Hinwood • The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater • And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard • This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki • Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins • Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor • The First Part Last by Angela Johnson • Nothing by Janne Teller • Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas • We Are Okay by Nina LaCour • Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman • In Darkness by Nick Lake • Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool • Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan • Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein • The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks • Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley by E. Lockhart • True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff • The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang by Carolyn Mackler • The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon • Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta • I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak