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The Michael L. Printz Award for
Excellence in Young Adult Literature
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. The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.
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YALSA produces seals for the Michael L. Printz Award which can be placed on the winning books. The seals are available in the ALA online store. Gold seals for the winning book, and silver seals for the honor books. |
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You can also listen to audio recordings of the previous winners acceptance speeches in the YALSA For Members Only section. (Access to the print and audio versions of the speeches require a username and password.)
2008 Award Winner
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The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean, published by HarperTempest, an imprint of HarperCollins has won the 2008 Michael L. Printz Award. The award announcement was made during the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, January 11-16.
Fourteen-year-old Symone's exciting vacation to Antarctica turns into a desperate struggle for survival when her uncle's obsessive quest leads them across the frozen wilderness into danger.
McCaughrean has won numerous awards for children's literature in her native England. Celebrated for her novels, picture books and folklore adaptations, The White Darkness is her first contemporary young adult novel. "Symone's unforgettable voice propels this journey of discovery in a book that is intricately plotted, richly imaged and brings new meaning to the term unreliable narrator," said Printz Award Committee Chair Lynn Rutan. "Readers will need to hang onto their snow goggles in this compelling book in which nothing is as it seems at first glance."
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2008 Honor Books
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Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox, published by Frances Foster Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
One Whole and Perfect Day
by Judith Clarke, published by Front Street, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc.
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Repossessed
by A.M. Jenkins, published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins
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Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
By Stephanie Hemphill, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
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Members of the Printz Award Committee are: Chair Lynn Rutan, West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland, Mich.; Julie Thomas Bartel, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Salt Lake City; Betsy Fraser, Calgary Public Library, Calgary, Alberta; Jonathan Hunt, Modesto City Schools, Hughson, Calif.; Walter M. Mayes, The Girls' Middle School, Mountain View, Calif.; Jolen Neumann, Madison Metropolitan School District , Fitchburg, Wis.; Hollis Rudiger, Rochester, Minn.; Amy Sears, Teaneck Public Library, Teaneck, N.J.; Patricia Suellentrop, youth services manager, Johnson County Library, Kan. and Stephanie Zvirin, Booklist consultant, Chicago.
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