Michael L. Printz Award Winners Young Adult

The Collectors: Stories (Winner)
A.S. King

Sep-2023
/ General Fiction

Fire From the Sky (Honor Book)
Moa Backe Astot

Aug-2023
/ Contemporary Romance

Gather (Honor Book)
Kenneth M. Cadow

Oct-2023
/ General Fiction

Salt the Water (Honor Book)
Candice Iloh

Oct-2023
/ General Fiction

The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be (Honor Book)
Shannon Gibney

Jan-2024
/ General Fiction

All My Rage (Winner)
Sabaa Tahir

Mar-2022
/ General Fiction

Icebreaker (Honor Book)
A.L. Graziadei

Jan-2022
/ General Fiction

Scout's Honor (Honor Book)
Lily Anderson

Apr-2022
/ Paranormal Romance

When the Angels Left the Old Country (Honor Book)
Sacha Lamb

Oct-2022
/ Fantasy

Firekeeper's Daughter (Winner)
Angeline Boulley

Mar-2021
/ Mystery

Concrete Rose (Honor Book)
Angie Thomas

Jan-2021
/ General Fiction

Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Honor Book)
Malinda Lo

Jan-2021
/ General Fiction

Starfish (Honor Book)
Lisa Fipps

Mar-2021
/ General Fiction

Everything Sad Is Untrue (Winner)
Daniel Nayeri

Aug-2020
/ General Fiction

Dragon Hoops (Honor Book)
Gene Luen Yang

Mar-2020
/ Graphic Novel

Every Body Looking (Honor Book)
Candice Iloh

Sep-2020
/ General Fiction

We Are Not Free (Honor Book)
Traci Chee

Sep-2020
/ Historical

Dig (Winner)
A.S. King

Mar-2019
/ General Fiction

The Beast Player (Honor Book)
Nahoko Uehashi

Mar-2018
/ Fantasy

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (Honor Book)
Mariko Tamaki

May-2019
/ General Fiction

Where the World Ends (Honor Book)
Geraldine McCaughrean

Dec-2019
/ General Fiction

The Poet X (Winner)
Elizabeth Acevedo

Mar-2018
/ General Fiction

A Heart in a Body in the World (Honor Book)
Deb Caletti

Sep-2018
/ General Fiction

Damsel (Honor Book)
Elana K. Arnold

Oct-2018
/ General Fiction

I, Claudia (Honor Book)
Mary McCoy

Oct-2018
/ General Fiction

We Are Okay (Winner)
Nina LaCour

Feb-2017
/ General Fiction

The Hate U Give (Honor Book)
Angie Thomas

Mar-2017
/ General Fiction

Strange the Dreamer (Honor Book)
Laini Taylor

Apr-2017
/ Fantasy

Long Way Down (Honor Book)
Jason Reynolds

Oct-2017
/ General Fiction

Asking for It (Honor Book)
Louise O'Neill

Apr-2016
/ General Fiction

The Passion of Dolssa (Honor Book)
Julie Berry

Apr-2016
/ Historical

Scythe (Honor Book)
Neal Shusterman

Nov-2016
/ Action Adventure

The Sun Is Also a Star (Honor Book)
Nicola Yoon

Nov-2016
/ Contemporary Romance

Bone Gap (Winner)
Laura Ruby

Mar-2015
/ Fantasy

Ghosts of Heaven (Honor Book)
Marcus Sedgwick

Jan-2015
/ Science Fiction

Out of Darkness (Honor Book)
Ashley Hope Perez

Sep-2015
/ General Fiction

I'll Give You the Sun (Winner)
Jandy Nelson

Sep-2014
/ Contemporary Romance

And We Stay (Honor Book)
Jenny Hubbard

Feb-2014
/ General Fiction

Grasshopper Jungle (Honor Book)
Andrew Smith

Feb-2014
/ Action Adventure

This One Summer (Honor Book)
Jillian Tamaki; Mariko Tamaki

May-2014
/ Graphic Novel

The Carnival at Bray (Honor Book)
Jessie Ann Foley

Oct-2014
/ General Fiction

Midwinterblood (Winner)
Marcus Sedgwick

Feb-2013
/ General Fiction

Navigating Early (Honor Book)
Clare Vanderpool

Jan-2013
/ Historical

Maggot Moon (Honor Book)
Sally Gardner

Feb-2013
/ Steampunk

Eleanor & Park (Honor Book)
Rainbow Rowell

Mar-2013
/ Contemporary Romance

The Kingdom of Little Wounds (Honor Book)
Susann Cokal

Oct-2013
/ Fantasy

In Darkness (Winner)
Nick Lake

Jan-2012
/ General Fiction

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Honor Book)
Benjamin Alire Saenz

Mar-2012
/ General Fiction

Code Name Verity (Honor Book)
Elizabeth Wein

May-2012
/ Action Adventure

Dodger (Honor Book)
Terry Pratchett

Sep-2012
/ Fantasy

The White Bicycle (Honor Book)
Beverley Brenna

Nov-2012
/ General Fiction

Where Things Come Back (Winner)
John Corey Whaley

May-2011
/ General Fiction

Jasper Jones (Honor Book)
Craig Silvey

Sep-2010
/ General Fiction

The Scorpio Races (Honor Book)
Maggie Stiefvater

Oct-2011
/ Dystopian

Why We Broke Up (Honor Book)
Daniel Handler

Dec-2011
/ Contemporary Romance

Ship Breaker (Winner)
Paolo Bacigalupi

May-2010
/ Dystopian

Revolver (Honor Book)
Marcus Sedgwick

Jul-2009
/ General Fiction

Nothing (Honor Book)
Janne Teller

Feb-2010
/ General Fiction

Stolen (Honor Book)
Lucy Christopher

May-2010
/ General Fiction

Going Bovine (Winner)
Libba Bray

Oct-2009
/ General Fiction

Punkzilla (Honor Book)
Adam Rapp

May-2009
/ General Fiction

Tales of the Madman Underground (Honor Book)
John Barnes

Jul-2009
/ Historical

The Monstrumologist (Honor Book)
Rick Yancey

Oct-2009
/ Fantasy

Jellicoe Road (Winner)
Melina Marchetta

Sep-2008
/ General Fiction

Nation (Honor Book)
Terry Pratchett

Sep-2008
/ Fantasy

The Kingdom on the Waves (Honor Book)
M.T. Anderson

Oct-2008
/ Historical

The White Darkness (Winner)
Geraldine McCaughrean

Jan-2009
/ General Fiction

Dreamquake (Honor Book)
Elizabeth Knox

Feb-2007
/ Fantasy

Your Own, Sylvia (Honor Book)
Stephanie Hemphill

Mar-2007
/ General Fiction

One Whole and Perfect Day (Honor Book)
Judith Clarke

Apr-2007
/ General Fiction

Repossessed (Honor Book)
A.M. Jenkins

Jun-2007
/ Fantasy

American Born Chinese (Winner)
Gene Luen Yang

Sep-2006
/ General Fiction

The Book Thief (Honor Book)
Markus Zusak

Mar-2006
/ Historical

The Pox Party (Honor Book)
M.T. Anderson

Sep-2006
/ Historical

An Abundance of Katherines (Honor Book)
John Green

Oct-2006
/ General Fiction

Looking for Alaska (Winner)
John Green

Apr-2005
/ General Fiction

I Am the Messenger (Honor Book)
Markus Zusak

Feb-2005
/ General Fiction

How I Live Now (Winner)
Meg Rosoff

Aug-2004
/ Suspense

Chanda's Secrets (Honor Book)
Allan Stratton

Mar-2004
/ General Fiction

Airborn (Honor Book)
Kenneth Oppel

May-2004
/ Fantasy

The First Part Last (Winner)
Angela Johnson

Jan-2010
/ General Fiction

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Honor Book)
Carolyn Mackler

Jul-2003
/ Romance

Postcards from No Man's Land (Winner)
Aidan Chambers

1999
/ Historical

House of the Scorpion (Honor Book)
Nancy Farmer

Sep-2002
/ Science Fiction

Step from Heaven (Winner)
An Na

May-2001
/ General Fiction

True Believer (Honor Book)
Virginia Euwer Wolff

Oct-2002
/ General Fiction

Kit's Wilderness (Winner)
David Almond

Nov-1999
/ Horror

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Honor Book)
Louise Rennison

Apr-2000
/ General Fiction

The Body of Christopher Creed (Honor Book)
Carol Plum-Ucci

May-2000
/ Mystery

Stuck in Neutral (Honor Book)
Terry Trueman

Jun-2000
/ General Fiction

Many Stones (Honor Book)
Carolyn Coman

Sep-2009
/ General Fiction

Monster (Winner)
Walter Dean Myers

Jun-1999
/ Suspense

Skellig (Honor Book)
David Almond

1998
/ General Fiction

Speak (Honor Book)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Oct-1999
/ General Fiction

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