Michael L. Printz Award
Best Book Awards
2017
Asking For It by Louise O'Neill
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
Scythe by Neal Shüsterman
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Asking For It by Louise O'Neill
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
Scythe by Neal Shüsterman
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
2016
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (winner)
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (winner)
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
2015
And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
The Carnival At Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (winner)
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
The Carnival At Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (winner)
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
2014
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick (winner)
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick (winner)
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
2013
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E Wein
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
In Darkness by Nick Lake (winner)
The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E Wein
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
In Darkness by Nick Lake (winner)
The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
2012
Bloodflower by Christine Hinwood
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley (winner)
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
Bloodflower by Christine Hinwood
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley (winner)
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
2011
Nothing by Janne Teller
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A S King
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (winner)
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Nothing by Janne Teller
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A S King
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (winner)
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
2010
Going Bovine by Libba Bray (winner)
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes
Going Bovine by Libba Bray (winner)
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes
2009
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E Lockhart
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (winner)
The Kingdom on the Waves by M T Anderson
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E Lockhart
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (winner)
The Kingdom on the Waves by M T Anderson
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
2008
The Dream Quake by Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
Repossessed by A M Jenkins
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean (winner)
Your Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill
The Dream Quake by Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
Repossessed by A M Jenkins
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean (winner)
Your Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill
2007
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Pox Party by M T Anderson
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Pox Party by M T Anderson
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
2006
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
John Lennon by Elizabeth Partridge
Looking for Alaska by John Green (winner)
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
John Lennon by Elizabeth Partridge
Looking for Alaska by John Green (winner)
2005
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (winner)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D Schmidt
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (winner)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D Schmidt
2004
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Fat Kid Rules the World by K L Going
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson (winner)
Keesha's House by Helen Frost
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Fat Kid Rules the World by K L Going
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson (winner)
Keesha's House by Helen Frost
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
2003
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers (winner)
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers (winner)
2002
Freewill by Chris Lynch
The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
A Step from Heaven by An Na (winner)
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Freewill by Chris Lynch
The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
A Step from Heaven by An Na (winner)
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
2001
Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond (winner)
Many Stones by Carolyn Coman
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond (winner)
Many Stones by Carolyn Coman
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
2000
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
Monster by Walter Dean Myers (winner)
Skellig by David Almond
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
Monster by Walter Dean Myers (winner)
Skellig by David Almond
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
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