- Michael L. Printz Award
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Printz Award Awarded for literary excellence in young adult literature Presented by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) a division of the American Library Association (ALA) Country 
United StatesFirst awarded 2000 Official website http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz.cfm The Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award in the United States for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a school librarian from Topeka, Kansas, who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). The national award is sponsored by Booklist magazine and administered by YALSA, a division of the American Library Association.
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History and creation of the Award
The Michael L. Printz Award was first awarded in 2000.[1] The award highlights works of literary excellence that are written for a young adult audience.
Michael L. Printz was a librarian at Topeka West High School in Topeka, Kansas until he retired in 1994. He was also an active member in YALSA, serving on the Best Books for Young Adults Committee and the Margaret A. Edwards Award Committee. He dedicated his life to ensuring that his students had access to good literature. To this end, he encouraged writers to focus on the young adult audience. He created an author-in-residence program at the high school where he worked to promote new talent and encourage his students. His most noteworthy find was author Chris Crutcher.[1] He died at the age of 59 in 1996.[2]
Criteria for the award
The selection committee composed of nine Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) members appointed by the president-elect for a one-year term. They award one winner and honor up to four additional titles.[1] The term 'young adult' refers to readers from ages 12 through 18 for purposes of this award.[3] The Michael L. Printz Award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association (ALA).[4]
- Non-fiction, fiction, poetry and anthologies are all eligible to receive the Printz Award.[5]
- Books must have been published between January 1 and December 31 of the year preceding announcement of the award.[5]
- Titles must be designated 'young adult' by its publisher or published for the age range that YALSA defines as "young adult," i.e., 12 through 18. Adult books are not eligible.[5]
- Works of joint authorship or editorship are eligible.[5]
- The award may be issued posthumously.[5]
- Books previously published in another country are eligible (presuming an American edition has been published during the period of eligibility).[5]
Recipients
Year Author Book Citation 2011 Paolo Bacigalupi Ship Breaker Winner 2011 Lucy Christopher Stolen Honor 2011 A.S. King Please Ignore Vera Dietz Honor 2011 Marcus Sedgwick Revolver Honor 2011 Janne Teller Nothing Honor 2010 Libba Bray Going Bovine Winner 2010 Deborah Heiligman Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith Honor 2010 Rick Yancey The Monstrumologist Honor 2010 Adam Rapp Punkzilla Honor 2010 John Barnes Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 Honor 2009 Melina Marchetta Jellicoe Road Winner 2009 M. T. Anderson The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves Honor 2009 E. Lockhart The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Honor 2009 Terry Pratchett Nation Honor 2009 Margo Lanagan Tender Morsels Honor 2008 Geraldine McCaughrean The White Darkness Winner 2008 Elizabeth Knox Dreamquake Honor 2008 Judith Clarke One Whole and Perfect Day Honor 2008 A. M. Jenkins Repossessed Honor 2008 Stephanie Hemphill Your Own Sylvia Honor 2007 Gene Luen Yang American Born Chinese Winner 2007 M. T. Anderson The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party Honor 2007 John Green An Abundance of Katherines Honor 2007 Sonya Hartnett Surrender Honor 2007 Markus Zusak The Book Thief Honor 2006 John Green Looking for Alaska Winner 2006 Margo Lanagan Black Juice Honor 2006 Markus Zusak I Am the Messenger Honor 2006 Elizabeth Partridge John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography Honor 2006 Marilyn Nelson A Wreath for Emmett Till Honor 2005 Meg Rosoff How I Live Now Winner 2005 Kenneth Oppel Airborn Honor 2005 Allan Stratton Chanda's Secrets Honor 2005 Gary D. Schmidt Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Honor 2004 Angela Johnson The First Part Last Winner 2004 Jennifer Donnelly A Northern Light Honor 2004 Helen Frost Keesha's House Honor 2004 K. L. Going Fat Kid Rules the World Honor 2004 Carolyn Mackler The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things Honor 2003 Aidan Chambers Postcards from No Man's Land Winner 2003 Nancy Farmer The House of the Scorpion Honor 2003 Garret Freymann-Weyr My Heartbeat Honor 2003 Jack Gantos Hole in My Life Honor 2002 An Na A Step From Heaven Winner 2002 Peter Dickinson The Ropemaker Honor 2002 Jan Greenberg Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art Honor 2002 Chris Lynch Freewill Honor 2002 Virginia Euwer Wolff True Believer Honor 2001 David Almond Kit's Wilderness Winner 2001 Carolyn Coman Many Stones Honor 2001 Carol Plum-Ucci The Body of Christopher Creed Honor 2001 Louise Rennison Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Honor 2001 Terry Trueman Stuck in Neutral Honor 2000 Walter Dean Myers Monster Winner 2000 David Almond Skellig Honor 2000 Laurie Halse Anderson Speak Honor 2000 Ellen Wittlinger Hard Love Honor See also
- Newbery Medal the first children's literary award in the world
- Caldecott Medal for outstanding American picture books
- Carnegie Medal in Literature for outstanding children's books published in the United Kingdom
- Coretta Scott King Award for outstanding children's books related to the African-American experience
- Guardian Award for works of children's literature written by British or Commonwealth authors
- Kate Greenaway Medal for outstanding works of illustration in children's literaure from the United Kingdom
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for outstanding lifetime contribution to children's literature
- Young Adult Library Services Association
References
- ^ a b c Waddle, Linda. "The Association's Associations: YALSA Becomes Printz-Oriented.(Young Adult Library Services Association introduces Michael L. Printz Award)(Michael L. Printz Award)(Brief Article)." American Libraries. 30. 11 (Dec 1999): 7. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Hennepin County Library. 30 June 2009.
- ^ American Libraries, Mar. 1997, p. 76
- ^ "YALSA Awards Youth Books." Education Technology News. 17. 3 (Feb 2, 2000): NA. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Hennepin County Library. 30 June 2009
- ^ "Teen books honored." Reading Today. 24. 2 (Oct-Nov 2006): 12(1). Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Hennepin County Library. 30 June 2009
- ^ a b c d e f "Michael L Printz Award Criteria". American Library Association. 2010. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/aboutprintz/michaellprintz.cfm. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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