On April 1, 2015, I set out on a mission to read all of the winners and honor books that have been honored by The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.
This page is an index to all of the posts about each book, it will be updated as posts are added. I’m starting with the oldest first.
2000 (Wrap up Post)
Winner:
Honor Books:
2001 (Wrap up post)
Winner:
Kit’s Wilderness, by David Almond
Honor Books:
- Many Stones, by Carolyn Coman
- The Body of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci
- Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, by Louise Rennison
- Stuck in Neutral, by Terry Trueman
2002 (Wrap up post)
Winner:
Honor Books:
- The Ropemaker, by Peter Dickinson
- Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, by Jan Greenberg Abrams
- Freewill, by Chris Lynch
- True Believer, by Virginia Euwer Wolff
2003 (Wrap Up Post)
Winner:
Postcards from No Man’s Land, by Aidan Chambers
Honor Books:
- The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
- My Heartbeat, by Garret Freymann-Weyr
- Hole in My Life, by Jack Gantos
2004: (Wrap Up Post)
Winner:
The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson
Honor Books:
- A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly
- Keesha’s House, by Helen Frost
- Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
2005
Winner:
Honor Books:
- Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel
- Chanda’s Secrets, by Allan Stratton
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, by Gary D. Schmidt
2006
Winner: Wrap Up Post
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Honor Books:
- Black Juice , by Margo Lanagan
- I Am the Messenger , by Markus Zusak
- John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography, by Elizabeth Partridge
- A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson
2007 (wrap up post)
Winner:
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
Honor Books:
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson
- An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
- Surrender, by Sonya Hartnett
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
2008 (wrap up post)
Winner:
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
Honor Books:
- Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox
- One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
- Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins
- Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
2009
Winner: Wrap up post
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Honor Books:
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 2: The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- Nation by Terry Pratchett
- Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
2010
Winner:
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Honor Books:
- Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
- Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
- Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes
2011
Winner: (One single summary for all books)
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Honor Books:
- Stolen by Lucy Christopher
- Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
- Revolver written by Marcus Sedgwick
- Nothing written by Janne Teller
2012
Winner:
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
Honor Books:
- Why We Broke Up, written by Daniel Handler, art by Maira Kalman
- The Returning, written by Christine Hinwood
- Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey
- The Scorpio Races, written by Maggie Stiefvater
2013
Winner:
In Darkness by Nick Lake
Honor Books:
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
- Dodger by Terry Pratchett
- The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
2014
Winner:
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Honor Books:
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal
- MAGGOT MOON by Sally Gardner, illustrated by Julian Crouch
- Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
2015
Winner:
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Honor Books:
- And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
- The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
- Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
2016
Winner:
Honor Books
- The Ghosts of Heaven By Marcus Sedgwick
- Out of Darkness By Ashley Hope Pérez
Holy cow, that is a lot of books for an 8-month period. I salute your completion of this ambitious project. Will you tell us what made you decide to do it? Are you pre-screening for the boys? I am envious. The closest I get to a book is listening to it as I speed from school to school, choir, gymnastics and other granny-taxi duties. Way to go, Suzanne. I look forward to your next project.