gee library logo james g gee library

Michael L. Printz Award

All items prefixed with an asterisk (*) are held by James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University--Commerce

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.



2000 Award Winner (1st year of the Award)

* Myers, Walter Dean Monster   (Illustrated by Christopher Myers; Harper-Collins) [Yth M992mo]

2000 Honor Books

* Wittlinger, Ellennbsp;  Hard Love (edited by David Gale—Simon & Schuster) [Yth W7845h]
*Almond, Davidnbsp;  Skellig (Delacorte Press) [Juv Al68s]
* Anderson, Laurienbsp;  Halse Speak (Farrar Straus Giroux) [Yth An2356s]

2001 Award Winner

Delacorte, David   Almond Kit's Wilderness [Juv. Al68k]

2001 Honor Winner

Coman, Carolyn   Many Stones (Front Street) [Juv. C73m]
Plum-Ucci, Carol   The Body of Christopher Creed (Harcourt Brace) [Yth. P73bo]
Rennison, Louise   Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging (HarperCollins) [Juv. R295a]
Trueman, Terry   Stuck in Neutral (HarperCollins) [Yth M992mo]

2002 Award Winner

*Na, An   Step From Heaven, A (Front Street) [Juv. N11st]

2002 Honor Winner

*Greenberg, Jan, Editor Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art (Harry N. Adams, Inc., Publishers) [Juv. 811G829he]
*Lynch, Chris   Freewill (HarperCollins Publishers) [Yth. L988fr]
*Dickinson, Peter   Ropemaker (Delacorte Press) [Yth. D5632ro]
*Wolff, Virginia   Euwer True Believer (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) [Yth. W8325tr]
This page compiled by Marsha Keenan  Last update June 2002

Go to the top of this page

[Home][Curriculum Library][Subject]