For Teens
Mock Printz Award
Every year the American Library Association honors excellence in young adult books by presenting the Michael L. Printz Award for the best young adult novel of the year and the William C. Morris Award for the best young adult debut novel of the year. Below are your winners as well as the top picks of Chicago Public Libary’s teen librarians. The real awards will be announced in Dallas at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference on January 23.
And the winners are…
Librarians’ Winners and Honor Books | Teens’ Winners
Librarians’ Winners and Honor Books
Leverage (Mock Printz Award Winner)
By Joshua C. Cohen
Dutton, 2011
Between Shades of Gray (Mock Printz Honor)
By Ruta Sepetys
Philomel, 2011
You Against Me (Mock Printz Honor)
By Jenny Downham
David Fickling Books, 2011
Teens’ Winners
Between Shades of Gray (Mock Printz Award Winner)
By Ruta Sepetys
Philomel, 2011
Between Shades of Gray (Mock Morris Award Winner)
By Ruta Sepetys
Philomel, 2011