2012 Michael L. Printz Awards

The Michael L. Printz Awards for 2012 were announced January 23, 2012.

Where Things Come Back (Hardcover)

By John Corey Whaley
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781442413337
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 5/2011
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Recipient of the Michael Printz Award. 

Complex but truly extraordinary, tinged with melancholy and regret, comedy and absurdity, this novel finds wonder in the ordinary and emerges as ultimately hopeful. It's about a lot more than what Cullen calls, “that damn bird.” It’s about the dream of second chances.

Rosemary loved this debut novel.  " I haven't been this emotionally caught up in a novel since THE BOOK THIEF and ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN. If you know them, you know how good this is."

Jasper Jones (Hardcover)

By Craig Silvey
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ISBN-13: 9780375866661
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 4/2011
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Recipient of a Michael Printz Honor. Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in their small mining town, and he has come to ask for Charlie's help. Terribly afraid but desperate to impress, Charlie follows him into the night. Jasper takes him to his secret glade, where Charlie witnesses Jasper's horrible discovery. With his secret like a brick in his belly, Charlie is pushed and pulled by a town closing in on itself in fear and suspicion. He locks horns with his tempestuous mother, falls nervously in love, and battles to keep a lid on his zealous best friend. In the simmering summer where everything changes, Charlie learns why the truth of things is so hard to know, and even harder to hold in his heart.

The Returning (Hardcover)

By Christine Hinwood
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ISBN-13: 9780803735286
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Published: Dial, 4/2011
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Recipient of a Michael Printz Honor. An engrossing epic tale with a cast of characters that will hijack your heart. Cam Attling, having lost an arm, is the only one from his town of Kayforl to return after twelve years of war. All his fellow soldiers were slain, and suspicion surrounds him. When his betrothal to Graceful Fenister is called off and his role in the community questioned, Cam leaves to find the lord who maimed him but spared his life, seeking answers and a new place in the world. Set in a medieval world that is entirely the author's creation, this is an ingenious, exquisite story about what happens after the battle. When sisters, sons, friends, parents, and lovers are left to deal with the subtle aftermaths and unimagined repercussions of war.

The Scorpio Races (Hardcover)

By Maggie Stiefvater
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ISBN-13: 9780545224901
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Published: Scholastic Press, 10/2011
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Recipient of a Michael Printz Honor.

As she did in her bestselling Shiver trilogy, author Maggie Stiefvater takes us to the breaking point, where both love and life meet their greatest obstacles, and only the strong of heart can survive. The Scorpio Races is an unforgettable reading experience.

Why We Broke Up (Hardcover)

By Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman
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ISBN-13: 9780316127257
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 12/2011
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Recipient of a Michael Printz Honor. Signed copies available - signed by both Daniel Handler & Maira Kalman! Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches, a protractor, books, a toy truck, a pair of ugly earrings, a comb from a motel room, and every other item collected over the course of a giddy, intimate, heartbreaking relationship. Item after item is illustrated and accounted for, and then the box, like a girlfriend, will be dumped.