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January 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The 2012 Printz Award Winners

January 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS   2 comments

Sometime this week I think they announced the Oscar nominees, but what is even more important is that Monday at ALA Midwinter they announced the Michael L. Printz Award winners.  The Printz Award is awarded yearly for excellence in young adult literature.  These are the best of the best as chosen by a committee of young adult librarians who spend the year reading everything.  This year there was one main award winner and four honor books chosen.  You can get complete information about the titles at the ALA Youth Media Awards website.

This year’s winner is Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley.  This is his first novel and he is also the winner of the William C. Morris award which honors the work of an author previously unpublished.

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Katie DeKoster says

    January 26, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    That's a great graphic! Thanks for sharing with the rest of us 🙂

  2. TLT says

    January 26, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    You are welcome. Enjoy the award winners.

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