The Michael L. Printz Award is given for books that exemplify literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Toepka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.

2004      2003      2002      2001      2000

2004 Award Winner
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
2004 Honor Books
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly	Keesha's House by Helen Frist	Fat Kid Rules the World by Kelly Going	The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
2003 Award Winner
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
2003 Honor Books
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer	My Heartbeat by Garret Freyman-Weyr	Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
2002 Award Winner
A Step from Heaven by An Na
2002 Honor Books
The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson	Heart to Heart by Jan Greenberg	Freewill by Chris Lynch	True Believer by Virgina Euwer Wolff
2001 Award Winner
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
2001 Honor Books
Many Stones by Carolyn Coman	The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci	Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging* by Louise Rennison	Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
2000 Award Winner
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
2000 Honor Books
Skellig by David Almond	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson	Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger

* Indicates book is part of a series

Updated January 2007