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The Michael L. Printz Award
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Excellence in Young Adult Literature
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.
You can also listen to audio recordings of the previous winners acceptance speeches in the YALSA For Members Only section. (Access to the print and audio versions of the speeches require a username and password.)
2004 Award Winner
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The First Part Last
by Angela Johnson
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Johnson's novel is an extraordinary work in which the realities of fatherhood come slowly but surely to 16 year-old Bobby after the birth of his daughter, Feather. Told in alternating chapters, Johnson's story reveals the love Bobby and his girlfriend Nia shared then, as well as the growing affection Bobby feels now for his daughter.
“Bobby's voice comes strong and poignant, pulling readers into the heartache, confusion, and insecurity," said Pam Spencer Holley, Chair of the 2004 Printz Award Committee. "Angela Johnson's work never verges on sentimentality and brings readers close to the true meaning of parenthood."
Johnson lives in Ohio and is a recipient of a 2003 MacArthur Fellowship; in addition, she is the author of numerous award winning books for children and young adults.
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2004 Honor Books
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A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
Harcourt, Inc.
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Keesha's House
by Helen Frost
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Frances Foster Books
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Fat Kid Rules the World
by K.L. Going
G.P.Putnam's Sons/Penguin Young Readers Group |
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
by Carolyn Mackler
Candlewick Press
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Award sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.
Members of the 2004 Printz Award Committee are: Chair, Pam Spencer Holley, Assawoman, VA; Ruth Allen, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR; Sarah A. Dentan, Haddon Library, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England; Sarah I. Flowers, County of Santa Clara Free Library, San Jose, CA; Juanita R. Foster, Hennepin County Library, Crystal, MN; Caroline M. Kienzle, Irving ISD Instructional Center, Irving, TX; Betty B. Lazarus, Ridgewood Prep School, Metairie, LA; Charli M. Osborne, Oxford Public Library, Oxford, MI; Deborah D. Taylor, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; and Stephanie Zvirin, Booklist Books for Young Adults, Chicago, IL.
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