In addition to the 2008 Michael L. Printz Award winner, four books were selected as 2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Books. The
Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award that honors young adult (YA) books (books for 12- to 18-year-olds) published in the previous calendar year.
The 2008 Michael L. Printz Award Winner
The 2008 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature winner is
The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean, published by HarperTempest, an imprint of HarperCollins; ISBN: 9780060890353 (
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According to YALSA,
"Fourteen-year-old Symone's exciting vacation to Antarctica turns into a desperate struggle for survival when her uncle’s obsessive quest leads them across the frozen wilderness into danger."
"'Symone's unforgettable voice propels this journey of discovery in a book that is intricately plotted, richly imaged and brings new meaning to the term unreliable narrator,' said Printz Award Committee Chair Lynn Rutan. 'Readers will need to hang onto their snow goggles in this compelling book in which nothing is as it seems at first glance.'" (YALSA Printz website)
The 2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Books
Each year, up to four young adult books are selected as Michael L. Printz Honor Books.
- Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet, by Elizabeth Knox, published by Frances Foster Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux; ISBN: 9780374318543 (Compare prices.)
- One Whole and Perfect Day,
by Judith Clarke, published by Front Street, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc.; ISBN: 9781932425956 ( Compare prices.)
- Repossessed, by A.M. Jenkins, published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins; ISBN: 9780060835682 (Compare prices.)
- Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, By Stephanie Hemphill, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books; ISBN: 9780375837999 (Compare prices.)
