Sunday, May 1, 2011

2012 Printz Contenders?

So I'm just curious: have you guys read anything published this year so far that you think may be a possible contender for the 2012 Printz Award? Out of the 54 books I've read this year so far, none particularly stand out to me as Printz contenders, except for maybe Beauty Queens by Libba Bray, which is a satire on basically everything that is troubling about our pop culture, and which has the intelligent outlook and attitude that characterizes so many of the Printz Winners and Honors that I've read in the past.

Here, however, are some of the 2011 books I've read so far that I think might get a nod from some sort of awards committee, such as the ALA Best Books for Teens list or the Morris Award (for best debut novel):

What Comes After by Steve Watkins
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Huntress by Malinda Lo
Stay by Deb Caletti
The Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier
Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard
Pink by Lili Wilkinson
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Bitter Melon by Cara Chow
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Bumped by Megan McCafferty

What about you? Have you read (or heard of) anything this year that may be a possible Printz contender?

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