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YALSA's Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

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		The Pox party 2007 Honor Book. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the best of classical educations. Raised by a mysterious group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother- a princess in exile from a faraway land- are the only people in their household assigned names. As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments- and his own chilling role in them. Anderson, M. T. TEEN ANDERSO

		An abundance of Katherines 2007 Honor Book. Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships. Green, John, 1977- TEEN GREEN

		Surrender 2007 Honor Book. As he is dying, a twenty-year-old man known as Gabriel recounts his troubled childhood and his strange relationship with a dangerous counterpart named Finnigan. Hartnett, Sonya. TEEN HARTNET

		The book thief 2007 Honor Book. Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. Zusak, Markus. TEEN ZUSAK

		Looking for Alaska : a novel 2006 Award Winner. Tired of his boring existence, 16-year-old Miles “Pudge” Halter heads off to seek his Great Perhaps at an Alabama boarding school, where new-found freedom, guilty pleasures and an enigmatic girl named Alaska hurl him into life. Green, John, 1977- TEEN GREEN

		Jellicoe Road 2009 Award Winner. Haunted by the past, Taylor Markham reluctantly leads the students of the Jellicoe School in their secret territory wars against the Townies and the Cadets. Marchetta, Melina, 1965- TEEN MARCHET

		The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks : a novel 2009 Honor Book. Can the old-boy network at her elite boarding school survive the mal-doings of Frankie Landau-Banks? Lockhart, E. TEEN LOCKHAR

		The kingdom on the waves 2009 Honor Book. Caught in the crossfire of the American Revolution, escaped slave Octavian joins the British army in hopes of finally securing his own freedom. Anderson, M. T. TEEN ANDERSO

		Nation 2009 Honor Book. Pratchett’s trademark humor leavens this epic tale of ravaged islands, shipwrecked nobles and survival. Pratchett, Terry. TEEN PRATCHE

		One whole and perfect day 2008 Honor Book. As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together. Clarke, Judith, 1943- TEEN CLARKE