From: K.T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:04:53 -0500

In our first week fo discussion about the Printz Award, we talked a lot about other genres, and whether the deck is stacked against any book that isn't fiction, even though the eligibility is quite open.

Let's turn our attention this week to some of the great fiction that has been recognized by the Printz Award. Just looking at the winning books since 2000, even though it's all been fiction, we can see a lot of variety in form, style and approach:

Monster Kit's Wilderness A Step from Heaven Postcards from No Man's Land First Part Last how i live now Looking for Alaska American Born Chinese Jellicoe Road Going Bovine Ship Breaker Where Things Come Back

What are your own favorites, and why? Which books resonate with the teen readers in your life?

-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706 http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc horning_at_education.wisc.edu 608-263-3721 (phone) 608-262-4933 (fax)
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