Annal:2002 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
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Results of the Michael L. Printz Award in the year 2002. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
- Young Adult books
- Young Adult authors.
- 2002 Printz winner
- 2001 NBA–Youth finalist
- Score: 16.52
When she is five, Young Ju Park and her family move from Korea to California. During the flight, they climb so far into the sky she concludes they are on their way to Heaven, that Heaven must be in America. Heaven is also where her grandfather is. When she learns the distinction, she is so disappointed she wants to go home to her grandmother. Trying to console his niece, Uncle Tim suggests that maybe America can be “a step from Heaven.” Life in America, however, presents problems for Young Ju’s family. Her father becomes depressed, angry, and violent. Jobs are…
- 2002 Mythopoeic-Children winner
- 2002 Printz honor
- 2001 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 22.52
Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protected from the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest’s power has begun to fade and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is the youngest of four brave souls who venture into the Empire together to find the mysterious magician who can save the Valley. And much to her amazement, Tilja gradually learns that only she, an ordinary girl with no magical powers, has the ability to protect her group and their quest from the Empire’s sorcerers.
Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art
- 2002 Printz honor
- Score: 6.52
What do we feel when we look at a great work of art? What does a poet feel? Heart to Heart offers an original way to approach poetry and art—with new works by distinguished American poets, specially commissioned for this book by editor Jan Greenberg. Prompted by paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by American artists working in the 20th century, these poems lend a new meaning to “art appreciation” and make each page of Heart to Heart an exciting discovery.
Join such poets as Jane Yolen, Nancy Willard, X. J. Kennedy, Naomi Shihab Nye,…
- 2002 Printz honor
- Score: 6.52
Why Are You Here?
Will is supposed to be a pilot, to skim above surfaces. But instead he’s in wood shop. He doesn’t know why—or maybe he just doesn’t want to admit the truth.
What Are You Doing?
He used to make beautiful things: gnomes, whirligigs, furniture. Now he’s making strange wooden totems that seem to serve no purpose.
What Do You Know?
When a series of teen suicides occurs in town, they all have one thing in common: beautifully carved wooden tributes that appear just after or just before the deaths.
What Will You Do?
Will’s afraid he…
- 2001 Golden Kite-fiction winner
- 2001 NBA–Youth winner
- 2002 Printz honor
- 2004 YRCA-Senior nominee
- Score: 30.51
When LaVaughn was little, the obstacles in her life didn’t seem so bad. But LaVaughn is fifteen and the obstacles aren’t going away anymore. Big questions separate her from her friends. Her mother is distracted by a new man. School could slip away from her so easily. And the boy who’s a miracle in her life acts just as if he’s in love with her. Only he’s not in love with her.
Returning to the characters and language she explored so profoundly in Make Lemonade, Virginia Euwer Wolff rises to the occasion in this astonishing second of three novels about LaVaughn, her family, and her community.
