Michael L. Printz Award まいける・える・ぷりんつしょう
Edition 5 (2004)
Winners
5 peopleA novel told by a teenage father confronting an unexpected pregnancy and the responsibilities of parenthood.
A coming-of-age novel in which a young woman confronts ambition, loss, and the limits imposed on her life.
A verse novel about troubled teenagers who find temporary refuge and one another in a shared house.
A punk-inflected coming-of-age novel about an isolated teen who finds confidence through friendship and music.
Virginia Shreves is a high school student who feels intensely self-conscious about her body and has to face family pressure, awkward romance, and the fracture her brother's troubles create at home. Moving between humor and pain, the novel traces a teenager's slow work toward accepting both her appearance and her feelings.
A girl uneasy in her own body moves forward while wavering between family, romance, and self-acceptance.