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Michael L. Printz Award まいける・える・ぷりんつしょう

第8回(2007年)

Young Adult LiteratureFor Youth (YA)American Literary AwardYoung AdultFictionNonfictionPoetryAnthologyLibrary Association Award

受賞者

5名

Three intersecting stories follow Jin Wang, the Monkey King, and Chin-Kee as they explore the discomfort and shifting self-image of life as an Asian American. Blending myth and school-story elements, the graphic novel rethinks how identity is formed.

Myth and school life collide in a story about finding a place to belong.

240ページ
identityfamilycultural alienationmythgraphic novel

Raised in eighteenth-century Boston, Octavian comes to understand who he is while living inside an experiment run by scientists and the realities of slavery. Set against the American Revolution, the novel sharply examines intellect, violence, and the meaning of freedom.

In pre-Revolution Boston, a boy learns the cost of freedom and the cruelty of an experiment.

368ページ
slaverysciencerevolutionfreedomidentity
John Green Honor

After being dumped nineteen times by girls named Katherine, Colin tries to build a theory that will explain his future while on a road trip with his best friend. Humor and mathematical obsession combine in a novel about rethinking relationships.

After nineteen breakups, a boy turns to theory and travel to find his next step.

272ページ
romancefriendshipmathematicsself-discoveryroad trip

The novel alternates between the viewpoints of twin aspiring artists Noah and Jude, unfolding across shifting timelines. It is a lyrical coming-of-age story that intertwines loss, jealousy, love, creativity, family secrets, and renewal.

256ページ
twinsartfamilyloss and renewalidentity
Markus Zusak Honor

Set in Nazi Germany, the novel follows Liesel Meminger as she learns to read, steals books, and tries to preserve language and humanity amid war. Narrated by Death, it balances devastation with warmth and acts of resistance.

560ページ
warreadinglossresistancehumanity