2012 PRINTZ WINNER AND HONOR BOOKS . . .
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
Winner: Where Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley, published by Atheneum books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Honor: Why We Broke Upby Daniel Handler, published by Little, Brown and company, a division of Hachette Book Group
Honor: The Returning by Christine Hinwood, published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group Young Readers Group USA
Honor: Jasper Jones written by Craig Silvey, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Honor: The Scorpio Races written by Maggie Stiefvater adn published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic inc.
