# Michael L. Printz Award reading list

**21** books referenced by Michael L. Printz Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Michael L. Printz Award is given annually by the American Library Association for the best book written for young adults (ages 12-18), based entirely on literary merit. Printz winners are widely taught and assigned in US high-school English classes.

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## Michael L. Printz Award reading list

- [All My Rage](https://readinglist.school/book/all-my-rage) by Sabaa Tahir _(Grades 9–12)_
- [American Born Chinese](https://readinglist.school/book/american-born-chinese) by Gene Luen Yang _(530L · Grades 7–12)_
- [Bone Gap](https://readinglist.school/book/bone-gap) by Laura Ruby _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Brownstone](https://readinglist.school/book/brownstone) by Samuel Teer _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Dig](https://readinglist.school/book/dig-as-king) by A. S. King _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Everything Sad Is Untrue](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-sad-is-untrue) by Daniel Nayeri _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Firekeeper's Daughter](https://readinglist.school/book/firekeepers-daughter) by Angeline Boulley _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Going Bovine](https://readinglist.school/book/going-bovine) by Libba Bray _(Grades 9–12)_
- [How I Live Now](https://readinglist.school/book/how-i-live-now) by Meg Rosoff _(Grades 9–12)_
- [I'll Give You the Sun](https://readinglist.school/book/ill-give-you-the-sun) by Jandy Nelson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [In Darkness](https://readinglist.school/book/in-darkness) by Nick Lake _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Jellicoe Road](https://readinglist.school/book/jellicoe-road) by Melina Marchetta _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Looking for Alaska](https://readinglist.school/book/looking-for-alaska) by John Green _(Grades 9–12)_
- [March Book Three](https://readinglist.school/book/march-book-three) by John Lewis _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Midwinterblood](https://readinglist.school/book/midwinterblood) by Marcus Sedgwick _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Ship Breaker](https://readinglist.school/book/ship-breaker) by Paolo Bacigalupi _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Collectors Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/the-collectors-stories) by A. S. King _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Poet X](https://readinglist.school/book/the-poet-x) by Elizabeth Acevedo _(800L · Grades 8–12)_
- [The White Darkness](https://readinglist.school/book/the-white-darkness) by Geraldine McCaughrean _(Grades 9–12)_
- [We Are Okay](https://readinglist.school/book/we-are-okay) by Nina LaCour _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Where Things Come Back](https://readinglist.school/book/where-things-come-back) by John Corey Whaley _(Grades 9–12)_

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