2010 Mock Printz Medal Winner
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
2010 Mock Printz Honor Books
Genesis by Bernard Beckett
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
The 2010 Eva Perry Mock Printz Club Awards!
January 17, 2010 by Ms. LisaDreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble
December 28, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: In alternating voices, sixteen-year-old Chicagoan Anne and handsome, magical Ethan tell of their fated quest to rescue Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia, who tells of her long captivity in the hut of legendary witch Baba Yaga.
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman
October 16, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: High school sophomore Andromeda, an outcast because she studies the occult and has a hearing impairment and other disabilities, overcomes grief over terrible losses by enlisting others’ help in her plan to save library books–and finds a kindred spirit along the way.
Delacourte
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
October 16, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with Creutzfeld Jakob’s (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.
Delacourte
Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines
October 16, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: In Massachusetts, eighteen-year-old Lyn, who has grown up in the public eye as the daughter of seven gladiators, wants nothing less than to follow her mother’s path, but her only way of avoiding marriage to the warrior who killed her last stepfather may be to face him in the arena.
Bloomsbury
King of the Screwups by K. L. Going
October 10, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: After getting in trouble yet again, popular high school senior Liam, who never seems to live up to his wealthy father’s expectations, is sent to live in a trailer park with his gay “glam-rocker” uncle.
Harcourt
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
September 21, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
Scholastic
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
September 5, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered.
Bloomsbury
Malice by Chris Wooding
September 5, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: Three kids get trapped in the world of a deadly comic book in this middle-grade thriller from Chris Wooding.
Scholastic
Psych Major Syndrome by Alicia Thompson
August 29, 2009 by Ms. Martha
Summary: College freshman and psychology major, Leigh Nolan, finds her problem-solving skills woefully inadequate when it comes to her increasingly tangled and complicated romantic relationships.
Disney Hyperion Books
