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2012 Mock Printz Winners!

January 13, 2012

25 Teens presented, debated, and hashed out our Final Decision on January 13.

After 4 hours, and a tie – TWICE – with discussion between votes, we finally had to make the call that after reading for almost 10 months, it came down to this:

2012 Eva Perry Mock Printz Winner – Paper Covers Rock, by Jenny Hubbard

2012 Mock Printz Honors

A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness
Every You, Every Me, by David Levithan
Chime, by Frannie Billingsley
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne Valente

Very well done!  We are proud of our participants and their hard work this year.

Top 3 Nominations for 2012 Mock Printz Award

November 19, 2011

November 18, 2011 – Excited discussion brought forth the following nominations for this year’s best teen literature:

Paper Covers Rock, by Jenny Hubbard
Chime, by Franny Billingsley
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne Valente
A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness
In Trouble, by Ellen Levine
To Timbuktu, by Casey Scieszka
Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys
Every You Every Me, by David Levithan

The following each received one nomination each:

Across the Universe, by Beth Revis
As I Wake, by Elizabeth Scott
Bluefish, by Pat Schmatz
Dark Eden, by Patrick Carman
Displacement, by Thalia Chatlas
First Day on Earth, by Cecil Castellucci
The Floating Islands, by Rachel Neumeier
I’ll Be There, by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Iron Queen, by Julie Kagawa
Love Inc, by Yvonne Collins
Midnight Palace, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Near Witch, by Victoria Schwab
The Queen of Water, by  Laura Resau

Needless to say, we are all still reading like crazy!
What is YOUR favorite??


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