The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year.
The award's namesake was a school librarian in Topeka, Kansas. He had a passion for books and reading. He also appreciated the authors who wrote books for young adults and demonstrated this by initiating an author-in-residence program at his high school.
The award is from 2000- present
| 2018 | We Are Okay: A Novel by Nina LaCour FIC LAC |
| 2017 | March: Book Three by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, Illustrated by Nate Powell E840.8.L43 A3 |
| 2016 | Bone Gap by Laura Ruby FIC RUB |
| 2015 | I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson FIC NEL |
| 2013 | In Darkness by Nick Lake FIC LAK |
| 2012 | Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley FIC WHA |
| 2011 | Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi FIC BAC |
| 2010 | Going Bovine by Libba Bray FIC BRA |
| 2009 | Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta FIC MAR |
| 2008 | The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean FIC MCA |
| 2007 | American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang FIC YAN |
| 2006 | Looking for Alaska by John Green FIC GRE |
| 2005 | How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff FIC ROS |
| 2004 | The First Part Last by Angela Johnson FIC JOH |
| 2003 | Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers FIC CHA |
| 2002 | A Step from Heaven by An Na FIC NA |
| 2001 | Kit's Wilderness by David Almond FIC ALM |
| 2000 | Monster by Walter Dean Myers FIC MYE |
