Mock Printz: Books to consider/early favorites

The Mock Printz committee met today, and these are some early favorites for the award:

Title/Author/ISBN:

Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson, 978-1590784563

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, 978-0316013680

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, 978-1595141712

Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks, 978-0374349851

Someday this Pain Will be Useful to You by Peter Cameron, 978-0374309893

One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke, 978-1932425956

A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd, 978-0385751087

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale, 978-1599900513

Your Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill, 978-0375837999

Lessons from a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles, 978-0763632793

Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan, 978-0375843204

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga, 978-0618723935

The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean, 978-0060890353

Un Lun Dun by China Mieville, 978-0345495167

What They Found: Love on 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers 978-0385321389

Tamar by Mal Peet, 978-0763634889

Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb, 978-0385734028

A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve 978-0060890551

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, 978-0545010221

Freak Show by James St. James, 978-0525477990

Kissing the Bee by Kathe Koja, 978-0374399382

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, 978-0618724833

Click by Scholastic, et.al. 978-0439411387

The Arrival by Shaun Tan, 0439895294

Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr, 978-0316014533

Don't panic if you can't find these all in the BCCLS catalog just yet! A few of them won't be released for another week.

This list of books is the one from which the Mock Printz committee will draw their Top Ten. We know there are a lot of books on this list, so don't feel like you have to read them all cover to cover right now. Instead, check out the ones you haven't read and skim them over. See if they fit the criteria for the award, and check this blog regularly for updates on our top lists.