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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Hey all! Well, the YMAs have been announced, and
</span></strong><b>the Michael L. Printz Award honoring the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit goes to: “Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories,” edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith!</b> This year’s
<b>Printz Honor Books are “Cope Field,” written by T.L. Simpson; “The House No One Sees,” written by Adina King; “Sisters in the Wind,” written by Angeline Boulley; and “Song of a Blackbird,” written and illustrated by Maria van Lieshout.
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">It’s very cool and exciting when our Mock Printz list aligns with the actual Printz, and this year we picked two of the honors, not to mention that
<i>Death in the Jungle</i> got the Excellence in Non-fiction award and the author, Candace Fleming, the Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award in writing for Young Adults! I hope y’all enjoyed reading and chatting about your favorite books as much as I did. The
votes are in, and the statewide Mock Printz title that got the most points is <i>
Death in the Jungle</i>! <i>(S)Kin</i> was next, followed by <i>Sisters in the Wind</i> and
<i>The Corruption of Hollis Brown</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">We’re looking forward to meeting up in Salem next January for an in-person Mock Printz workshop. In the meantime, if you read something great published in 2026, let us know! Maybe it’ll
make the list!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">This year’s Mini Mock Printz titles:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Song of a Blackbird</span></em> by Maria Van Lieshout<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown</span></em> by Candace Fleming<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Corruption of Hollis Brown</span></em> by K. Ancrum<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Banned Together: Our Fight for Reader’s Rights</span></em> by Ashley Hope Pérez<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sisters in the Wind</span></em> by Angeline Boulley<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">(S)Kin</span></em> by Ibi Zoboi<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Run Away With Me</span></em> by Brian Selznick<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I Am the Swarm</span></em> by Hayley Chewins<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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