Printz Club Picks (2017)

All books recommended or nominated by Reading Corps/Mock Printz Club. All are published in 2017, and the system has 10 copies

Showing 21 - 30 of 30  There are a total of 30 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Shadow run"
Star rating for Shadow run
Series:
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Notes:
Nominated
Description:
The captain of a starship and a prince are forced to revise their ideas of family and loyalty, with the fate of their worlds hanging in the balance.
Book cover for "Soldier boy"
Star rating for Soldier boy
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
HONOR TITLE
Description:
Follows Ricky from 1987-1991, and Samuel in 2006, as they are abducted to serve as child-soldiers in Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. Includes historical notes and information about Friends of Orphans, an organization founded by Ricky Richard Anywar, on whose life the story is partly based.
Book cover for "Thornhill"
Star rating for Thornhill
Author:
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Notes:
Nominated
Description:
Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door.
Book cover for "Turtles all the way down"
Star rating for Turtles all the way down
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Notes:
Recommended
Description:
It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
Book cover for "Vincent and Theo"
Star rating for Vincent and Theo
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Notes:
Nominated
Description:
The true story of the relationship between brothers Theo and Vincent van Gogh.
Book cover for "We are okay"
Star rating for We are okay
Author:
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Notes:
Recommended
Description:
After leaving her life behind to go to college in New York, Marin must face the truth about the tragedy that happened in the final weeks of summer when her friend Mabel comes to visit.
Book cover for "Who killed Christopher Goodman?"
Star rating for Who killed Christopher Goodman?
Author:
Notes:
Nominated
Description:
Everybody likes Chris Goodman, but when he is found dead no one understands how something like this could happen.
Book cover for "You bring the distant near"
Star rating for You bring the distant near
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Notes:
Nominated
Description:
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.
Book cover for "You're welcome, universe"
Star rating for You're welcome, universe
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
Recommended
Description:
When Julia gets kicked out of the Kingston School for the Deaf for putting up an illegal mural, she is moved to a mainstream school in the suburbs where she starts putting up more art, but she soon finds that someone is showing off their skills by addingto her tags.
Book cover for "Yvain, the Knight of the Lion"
Star rating for Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
Average Rating:
2.5 stars
Notes:
Recommended
Description:
Eager for glory and heedless of others, Sir Yvain sets out from King Arthur's court and defeats a local lord in battle, unknowingly intertwining his future with the lives of two compelling women: Lady Laudine, the beautiful widow of the fallen lord, and her sly maid Lunette.