Craig Silvey’s 2009 novel Jasper Jones continues to garner praise. After winning several high profile Australian awards in 2009-2010 and being shortlisted for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Western Australian tale has now been chosen as an honour book in the 2012 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. This US prize, named after a Kansas librarian and offered by the American Library Association, names one winner and four honour books annually. The award was won in 2009 by Melina Marchetta for On the Jellicoe Road.
Jasper Jones is published in the US by Alfred K. Knopf (see US book cover, at left, with the Printz medallion sticker affixed). To read about this year’s Michael L. Printz winner and the other 2012 honour books, visit the American Library Association website.
