Michael
L. Printz Award
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean, published
by HarperTempest, an imprint of HarperCollins has won
the 2008 Michael L. Printz Award. The award announcement
was made during the American Library Association (ALA)
Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, January 11-16.
Fourteen-year-old Symone's exciting vacation to Antarctica
turns into a desperate struggle for survival when her
uncleís obsessive quest leads them across the
frozen wilderness into danger.
McCaughrean has won numerous awards for children's
literature in her native England. Celebrated for her
novels, picture books and folklore adaptations, The
White Darkness is her first contemporary young adult
novel.
"Symone's unforgettable voice propels this journey
of discovery in a book that is intricately plotted,
richly imaged and brings new meaning to the term unreliable
narrator," said Printz Award Committee Chair Lynn
Rutan. "Readers will need to hang onto their snow
goggles in this compelling book in which nothing is
as it seems
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