The 2009 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature was announced yesterday:



Winner

• Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta

Honor Books

• The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• Nation by Terry Pratchett
• Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

In honor of today's Presidential Inauguration, here are five books about teens with their own presidential connections and aspirations.

All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.

First Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett, who runs a New Hampshire dairy farm since his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes it clear whose first boy he really is.

First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover by Mitali Perkins

During her father's presidential campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image and create a fake weblog in her name.

Freshman for President by Allyson Braithwaite Condie

Tired of not being noticed, fifteen-year-old Milo decides to run for president of the United States, and through the course of the campaign, he discovers that he--and other teenagers--can make a real difference.

Long Live the Queen by Ellen Emerson White

The President's daughter is a victim of kidnapping by terrorists.

In our most recent survey we asked you what you like to do when it snows. Here are the results.


38% - Stay inside and drink hot cocoa
33% - Go skiing or snowboarding
13% - Go sledding
8% - Build a snowman
8% - Have a snowball fight


Be sure to participate in our current poll and let us know what you think.