If I were in charge of the Printz Awards, I would have found my winner this weekend. But I am in charge of nothing but this website (sort of) and so will post my winner here. Ta-da, Plain Kate by Erin Bow! Laini Taylor recommended it so highly in her blog that I searched it out, saying all along, “Don’t like fantasy, not my kind of book, cute kids and cats? Feggit it.” And then I read it. What a mysterious, horrifying, sweet, sad, romantic, haunting, funny book, filled with poetry and magic. Really, all of those things. And the cat is definitely not cute but is brave, silly, boastful and prideful, caring for nothing but food and Kate. Look for it. It’s wonderful. If like me you are not a fantasy fan, you might like it anyway. And if you are, you will be mad for it.
My Choice for the Printz
- by Karen Cushman
