Mock Printz 2026 (34 books)

Books that could possibly win the 2026 Printz Award. Description of award here: https://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz

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1	Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,514 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	(S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 843 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen by James Robinson 4.30 avg rating — 574 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 1,488 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Reasons to Hate Me by Susan Metallo (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 4,845 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Flip Side: A Graphic Novel by Jason Walz (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 312 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom – The Inspiring True Story of a Filipino WWII Hero by Erin Entrada Kelly (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 313 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	After Life by Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 5,061 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	All Better Now by Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 5,626 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 535 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 2,300 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	And the Trees Stare Back by Gigi Griffis (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 202 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights by Ashley Hope Pérez (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 536 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Breath of the Dragon (Breathmarked, #1) by Shannon Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 3,417 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	A Catalog of Burnt Objects by Shana Youngdahl (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 246 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,916 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Everything Is Poison by Joy McCullough (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 744 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Fitting Indian by Jyoti Chand (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 621 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The House No One Sees by Adina King 3.66 avg rating — 242 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	I Am the Swarm by Hayley Chewins (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 546 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Invisible Wild by Nikki Van De Car (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 307 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold (Goodreads Author) 3.39 avg rating — 6,958 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 7,311 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Out of Air by Rachel Reiss (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 1,574 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Red Car to Hollywood by Jennie Liu (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 916 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph 4.44 avg rating — 459 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Underwood Tapes by Amanda DeWitt (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 715 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Wake the Wild Creatures by Nova Ren Suma (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 275 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	When We Ride by Rex Ogle (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 1,394 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 6,265 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 1,284 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Under a Fire-Red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean 3.76 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars