The 2012 Printz Award (and all of the other ALA YMAs) have been announced.

Twitter was an utter squee-fest during the announcements.

In case you missed the fun, here are a few of my more ridiculous Tweets:

So that was fun.

Anyway, the 2012 Printz winner is...

Where Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley.
Amazon | Indiebound

And, for the first time ever (I think!), the Printz winner ALSO won the Morris Award for debut novel! Cool, right? I already ILLed it.

The Printz finalists (I've only read the one, sadly) are:

Jasper Jones, by Craig Silvey:

With echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird and Stand by Me, Jasper Jones is a must-read for anyone looking for a beautifully written piece of historical fiction, for a mystery that spins out slowly, or for a coming-of-age story that recognizes that becoming an adult is something that happens over the course of a long period of time, not in a single moment.

Why We Broke Up, by Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman
Amazon | Indiebound 

The Returning, by Christine Hinwood
Amazon | Indiebound 

The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater
Amazon | Indiebound

See the rest of the winners and finalists at the ALA website!

Thoughts? Favorites that you'd have liked to have seen on the list?