Michael L. Printz Award 2020
The Michael L. Printz Award is given annually to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas, school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.  The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.
 
Winner
Dig
by A. S. King

When their rags-to-riches grandparents decide against bequeathing the family fortune to their descendants, five teens confront difficult secrets and the realities of their disadvantages before uniting in the face of a terrible choice to save the family name. 
Honor Books 
The beast player
by Nahoko Uehashi

When her mother is executed for the mysterious deaths of their kingdom's protective water serpents, a girl with an inherited ability to communicate with magical beasts finds her talent ensnaring her in life-threatening war plots. Simultaneous eBook.
Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me
by Mariko Tamaki

Upset about her on-again, off-again relationship with her girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy Riley depends on her friends, a local mystic, and a relationship columnist for help in dealing with her situation
Ordinary hazards : a memoir
by Nikki Grimes

The award-winning author of Garvey’s Choice describes her childhood marked by a mentally ill mother, a mostly absent father, abusive caregivers, stints in a succession of foster homes and how, from a very young age, she discovered the magic and solace of writing in order to deal with the pain and hazards of her life.
Where the world ends
by Geraldine McCaughrean

An award-winning young adult novel by the best-selling author of Peter Pan in Scarlet traces the story of eight boys who participate in an annual bird-hunting expedition on a remote island only to become stranded when nobody arrives to take them home.