Congratulations to the 2009 Printz Award books (best YA books as chosen by the American Library Association), which were announced this morning.
And the winner is...(drum roll).... Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

The Printz Honor Books are:
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