Amanda McRaney Jenkins ( born 1961 ) is an American writer of young adult fiction . Her novels have received considerable recognition , including the Delacorte Prize for '' Breaking Boxes '' , and a Printz Honor for '' Repossessed '' . In 2005 she received the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship , a stipend intended to grant a measure of financial freedom to a writer of children 's or YA literature
Printz Honor
Michael L. Printz Award
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