Nick Lake wins the Michael L. Printz Award

Congratulations to Nick Lake on winning the prestigious Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature with his novel IN DARKNESS. The award is given out every year by the American Library Association to the 'best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit.' Previous winners include modern classics such as Meg Rosoff's HOW I LIVE NOW and John Green's LOOKING FOR ALASKA.

IN DARKNESS is published by Bloomsbury in the US and UK; Bloomsbury has also just published Nick's new YA novel HOSTAGE THREE. For more information about IN DARKNESS, please visit its website: www.in-darkness.org/

IN DARKNESS:

In darkness, I count my blessings like Manman taught me.

One: I am alive.

Two: there is no two.

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital, thirsty, terrified and alone. Shorty is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen enough violence to last a lifetime, and who has been inexorably drawn into the world of the gangsters who rule Site Solèy; men who dole out money with one hand and death with the other.

But Shorty has a secret: a flame of revenge that blazes inside him and a burning wish to find the twin sister he lost seven years ago...