ALSC & YALSA Book Picks 2010
RSS-- School Library Journal, 03/01/2010
Notable Children’s Books
Younger Readers
Arnold, Tedd. I Spy Fly Guy! illus. by author. Scholastic. Tr $5.99. ISBN 978-0-545-11028-0.
Brown, Peter. The Curious Garden. illus. by author. Little, Brown. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-3160-5329-7.
Brun-Cosme, Nadine. Big Wolf and Little Wolf. illus. by Olivier Tallec. tr. by Claudia Bedrick. Enchanted Lion. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59270-084-4.
Cousins, Lucy. Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales. illus. by author. Candlewick. Tr $18.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-4474-1.
Crum, Shutta. Thunder Boomer. illus. by Carol Thompson. Clarion. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-618-61865-1.
Gerstein, Mordicai. A Book. illus. by author. Roaring Brook. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59643-251-2.
Hayes, Geoffrey. Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! illus. by author. Toon. Tr $12.95. ISBN 978-0-97-99238-9-0.
Henkes, Kevin. Birds. illus. by Laura Dronzek. HarperCollins/Greenwillow. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-06-136304-7.
Johnston, Tony. My Abuelita. illus. by Yuyi Morales. Harcourt. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-15-216330-3.
McMullan, Kate. Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day. illus. by R. W. Alley. Dial. Tr $14.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3085-4.
Meschenmoser, Sebastian. Waiting for Winter. illus. by author. Kane/Miller. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-1-93527-904-4.
Mora, Pat. Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos el día de los niños/el día de los libros. illus. by Rafael López. HarperCollins/Rayo. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-06-128877-7.
Mora, Pat. Gracias/Thanks. illus. by John Parra. Lee & Low. Tr $17.95. ISBN 978-1-600-60258-0.
Mortenson, Greg & Susan L. Roth. Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea. illus. by Susan L. Roth. Dial. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3058-8.
Newbery, Linda. Posy. illus. by Catherine Rayner. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-7112-2.
Newman, Lesléa. Mommy, Mama, and Me. illus. by Carol Thompson. Tricycle. BD $7.99. ISBN 978-1-58246-262-2.
Patricelli, Leslie. Higher! Higher! illus. by author. Candlewick. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3241-0.
Scanlon, Liz Garton. All the World. illus. by Marla Frazee. Beach Lane. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-8580-8.
Sidman, Joyce. Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors. illus. by Pamela Zagarenski. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-5470-1494-4.
Smith, Jeff. Little Mouse Gets Ready. illus. by author. Toon. Tr $12.95. ISBN 978-1-93517-901-6.
Yee, Wong Herbert. Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends. illus. by author. Houghton. Tr $15. ISBN 978-0-5471-5222-6.
Middle Readers
Barton, Chris. The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors. illus. by Tony Persiani. Charlesbridge. Tr $18.95. ISBN 978-1-57091-673-1.
Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. Diego: Bigger Than Life. illus. by David Diaz. Marshall Cavendish. Tr $18.99. ISBN 978-0-7614-5383-3.
Bond, Rebecca. In the Belly of an Ox: The Unexpected Photographic Adventures of Richard and Cherry Kearton. illus. by author. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-547-07675-1.
Bredsdorff, Bodil. Eidi. (The Children of Crow Cove Series). tr. by Kathryn Mahaffy. Farrar. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-374-31267-1.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician’s Elephant. illus. by Yoko Tanaka. Candlewick. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-4410-9.
Jenkins, Steve. Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea. Houghton. Tr $17. ISBN 978-0-618-96636-3.
Kajikawa, Kimiko. Tsunami! illus. by Ed Young. Philomel. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-399-25006-4.
Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Holt. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8050-8841-0.
Lázaro, Georgina. Federico García Lorca. illus. by Enrique S. Moreiro. Lectorum. Tr $14.99. ISBN 978-1-93303-239-9.
Lin, Grace. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. illus. by author. Little, Brown. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-3161-1427-1.
Lowry, Lois. Crow Call. illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline. Scholastic. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-545-03035-9.
Metselaar, Menno & Ruud van der Rol. Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures from the Archives of the Anne Frank House. Roaring Brook. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-1-59643-546-9.
Mills, Claudia. How Oliver Olson Changed the World. illus. by Heather Maione. Farrar. Tr $15.95. ISBN 978-0-374-33487-1.
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. illus. by R. Gregory Christie. Carolrhoda. PLB $17.95. ISBN 978-0-8225-6764-6.
O’Connor, Barbara. The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis. Farrar. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-374-37055-8.
Phelan, Matt. The Storm in the Barn. illus. by author. Candlewick. Tr $24.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3618-0.
Philbrick, Rodman. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg. Scholastic/Blue Sky. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-439-66818-7.
Ruddell, Deborah. A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems. illus. by Joan Rankin. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-4211-5.
Ruelle, Karen Gray & Deborah Durland DeSaix. The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews during the Holocaust. illus. by authors. Holiday House. Tr $17.95. ISBN 978-0-8234-2159-6.
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me. Random/Wendy Lamb Bks. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73742-5.
Sturm, James, Andrew Arnold, & Alexis Frederick-Frost. Adventures in Cartooning. illus. by authors. First Second. pap. $12.95. ISBN 978-1-59643-369-4.
Talbott, Hudson. River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River. illus. by author. Putnam. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-399-24521-3.
Thor, Annika. A Faraway Island. tr. by Linda Schenck. Delacorte. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73617-6.
Turner, Pamela S. The Frog Scientist. photos. by Andy Comins. Houghton. $18. ISBN 978-0-618-71716-3.
Weitzman, David L. Pharaoh’s Boat. illus. by author. Houghton. Tr $18. ISBN 978-0-547-05341-7.
Wing, Natasha. An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers. illus. by Julia Breckenreid. Holt. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8050-8072-8.
Winter, Jonah. You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! illus. by André Carrilho. Random/Schwartz & Wade. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-375-83738-8.
Older Readers
Allen, Thomas B. & Roger MacBride Allen. Mr. Lincoln’s High-Tech War: How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-Powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War. National Geographic. Tr $18.95. ISBN 978-1-42630-379-1.
Alvarez, Julia. Return to Sender. Knopf. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-375-85124-7.
Baskin, Nora Raleigh. Anything but Typical. S & S. RTE $15.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-6378-3.
Carmichael, Clay. Wild Things. Front St. Tr $17. ISBN 978-1-59078-627-7.
Datlow, Ellen & Terri Windling, eds. Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales. Viking. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-670-06141-9.
Fleming, Candace. The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum. Random/Schwartz & Wade. Tr $18.99. ISBN 978-0-375-94597-7.
Hardinge, Frances. The Lost Conspiracy. HarperCollins. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-088041-5.
Hoose, Phillip. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. Farrar/A Melanie Kroupa Bk. Tr $19.95. ISBN 978-0-374-31322-7.
Lawrence, Iain. The Giant-Slayer. Delacorte. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-385-73376-2.
Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River. S & S/Aladdin. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-7582-3.
Marrin, Albert. Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl. Dutton. Tr $22.99. ISBN 978-0-525-42077-4.
Murphy, Jim. Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting. Scholastic. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-0-545-13049-3. Nelson, Marilyn. Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World. illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial. Tr $21.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3187-5.
Partridge, Elizabeth. Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary. Viking. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-0-670-01189-6.
Russell, Ching Yeung. Tofu Quilt. Lee & Low. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-60060-423-2.
Smith, Hope Anita. Mother Poems. illus. by author. Holt/Christy Ottaviano Bks. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8050-8231-9.
Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream. Candlewick. Tr $24.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3611-1.
Tan, Shaun. Tales from Outer Suburbia. illus. by author. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-0-545-05587-1.
Uehashi, Nahoko. Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness. illus. by Yuko Shimizu. tr. by Cathy Hirano. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-10295-7.
Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. Carolrhoda. PLB $22.95. ISBN 978-0-8225-7135-3.
Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan. illus. by Keith Thompson. S & S/Pulse. Tr $19.99. ISBN 987-1-4169-7173-3.
All Ages
Bryan, Ashley. Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life’s Song. photos. by Bill McGuinness. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $18.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-0541-7.
Chin, Jason. Redwoods. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/Flash Point. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59643-430-1.
Floca, Brian. Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11. illus. by author. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $17.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-5046-2.
Hughes, Langston. My People. photos. by Charles R. Smith, Jr. S & S/Atheneum/Ginee Seo Bks. RTE $17.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-3540-7.
Pinkney, Jerry. The Lion & the Mouse. illus. by author. Little, Brown. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-316-01356-7.
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Duck! Rabbit! illus. by Tom Lichtenheld. Chronicle. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8118-6865-5.
Rotner, Shelley & Sheila M. Kelly. Shades of People. photos. by Shelley Rotner. Holiday House. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8234-2191-6.
Best Books for Young Adults
*Denotes Top 10 selection
Fiction
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. Viking. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-670-01110-0.
Barnes, John. Tales of the Madman Underground. Viking. Tr $18.99. ISBN 978-0-670-06081-8.
Booraem, Ellen. The Unnameables. Houghton. 2008. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-15-206368-9.
Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Delacorte. Tr $23. ISBN 978-0-385-34230-8.
Bray, Libba. Going Bovine. Delacorte. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73397-7.
*Brennan, Sarah Rees.Demon’s Lexicon. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. RTE $17.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-6379-0.
Brown, Jennifer. Hate List. Little, Brown. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-316-04144-7.
Burg, Anne E. All the Broken Pieces. Scholastic. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-545-08092-7.
Cashore, Kristin. Fire. Dial. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3461-6.
Chaltas, Talia. Because I Am Furniture. Viking. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-670-06298-0.
Clement-Moore, Rosemary. Highway to Hell. Delacorte. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73463-9.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Scholastic. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-439-02349-8.
Cooper, Michelle. A Brief History of Montmaray. Knopf. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-375-85864-2.
Crowley, Suzanne Carlisle. The Stolen One. HarperCollins/Greenwillow. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-06-123200-8.
Davies, Jacqueline. Lost. Marshall Cavendish. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7614-5535-6.
Davis, Tanita. Mare’s War. Knopf. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-375-85714-0.
De La PeÑa, Matt. We Were Here. Delacorte. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73667-1.
Dessen,Sarah. Along for the Ride. Viking. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-670-01194-0.
Dowd, Siobhan. Solace of the Road. Random/David Fickling Bks. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-375-84971-8.
Efaw, Amy. After. Viking. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-670-01183-4.
Forman, Gayle.If I Stay. Dutton. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-525-42103-0.
Frost, Helen.Crossing Stones. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-374-31653-2.
Garsee, Jeannine. Say the Word. Bloomsbury. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-59990-333-0.
George, Jessica Day. Princess of the Midnight Ball. Bloomsbury. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-59990-322-4.
Gill, David Macinnis. Soul Enchilada. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-167301-6.
Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. Viking. 2008. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-0-670-06227-0.
*Griffin, Paul. The Orange Houses. Dial. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3346-6.
Halpern, Julie. Into the Wild Nerd Yonder. Feiwel & Friends. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-312-38252-0.
Han, Jenny. The Summer I Turned Pretty. S & S. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-6823-8.
Hardinge, Frances. The Lost Conspiracy. HarperCollins. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-088042-2.
*Herlong, M. H. The Great Wide Sea. Viking. 2008. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-670-06330-7.
Hernandez, David. No More Us for You. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-117333-2.
*Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group. Harcourt. Tr $17. ISBN 978-0-15-206609-3.
Johnson, Louanne. Muchacho. Knopf. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-375-86117-8.
Katcher, Brian. Almost Perfect. Delacorte. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73664-0.
Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Holt. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8050-8841-0.
King, A.S. The Dust of 100 Dogs. Llewellyn/Flux. pap. $9.95. ISBN 978-0-7387-1426-4.
Knowles, Jo. Jumping Off Swings. Candlewick. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3949-5.
LaCour, Nina. Hold Still. Dutton. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-525-42155-9.
Larbalestier, Justine. Liar. Bloomsbury. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-59990-305-7.
Levine, Kristine. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-399-25090-3.
Lockhart, E. The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch—and Me, Ruby Oliver. Delacorte. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73426-4.
Madigan, L.K.Flash Burnout. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-547-19489-9.
Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River. S & S/Aladdin. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-7582-3.
McCormick, Patricia. Purple Heart. HarperCollins/Balzer & Bray. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-173090-0.
McKernan, Victoria. The Devil’s Paintbox. Knopf. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-375-83750-0.
McKinley, Robin & Peter Dickinson. Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits. Putnam. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-0-399-25289-1.
Miller-Lachmann, Lyn. Gringolandia. Curbstone. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-93189-649-8.
*Napoli, Donna Jo. Alligator Bayou. Knopf. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-385-74654-0.
Northrop, Michael. Gentlemen. Scholastic. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-545-09749-9.
Oaks, J. Adams. Why I Fight. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-1177-7.
Pearson, Mary E. The Miles Between. Holt. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8050-8828-1.
Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla. Candlewick. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3031-7.
Runyon, Brent. Surface Tension: A Novel in Four Summers. Knopf. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-375-84446-1.
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Delacorte. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-0-385-90631-9.
Scott, Elizabeth. Love You, Hate You, Miss You. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0061122835.
Smith, Andrew. In the Path of Falling Objects. Feiwel & Friends. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-3123-7558-4.
Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-399-24709-5.
Standiford, Natalie. How to Say Goodbye in Robot. Scholastic. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-10708-2.
*Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me. Random/Wendy Lamb Bks. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73742-5.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception. Llewellyn/Flux. 2008. pap. $9.95. ISBN 978-0-7387-1370-0.
––––. Shiver. Scholastic. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-12326-6.
*Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-05474-4.
Stroud, Jonathan. Heroes of the Valley. Hyperion. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-0966-2.
Tan, Shaun. Tales from Outer Suburbia. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-0-545-05587-1.
*Taylor, Laini. Lips Touch: Three Times. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-05585-7.
Thompson, Kate. Creature of the Night. Roaring Brook. Tr $17.95. ISBN 978-1-59643-511-7.
Valentine, Jenny. Broken Soup. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-085071-5.
Vivian, Siobhan. Same Difference. Scholastic/PUSH. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-00407-7.
Warman, Jessica. Breathless. Walker. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8027-9849-7.
Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan. S & S/Pulse. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-7173-3.
Williams, Carol Lynch. The Chosen One. St. Martin’s/Griffin. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-312-55511-5.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. Jumped. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-076091-5.
Wyatt, Melissa. Funny How Things Change. Farrar. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-374-30233-7.
Wynne-Jones, Tim. The Uninvited. Candlewick. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3984-6.
Yancey, Rick. The Monstrumologist. S & S. RTE $17. ISBN 978-1-4169-8448-1.
Yang, Gene Luen. The Eternal Smile. Roaring Brook/First Second. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59643-156-0.
Zarr, Sara. Once Was Lost. Little, Brown. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-316-03604-7.
Zulkey, Claire. An Off Year. Dutton. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-525-42159-7.
Nonfiction
Fleming, Candace. The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum. Random/Schwartz & Wade. Tr $18.99. ISBN 978-0-375-84197-2.
Gray, Theodore. The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe. Black Dog & Leventhal. Tr $29.95. ISBN 978-1-57912-814-2.
Heiligman, Deborah. Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith. Holt. Tr $18.95. ISBN 978-0-8050-8721-5.
Hoose, Phillip M. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. Farrar. Tr $19.95. ISBN 978-0-374-31322-9. Mann, Charles C. Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $24.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-4900-8.
Murphy, Jim. Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting. Scholastic. $16.99. 978-0-545-13049-3.
Partridge, Elizabeth. Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary. Viking. $19.99. 978-0-670-01189-6.
*Small, David. Stitches: A Memoir. Norton. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-0-393-06857-3.
Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream. Candlewick. Tr $24.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3611-1.
Swanson, James L. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Scholastic. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-439-90354-7.
*Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. Carolrhoda. PLB $22.95. ISBN 978-0-8225-7135-3.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens
*Denotes Top 10 selection
Fiction
Asada, Hiroyuki. Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee. vol. #1. VIZ Media. pap. $7.99. ISBN 978-1-42152-913-4.
Asano, Inio. Solanin. VIZ Media. 2008. pap. $17.99. ISBN 978-1-42152-321-7.
Benjamin. Orange. TokyoPop. pap. $14.99. ISBN 978-1-42781-463-0.
Butcher, Jim. The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle. illus. by Ardian Syaf. Del Rey. 2008. Tr $19.95. ISBN 978-0-345-50746-4.
Carey, Mike. Ender’s Shadow: Battle School. illus. by Sebastian Fiumara & Giulia Brusco. Marvel. Tr $24.99. ISBN 978-0-78513-596-8.
Cavallaro, Mike. Parade (With Fireworks). Image/Shadowline. 2008. pap. $12.99. ISBN 978-1-58240-995-5.
Chmakova, Svetlana. Nightschool, Vol. 1. ISBN 978-0-7595-2859-8.
––––. Nightschool, Vol. 2. ISBN 978-0-7595-2860-4.
ea vol: Yen Pr. pap. $10.99.
Clamp. Clover Omnibus Edition. Dark Horse. pap. $19.95. ISBN 978-1-59582-196-6.
Davis, Eleanor. The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook. illus. by author. Bloomsbury. Tr $18.99. ISBN 978-1-59990-142-8.
DeFilippis, Nunzio & Christina Weir, adapts. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel. illus. by Kevin Cornell. Quirk. 2008. Tr $15.95. ISBN 978-1-59474-281-1.
Eiki, Eiki. Train*Train. vol. #1. DMP/Doki Doki. pap. $12.95. ISBN 978-1-56970-096-9.
Erb, Greg, Jason Oremland, & Wook-Jin Clark. The Return of King Doug. Oni Pr. Tr $14.95. ISBN 978-1-934964-15-6.
Fraction, Matt. Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares. illus. by Salvador Larroca. Marvel. 2008. Tr $24.99. ISBN 978-0-78513-460-2.
Fujino, Moyamu. Animal Academy: Hakobune Hakusho. vol. #1. TokyoPop. pap. $10.99. ISBN 978-1-42781-095-3.
Gaiman, Neil & P. Craig Russell. Sandman: The Dream Hunters. DC Comics/Vertigo. Tr $24.99. ISBN 978-1-40122-424-0.
Goddard, Drew, Georges Jeanty, & Joss Whedon. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 3: Wolves at the Gate. Dark Horse. 2008. pap. $15.95. ISBN 978-1-59582-165-2.
Hama, Larry. G.I. Joe: Origins. illus. by Mike Hawthorne & Tom Feister. IDW. pap. $19.99. ISBN 978-1-60010-497-8.
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