YALSA Releases Great Graphic Novels for Teens List

by Brigid Alverson | Blogs
Feb 23, 2018 | Filed in Reviews+
The Young Adult Library Services Association, a.k.a. YALSA, has posted its 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. This year’s list includes 115 titles, selected from 190 nominations, and it’s quite wide-ranging. Here’s the top ten: The Backstagers, by James Tynion IV and Rian Sygh (BOOM! Studios) Black Hammer, vol. 1: Secret Origins, by Jeff […]

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The Young Adult Library Services Association, a.k.a. YALSA, has posted its 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. This year’s list includes 115 titles, selected from 190 nominations, and it’s quite wide-ranging. Here’s the top ten:

The Backstagers, by James Tynion IV and Rian Sygh (BOOM! Studios)
Black Hammer, vol. 1: Secret Origins, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse)
Brave, by Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Press)
I Am Alfonso Jones, by Tony Medina, Stacey Robison, and John Jennings (Tu Books)
Jonesy, vols. 1, 2, and 3, by Sam Humphries and Caitlin Rose Boyle (BOOM! Studios)
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Damian Duffy, Octavia E. Butler, and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)
Lighter than My Shadow, by Katie Green (Lion Forge)
My Brother’s Husband, by Gengoroh Tagame (Pantheon Books)
Pashmina, by Nidhi Chanani (First Second)
Spill Zone, vol. 1, by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland (First Second)

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