Here are my picks for the best graphic novels of the year for youth!  As always, share your own picks in the comments.

 

Comics Squad: Recess! by Jennifer L. Holm

The Dumbest Idea Ever! By Jimmy Gownley

 

El Deafo by Cece Bell

The Graveyard Book: Volume 1 by P. Craig Russell

 

Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier

Phoebe and Her Unicorn: A Heavenly Nostrils Chronicle by Dana Simpson

 

Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang

 

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth by Ian Lendler