YALSA has announced their official 2020 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. The list has 103 titles included from 178 nominations. The books are for ages 12-18 and are both high quality and have teen appeal. A top ten list is also chosen. Here are the books in the Top Ten:
Bloom by Kevin Panetta, art by Savanna Ganucheau
Cosmoknights: Book One by Hanna Templer
I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable, art by Ellen T. Crenshaw
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, art by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom by David F. Walker, art by Damon Smyth and Marissa Louise
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell, art by Faith Erin Hicks
Simon & Louise by Max de Radigues
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei and Justin Eisinger, art by Harmony Becker
Witch Hat Atalier by Kamome Shirahama
Thanks. I don’t read many graphic novels and need to do so. These all sound excellent!
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