The American Library Association’s Young Adult Library Services Association has released its 2008 list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens.
The 43 titles were selected by a committee from a pool of 138 nominations, and announced today during the ALA’s midwinter meeting in Philadelphia. The graphic novels are recommended for readers ages 12 to 18.
DC and its imprints led the list with 13 books, followed by Go! Comi with eight, Del Rey with five, Viz Media with four, and Digital Manga Publishing, First Second, HarperTempest and Vertical with three each.
In addition, the committee selected a Top 10 list of titles “that exemplify the quality and range of graphic novels appropriate for teen audiences”:
Laika, by Nick Abadzis (First Second)
Re-Gifters, by Mike Carey (DC/Minx)
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, by Ann Marie Fleming (Penguin Group)
Blue Beetle: Shell-Shocked and Blue Beetle: Road Trip, by Keith Giffen (DC Comics)
King of Thorns, Vols. 1-2, by Yuji Iwahara (Tokyopop)Sidescrollers, by Matthew Loux (Oni Press)
After School Nightmare, Vols. 1-5, by Setona Mizushiro (Go Comi!)
Emma, Vols. 1-5, by Kaoru Mori (DC/CMX)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis (Farrar, Strauss, Giroux)
The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine)
Thanks to Katharine Kan for the link.
