As Heidi MacDonald notes, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) of the American Library Association has released its 2007 list of Best Books for Young Adults. Gene Yang’s American Born Chinese (First Second) made it all the way to the Top Ten, and there were other graphic novels on the larger list:
Fiction:
Eldred, Tim. Grease Monkey: A Tale of Growing Up in Orbit. 2006. illus. Tom Doherty/Tor, $27.95. (ISBN-10, 0-7653-1325-1; ISBN-13, 9780765313256).
Lat. Kampung Boy. 2006. illus. Roaring Brook/First Second, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-59643-121-0; ISBN-13, 9781596431218).
Murphy, Sean. Off Road. November 2005. illus. Oni Press, $11.95. (ISBN-10, 1-932644-30-0; ISBN-13, 9781932644300).
Stassen, Jean-Philippe. Deogratias, a Tale of Rwanda. 2006. illus. Roaring Brook/First Second, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-59643-103-2; ISBN-13, 9781596431034).
Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. 2006. illus. Roaring Brook/First Second, $16.95. (ISBN-10, 1-59643-152-0; ISBN-13, 9780596431522).
Non-fiction:
Jacobson, Sid and Colon, Ernie. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. 2006. illus. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Hill and Wang, $30. (ISBN-10, 0-8090-5738-7; ISBN-13, 9780809057382).
In other YALSA news, Robin Brenner has announced that the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list has been finalized.
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January 25, 2007 at 8:58 am |
[...] When originally pouring through the list, I missed several comics-related titles; fortunately, David Welsh was there to point out the ones I’d [...]
January 25, 2007 at 10:17 am |
There were also a number of graphic novels (mostly manga and OEL manga) on the Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list, and some older graphic novel titles among the Popular Paperbacks lists. Popular Paperbacks selects in-print paperbacks to fit several subject-specific lists every year; this year the lists were Get Creative, I’m Not Making This Up, Religion, and What’s So Funny. Each list included at least one graphic novel. And let’s not forget the Michael L. Printz Award (the YA equivalent of the Newbery Award), given to the one title published for teens that exemplifies literary excellence in YA books. This year, American Born Chinese won the Printz, a first for graphic novels. Anyone can look at the lists at the YALSA website, go to http://www.ala.org/yalsa – right now there are direct links to the current lists on the first screen that comes up.
January 25, 2007 at 10:33 am |
Thanks, Kat! I’ll make sure and give those lists a look and possibly put together a listing of the GNs included. Just because I’m clearly obsessive about this kind of thing.
January 26, 2007 at 3:00 pm |
[...] followed Kat Kan’s pointers to see what other graphic novels had been recognized on other lists developed by the Young Adult [...]
January 30, 2007 at 11:49 am |
Cool, thanks for the props! You may also be interested to know the GN’s that were nominated for the BBYA list, received lots of discussion and attention, but ultimately didn’t make the cut (there were 240 noms for a list of 80!) I think it’s fantastic that so many people are even reading and nominating so many different kinds of GN’s:
R Kikuo Johnson’s Night Fisher
Brian Wood’s Demo
Jessica Abel’s la Perdida
Bogaert’s Journey into Mohawk Country
Brian Fies Mom’s Cancer
Paul Sizer’s Moped Army
Brian K Vaughan’s Pride of Bagdhad
January 30, 2007 at 2:19 pm |
Oh, there are some great nominees in there, Hollis. I don’t envy the people who have to make those kinds of choices.