The America Library Association's 2008 List of The Top 10 Graphic Novels for Young Adults

a list by Peter, the avid reader who runs Flashlight Worthy

The American Library Association's "Young Adult Library Services Association" puts out an annual list of the 10 best graphic novels recommended for those ages 12-18. Here's the list for 2008. Enjoy.

(Note that for any title below listed as Volume 1, the ALA recommended the entire series.)

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by Nick Abadzis

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_America_Library_Associations_2008_List_of_The_Top_10_Graphic_Novels_for_Young_Adults/ReGifters');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/140120371X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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by Mike Carey, illustrated by Marc Hempel, Sonny Liew

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_America_Library_Associations_2008_List_of_The_Top_10_Graphic_Novels_for_Young_Adults/The_Magical_Life_of_Long_Tack_Sam');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594482640'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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by Ann Marie Fleming

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_America_Library_Associations_2008_List_of_The_Top_10_Graphic_Novels_for_Young_Adults/Blue_Beetle_Shellshocked');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1401209653'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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by Keith Giffen, illustrated by Cully Hammer

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_America_Library_Associations_2008_List_of_The_Top_10_Graphic_Novels_for_Young_Adults/King_of_Thorn_Volume_1');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1598162357'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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Iwahara Yuji

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by Matthew Loux

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by Setona Mizushiro

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_America_Library_Associations_2008_List_of_The_Top_10_Graphic_Novels_for_Young_Adults/Emma_Volume_1');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1401211321'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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by Kaoru Mori

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_America_Library_Associations_2008_List_of_The_Top_10_Graphic_Novels_for_Young_Adults/The_Wall_Growing_Up_Behind_the_Iron_Curtain');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374347018'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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by Peter Sis

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_America_Library_Associations_2008_List_of_The_Top_10_Graphic_Novels_for_Young_Adults/The_Arrival');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0439895294'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_America_Library_Associations_2008_List_of_The_Top_10_Graphic_Novels_for_Young_Adults/The_Arrival');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0439895294'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Arrival

by Shaun Tan

Amazon says:
In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He's embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life - he's leaving home to build a better future for his family. Shaun Tan evokes universal aspects of an immigrant's experience through a singular work of the imagination. He does so using brilliantly clear and mesmerizing images. Because the main character can't communicate in words, the book forgoes them too. But while the reader experiences the main character's isolation, he also shares his ultimate joy.

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