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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208 page paperback
|$12.21
|10 reviews
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by Mike Carey, illustrated by Marc Hempel, Sonny Liew
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174 page paperback
|$9.99
|4 reviews
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by Ann Marie Fleming
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176 page paperback
|$11.20
|4 reviews
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by Keith Giffen, illustrated by Cully Hammer
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144 page paperback
|$10.39
|5 reviews
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Iwahara Yuji
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192 page paperback
|$9.99
|2 reviews
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by Matthew Loux
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216 page paperback
|$9.56
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by Setona Mizushiro
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200 page paperback
|$8.79
|9 reviews
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by Kaoru Mori
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192 page paperback
|$9.99
|6 reviews
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by Peter Sis
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56 page hardcover
|$12.24
|14 reviews
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by Shaun Tan
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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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128 page hardcover
|$13.59
|27 reviews
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