Sequential Tart lists the books that librarians have suggested on the American Library Association as “Great Graphic Novels for Teens.” Then writer Rebecca Salek added some suggestions of her own.
Manga is well represented on the list, which includes Dramacon, One Piece, Socrates in Love, Kimi No Unaji ni Kanpai!, Fruits Basket, Steady Beat, Off*Beat, Death Note, Crimson Hero, The Prince of Tennis, and Nana. (I’m not posting links to all those—if you read this blog, you probably own most of them anyway.)
It’s certainly an interesting range. One thing that strikes me as a little odd is that the librarians chose to nominate, say, volume 12 of Fruits Basket, rather than another volume. I assume the whole series would be off limits, or a long-running series like Inu-Yasha could conceivably swamp the category.
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I think the nomination rules state that the book has to be published in 2005 or 2006, which would probably leave out the first volumes of a bunch of the most popular series.
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