Cybils finalists are up!
The finalists have been posted for the Cybils (the bloggers’ literary awards), including graphic novel lists for middle grades and young adult readers. Here are the lists, with links to our reviews of the books, when relevant—there are also capsule summaries at the Cybils site.
Middle grades
Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess (Olympians)
by George O’Connor
First Second Books
Author interview
Included in our Good Comics for Kids Summer Reading List and Best Comics for Kids 2010 list
Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye 1: Hamster and Cheese
by Colleen A. F. Venable
Graphic Universe
Reviewed by Snow Wildsmith
Included in our Summer Reading List
Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities
by Jason Shiga
Amulet
Included in our ALA Core Titles List
Smile
by Raina Telgemeier
GRAPHIX
Reviewed by Snow Wildsmith
Author interview
Good Comics for Kids book club discussion
Included in our Summer Reading List, ALA Core Titles List, and Best Comics for Kids 2010 list
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The Unsinkable Walker Bean
by Aaron Renier
First Second Books
Reviewed by Scott Robins
Included in our Best Comics for Kids 2010 list
Young Adults
Ghostopolis
by Doug Tennapel
GRAPHIX
Included in our Best Comics of 2010 list
Mercury
by Hope Larson
Atheneum
Included in our Good Comics for Kids 2010 Summer Reading List and Best Comics of 2010 list
Night Owls Vol. 1
by Peter Timony
Zuda
Twin Spica, Vol. 1
by Kou Yaginuma
Vertical
Good Comics for Kids Book Club discussion
Included in our Good Comics for Kids 2010 Summer Reading List and Best Comics of 2010 list
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri
Lee & Low Books, Inc.
Included in our Best Comics of 2010 list
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About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor, a newspaper reporter, and assistant to the mayor of a small city. In addition to editing GC4K, she is a regular columnist for SLJ, a contributing editor at ICv2, an editor at Smash Pages, and a writer for Publishers Weekly. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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