Book of the Year Award Nominees
Aspara Engine
by Bishakh Som (Feminist Press)
Bear
by Ben Queen; art by Joe Todd-Stanton (BOOM! Studios)
Cat Kid Comic Club
by Dav Pilkey (Scholastics/Graphix)
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
by Derf Backderf (Abrams ComicArts)
Snapdragon
by Kat Leyh (Macmillan Publishers)
Superman Smashes the Klan
by Gene Luen Yang; art by Gurihiru (DC)
The Magic Fish
by Trung Le Nguyen (RH Graphic – Random House Children’s Books Imprint)
Mosaic Award Finalists
Aspara Engine
by Bishakh Som (Feminist Press)
Bear
by Ben Queen; art by Joe Todd-Stanton (BOOM! Studios)
Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Rreeves, and Bob Lemmons: A Toon Graphic
by James Otis Smith (TOON Books)
Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence
by Joel Christian Gill (Oni Press)
Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World
Edited by Erin Bried (Knopf – Random House Children’s Books)
Children’s Awards Finalists – Fiction
Bear
by Ben Queen; art by Joe Todd-Stanton (BOOM! Studios)
Cat Kid Comic Club
by Dav Pilkey (Scholastics/Graphix)
Donut Feed the Squirrels
by Mika Song (RH Graphic – Random House Children’s Books Imprint)
Frankie and the Creepy Cute Critters
by Caitlin Rose Boyle (Oni Press)
The Wolf in Underpants Freezes His Buns Off
by Wilfrid Lupano; art by Mayana Itoiz & Paul Cauuet (Lerner Publishing Group)
Middle-Grade Awards Finalists – Fiction
Go with the Flow
by Karen Schneemann & Lily Williams (Macmillan Publishers)
Snapdragon
by Kat Leyh (Macmillan Publishers)
Stepping Stones
by Lucy Knisley (RH Graphic – Random House Children’s Books Imprint)
Superman Smashes the Klan
by Gene Luen Yang; art by Gurihiru (DC)
Twins
by Varian Johnson; art by Shannon Wright (Scholastics/Graphix)
Middle-Grade Awards Finalists – Non-Fiction
Action Presidents 4: John F. Kennedy!
by Fred Van Lente; art by Ryan Dunlavey (HarperCollins Children’s Book)
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier
by Jim Ottaviani; art by Maris Wicks (First Second)
History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire
by Kat Hannigan; art by Alex Graudins (Macmillan Publishers)
Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World
Edited by Erin Bried (Knopf – Random House Children’s Books)
Seen: Edmonia Lewis
by Jasmine Walls; art by Bex Glendining (BOOM! Studios)
Young Adult Awards Finalists – Fiction
A Map to the Sun
by Sloane Leong (Macmillan Publishers)
Displacement
by Kiku Hughes (Macmillan Publishers)
Juliet Takes a Breath
by Gabby Rivera; art by Celia Moscote (BOOM! Studios)
Lizard in a Zoot Suit
by Marco Finnegan (Lerner Publishing Group)
The Magic Fish
by Trung Le Nguyen (RH Graphic – Random House Children’s Books Imprint)
Young Adult Awards Finalists – Non-Fiction
Constitution Illustrated
by R. Sikoryak (Drawn & Quarterly)
Drawing the Vote
by Tommy Jenkins; art by Kati Lacker (Abrams ComicArts)
Shame Pudding
by Danny Noble (Street Noise Books)
Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir
by Bishakh Som (Street Noise Books)
The Mars Challenge
by Alison Wilgus; art by Wyeth Yates (Macmillan Publishers)
Adult Awards Finalists – Fiction
Algeriennes: The Forgotten Women of the Algerian Revolution
by Swann Meralli; art by Deloupy (Penn State University Press)
Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence
by Joel Christian Gill (Oni Press)
Invisible Differences: A Story of Aspergers, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color
by Julie Dachez; art by Mme. Caroline (Oni Press)
Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition
by Sebastian Kadlecik & Kit Steinkellner; art by Emma Steinkellner (Fanbase Press)
Soldiers Unknown
by Chag Lowry; art by Rahsan Ekedal (Great Oak Press)
Adult Awards Finalists – Non-Fiction
Guantanamo Voices
by Sarah Mirk; art by Various (Abrams ComicArts)
Happiness Will Follow
by Mike Hawthorne (BOOM! Studios)
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
by Derf Backderf (Abrams ComicArts)
Phoolan Devi: Rebel Queen
by Claire Fauvel (NBM Graphic Novels)
Year of the Rabbit
by Tian Veasna (Drawn & Quarterly)
