Children’s Award Finalists – Fiction
Batcat (Book 1)
by Meggie Ramm (Abrams Fanfare)
Clementine Fox and the Great Island Adventure
by Leigh Luna (Scholastic)
The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber
by Juni Ba and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Dark Horse)
Your Pal Fred: Low Power
by Michael Rex (Penguin Graphic, Viking)
Cat Kid Comic Club Collaborations
by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
Rose Wolves
by Natalie Warner (Top Shelf Productions)
Walsy: The Red Glove
by Sarah Kourkejian (Self-Published)
Children’s Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
Caterpillars: What Will I Be When I Get To Be Me
by Kevin McCloskey (TOON Books)
Tibbles the Cat
by David Dolensky (Albatros Media)
Shapes and Shapes
by Ivan Brunetti (TOON Books)
Middle-Grade Award Finalists – Fiction
Akane-Banashi Vol. 1
by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue (VIZ Media)
Global: One Fragile World. An Epic Fight For Survival
by Eoil Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano (Sourcebooks)
Parachute Kids
By Betty C. Tang (Scholastic)
Cross My Heart and Never Lie
by Nora Dåsnes, translated by Matt Bagguley (Hippo Park)
The Love Report
by Beka & Maya (Hippo Park)
Wildfire
By Breena Bard (Little, Brown Ink)
Middle-Grade Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
Big Bangs and Black Holes: A Graphic Novel Guide to the Universe
By Jérémie Francfort and Herji (Helvetiq)
Four Eyes
by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza (Scholastic)
Occulted
by Amy Rose, Ryan Estrada, Jeongmin Lee (Iron Circus)
Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie: The Stories Behind the Foods We Love
by David Rickert (Kane Press)
Drawn to Change the World
by Emma Reynolds, et al. (Harper Alley)
Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home
By Francisco de la Mora (SelfMadeHero)
Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend
by Noah Van Sciver and Marlena Myles (TOON Books)
Young Adult Award Finalists – Fiction
!Ay, Mija!
By Christine Suggs (Little, Brown Ink)
Four-Color Heroes
by Richard Fairgray (Fanbase Press)
The Sea in You
by Jessi Sheron (Iron Circus)
Blackward
by Lawrence Lindell (Drawn & Quarterly)
Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song
by Austin Paramore and Sarah Bollinger (Oni Press)
Turtle Bread
by Kim-Joy, Alti Firmansyah, and Joamette Gil (Dark Horse)
Young Adult Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu
by Clément Xavier, Lisa Lugrin, and Albertine Ralenti (Graphic Universe)
Nervosa
by Hayley Gold (Street Noise)
Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist
by Poppy Pesuyama (VIZ Media)
Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game
by Colin Kaepernick, Eve L. Ewing and Orlando Caicedo (Scholastic)
Smash the Patriarchy
by Marta Breen and Jenny Jordahl (Helvetiq)
We Are Not Strangers
by Josh Tuininga (Abrams ComicArts)
Adult Award Finalists – Fiction
Ashes
by Álvaro Ortiz, translated by Eva Ibarzabal (Top Shelf)
The Man in the MacIntosh Suit
by Rina Ayuyang (Drawn & Quarterly)
Shubeik Lubeik
by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
Last on His Feed: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
by Youssef Daoudi and Adrian Matejka (Liveright)
The Night Eaters: Her Little Reapers
by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
by Kelly Sue Deconnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, Nicola Scott, Wesley Wong, and Annette Kwok (DC)
Adult Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
JAJ
by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
My Pancreas Broke But My Life Got Better
by Nagata Kabi (Seven Seas)
The Talk
by Darrin Bell (Henry Holt & Co.)
Memento Mori
by Tiitu Takalo (Oni Press)
Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi, Joel Christian Gill (Ten Speed Graphic)
Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey
by Edel Rodriguez (Metropolitan Books)
Mosaic Award Finalists
Batcat
by Meggie Ramm (Abrams Fanfare)
JAJ
by Micahel Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
Parachute Kids
by Betty C. Tang (Scholastic)
Walsy: The Red Glove
by Sarah Kourkejian and Louay Daoust (Self Published)
Drawn to Change the World
by Emma Reynolds (Harper Alley)
Malcom Kid and the Perfect Song
by Austin Paramore and Srah Bollinger (Oni Press)
Shubeik Lubeik
by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
We Are Not Strangers
by Josh Tuininga (Abrams ComicArts)
Book of the Year Finalists
Batcat
by Meggie Ramm (Abrams Fanfare)
Four Eyes
by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza (Scholastic)
Shapes and Shapes
by Ivan Brunetti (Toon Books)
We Are Not Strangers
by Josh Tuininga (Abrams ComicArts)
Blackward
by Lawrence Lindell (Drawn and Quarterly)
Parachute Kids
by Betty C. Tang (Scholastic)
Shubeik Lubeik
by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey
by Edel Rodriguez (Metropolitan)
