Children’s Award Finalists – Fiction
![Batcat Vol. 1](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/batcat-ch-f-1024x1024.png)
Batcat (Book 1)
by Meggie Ramm (Abrams Fanfare)
![Clementine Fox and the Great Islan Adventure](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/clementine-fox-ch-f-1024x1024.png)
Clementine Fox and the Great Island Adventure
by Leigh Luna (Scholastic)
![The Unlikely Story of Felix and Mcabber](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/felix-and-mcabber-1024x1024.png)
The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber
by Juni Ba and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Dark Horse)
![Your Pal Fred](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/your-pal-fred-ch-f-1024x1024.png)
Your Pal Fred: Low Power
by Michael Rex (Penguin Graphic, Viking)
![Cat Kid](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cat-kid-ch-f-1024x1024.png)
Cat Kid Comic Club Collaborations
by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
![Rose Woives](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rose-wolves-ch-f-1024x1024.png)
Rose Wolves
by Natalie Warner (Top Shelf Productions)
![Walsy](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/walsey-ch-f-1024x1024.png)
Walsy: The Red Glove
by Sarah Kourkejian (Self-Published)
Children’s Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
![Caterpillars](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/caterpillars-ch-nf-1024x1024.png)
Caterpillars: What Will I Be When I Get To Be Me
by Kevin McCloskey (TOON Books)
![Tibbles-the-cat](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tibble-ch-nf-1024x1024.png)
Tibbles the Cat
by David Dolensky (Albatros Media)
![](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/shapes-ch-nf-1024x1024.png)
Shapes and Shapes
by Ivan Brunetti (TOON Books)
Middle-Grade Award Finalists – Fiction
![Akanni Banashi](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/akane-new-mg-f-1024x1024.png)
Akane-Banashi Vol. 1
by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue (VIZ Media)
![Global](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/global-mg-f-1024x1024.png)
Global: One Fragile World. An Epic Fight For Survival
by Eoil Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano (Sourcebooks)
![Parachute Kids](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/parachute-kids-mg-f-1024x1024.png)
Parachute Kids
By Betty C. Tang (Scholastic)
![Cross My Heart](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cross-my-heart-mg-f-1024x1024.png)
Cross My Heart and Never Lie
by Nora Dåsnes, translated by Matt Bagguley (Hippo Park)
![The Love Report](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/the-love-report-mg-f-1024x1024.png)
The Love Report
by Beka & Maya (Hippo Park)
![Wildfire](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/wildfire-mg-f-1024x1024.png)
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](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/black-holes-mg-nf-1024x1024.png)
Big Bangs and Black Holes: A Graphic Novel Guide to the Universe
By Jérémie Francfort and Herji (Helvetiq)
![Four Eyes](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/four-eyes-mg-nf-1024x1024.png)
Four Eyes
by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza (Scholastic)
![Occulted](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/occulted-mg-nf-1024x1024.png)
Occulted
by Amy Rose, Ryan Estrada, Jeongmin Lee (Iron Circus)
![Pizza, Pickles and Apple Pie](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pickles-pizza-mg-nf-1024x1024.png)
Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie: The Stories Behind the Foods We Love
by David Rickert (Kane Press)
![Drawn to Change the World](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/drawn-to-change-mf-nf-1024x1024.png)
Drawn to Change the World
by Emma Reynolds, et al. (Harper Alley)
![](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/frida-kahlo-mf-nf-1024x1024.png)
Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home
By Francisco de la Mora (SelfMadeHero)
![](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/paul-punyan-mg-nf-1024x1024.png)
Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend
by Noah Van Sciver and Marlena Myles (TOON Books)
Young Adult Award Finalists – Fiction
![](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ay-mija-ya-f-1024x1024.png)
!Ay, Mija!
By Christine Suggs (Little, Brown Ink)
![Four Color Heroes](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/four-color-heroes-ya-f-1024x1024.png)
Four-Color Heroes
by Richard Fairgray (Fanbase Press)
![The Sea in You](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/the-sea-in-you-ya-f-1024x1024.png)
The Sea in You
by Jessi Sheron (Iron Circus)
![](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/blackward-ya-f-1024x1024.png)
Blackward
by Lawrence Lindell (Drawn & Quarterly)
![Malcom Kid and the Perfect Song](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/malcolm-kid-ya-f-1024x1024.png)
Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song
by Austin Paramore and Sarah Bollinger (Oni Press)
![Turtle Bread](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/turtle-bread-ya-f-1024x1024.png)
Turtle Bread
by Kim-Joy, Alti Firmansyah, and Joamette Gil (Dark Horse)
Young Adult Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
![The Bodyguard Unit](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/bodyguard-unit-ya-nf-1024x1024.png)
The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu
by Clément Xavier, Lisa Lugrin, and Albertine Ralenti (Graphic Universe)
![Nervosa](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/nervosa-ya-nf-1024x1024.png)
Nervosa
by Hayley Gold (Street Noise)
![Until I love Myself](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/until-i-love-myself-ya-nf-1024x1024.png)
Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist
by Poppy Pesuyama (VIZ Media)
![Colin Kaepernick](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/colin-kaepernick-ya-nf-1024x1024.png)
Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game
by Colin Kaepernick, Eve L. Ewing and Orlando Caicedo (Scholastic)
![Smash the Patriarchy](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/smash-the-patricarchy-ya-nf-1024x1024.png)
Smash the Patriarchy
by Marta Breen and Jenny Jordahl (Helvetiq)
![We Are Not Strangers](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/we-are-not-strangers-ya-nf-1024x1024.png)
We Are Not Strangers
by Josh Tuininga (Abrams ComicArts)
Adult Award Finalists – Fiction
![Ashes](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ashes-adult-f-1-1024x1024.png)
Ashes
by Álvaro Ortiz, translated by Eva Ibarzabal (Top Shelf)
![The Man in the Macintosh Suit](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/man-in-macintosh-a-f-1024x1024.png)
The Man in the MacIntosh Suit
by Rina Ayuyang (Drawn & Quarterly)
![Shubeik Lubeik](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/shubeik-lubeik-a-f-1024x1024.png)
Shubeik Lubeik
by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
![Last on His Feet](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/last-on-his-feet-a-f-1024x1024.png)
Last on His Feed: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
by Youssef Daoudi and Adrian Matejka (Liveright)
![The Night Eaters](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/night-eaters-a-f-1024x1024.png)
The Night Eaters: Her Little Reapers
by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)
![](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/wonder-woman-historia-adult-f-2-1024x1024.png)
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](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jaj-a-nf-1024x1024.png)
JAJ
by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
![My Pancreas Broke](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/my-pancreas-a-nf-1024x1024.png)
My Pancreas Broke But My Life Got Better
by Nagata Kabi (Seven Seas)
![The Talk](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/the-talk-a-nf-1024x1024.png)
The Talk
by Darrin Bell (Henry Holt & Co.)
![Memento Mori](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/memento-mori-a-nf-1024x1024.png)
Memento Mori
by Tiitu Takalo (Oni Press)
![Stamped from the beginneing](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/stamped-a-nf-1024x1024.png)
Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi, Joel Christian Gill (Ten Speed Graphic)
![Worm](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/worm-a-nf-1024x1024.png)
Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey
by Edel Rodriguez (Metropolitan Books)
Mosaic Award Finalists
![Batcat Vol. 1](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/batcat-mosaic-finalist.png)
Batcat
by Meggie Ramm (Abrams Fanfare)
![](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jaj-mosaic-finalist-1024x1024.png)
JAJ
by Micahel Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
![Parachute Kids](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/parachute-kids-mosaic-finalist-1024x1024.png)
Parachute Kids
by Betty C. Tang (Scholastic)
![Walsy](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/walsy-mosaic-finalist-1024x1024.png)
Walsy: The Red Glove
by Sarah Kourkejian and Louay Daoust (Self Published)
![Drawn to Change the World](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rawn-to-change-mosaic-finalist-1-1024x1024.png)
Drawn to Change the World
by Emma Reynolds (Harper Alley)
![Malcolm Kid](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/malcolm-kid-mosaic-finalist-1024x1024.png)
Malcom Kid and the Perfect Song
by Austin Paramore and Srah Bollinger (Oni Press)
![Shubeik lubeik](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/shubeik-lubeik-mosaic-finalist-1024x1024.png)
Shubeik Lubeik
by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
![We Are Not Strangers](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/we-are-not-strangers-mosaic-finalist-1024x1024.png)
We Are Not Strangers
by Josh Tuininga (Abrams ComicArts)
Book of the Year Finalists
![Batcat (Vol. 1)](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/batcat-boty-finalist.png)
Batcat
by Meggie Ramm (Abrams Fanfare)
![Four Eyes](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/four-eyes-boty-finalist-1024x1024.png)
Four Eyes
by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza (Scholastic)
![Shapes and Shapes](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/shapes-and-shapes-boty-1024x1024.png)
Shapes and Shapes
by Ivan Brunetti (Toon Books)
![We Are Not Strangers](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/we-are-not-strangers-boty-finalist-1024x1024.png)
We Are Not Strangers
by Josh Tuininga (Abrams ComicArts)
![Blackward](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/blackward-boty-finalist-1024x1024.png)
Blackward
by Lawrence Lindell (Drawn and Quarterly)
![Parachute Kids](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/parachute-kis-boty-finalist-1024x1024.png)
Parachute Kids
by Betty C. Tang (Scholastic)
![Shubeik lubeik](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/shubeik-lubeik-mosaic-finalist-1024x1024.png)
Shubeik Lubeik
by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
![Worm](https://popcultureclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/worm-boty-final-1024x1024.png)
Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey
by Edel Rodriguez (Metropolitan)