Each year, YALSA presents lists of best fiction, popular paperbacks, amazing audiobooks and great graphic novels for Young Adults after the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting. The books, recommended for ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens. The lists comprises a wide range of genres and styles, including contemporary realistic fiction, fantasy, horror, science fiction and non-fiction.
It was a banner year for youngCanLit with six titles included in the Best Fiction for Young Adults (there was only one last year), two titles amongst the Great Graphic Novels for Teens, and three in the Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Of the 64 titles included, the following youngCanLit titles were recognized:
The Truth Commission
by Susan Juby
Razorbill Canada
Calvin
by Martine Leavitt
Groundwood Books
When Everything Feels Like the Movies
by Raziel Reid
Arsenal Pulp
All the Rage
by Courtney Summers
St. Martin's Press
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
by Teresa Toten
Doubleday Canada/Random House Canada
The Emperor of Any Place
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Candlewick
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
by Jessica Dee Humphreys and Michel Chikwanine
Illustrated by Claudia Davila
Kids Can Press
SuperMutant Magic Academy
by Jillian Tamaki
Drawn & Quarterly
In Real Life
by Cory Doctorow
Illustrated by Jen Wang
First Second
This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Groundwood Books
Blood Red Road
by Moira Young
Random House
Lovely to see so many books of YACanLit recognized!
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