Every year, more and more exciting work of incredible quality and depth is produced in the realm of graphic novels for kids and young adults. Our panel of comics enthusiasts, rabid readers and thoughtful bloggers is ready to put their expertise to work in selecting the best of this year's graphic novels for young adult and elementary/middle grade audiences.
Panel Organizer: Liz Jones, Liz Jones Books
Panelists (Round I Judges):
Kim Baccellia, YA Books Central
Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production
Alyssa Feller, The Shady Glade
Maggi Idzikowski, Mama Librarian
Liz Jones (see category organizer)
Nicola Manning, Back to Books
Madeline Stevens, Bibliophibia
Judges (Round II):
Amanda Blau, Cloudy With a Chance of Books
Matt Cunningham, Literary Asylum
David Elzey, The Excelsior File
Sarah Sammis, Puss Reboots
Paula Willey, Pink Me