Current List
Recommended graphic novels for grades 6 - 12.
2018 List
BOLD indicates that the Maverick committee unanimously voted for the title.
(*) Asterisks indicate books are NOT the first book in a series
| Author/Artist | Title |
| Grade 6-8 | |
| Alice, Alex | Castle in the Stars: The Space Race of 1869 |
| Chmakova, Svetlana | Brave |
| Grine, Chris | Time Shifters |
| Hatke, Ben | Mighty Jack |
| Jamieson, Victoria | All’s Faire in Middle School |
| Libenson, Terri | Invisible Emmie |
| Loux, Matthew | The Time Museum |
| Siegle, Mark, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockerfeller and Boya Sun | 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior |
| Xu, Ru | NewsPrints |
| Grade 6-12 | |
| Chanani, Nidhi | Pashmina |
| Findakly, Brigitte and Lewis Trondheim | Poppies of Iraq |
| Findakly, Brigette and Lews Trondheim | Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy |
| Gauld, Tom | Mooncop |
| Hale, Shannon and LeUyen Pham | Real Friends |
| Hinds, Gareth | Poe: Stories and Poems |
| Irvine, Alex and Ben Bishop | The Far Side of the Moon |
| Larson, Hope and Rebecca Mock | Knife’s Edge: A Graphic Novel |
| Medina, Tony, Stacey Robinson and John Jennings | I Am Alfonso Jones |
| Meyer, Marissa and Douglas Holgate | Wires and Nerve v. 1 |
| Ozaki, Kaori | the god’s lie. |
| Sophie-chan | Ocean of Secrets |
| Sun, Jomny | Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book |
| Tynion IV, James and Ryan Sygh | The Backstagers v. 1 |
| Wheeler, Andrew and Paulina Ganucheau | Another Castle Grimoire |
| Wiesner, David and Donna Jo Napoli | Fish Girl |
| Yang, Gene Leun, Viktor Bogdanovic and Richard Friend | New Super-Man v.1: Made in China |
| Grade 9-12 | |
| Benson, Shawna, Julie Benson and Claire Roe | Batgirl: Birds of Prey |
| Costa, Ben and James Parks | Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous GooL: The Road of Epoli |
| De Liz, Renae and Ray Dillon | The Legend of Wonder Woman v. 1: Origins |
| del Duca, Leila And Kit Seaton | Afar |
| Easton, Brandon and Denis Medri | Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven |
| Fletcher, Brenden, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr | Motor Crush |
| Fukuyama, Ryoko | Anonymous Noise |
| Houser, Jody and Various | *Faith (v. 1-4) |
| Hyman, Miles | Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”: The Authorized Graphic Adaptation |
| Kusanagi, Mizuho | Yona of the Dawn v. 1 |
| Lemire, Jeff, Emi Lenox, and Jordie Bellaire | Plutona |
| Leth, Kate, Brittney Williams, and Natasha Allegri | Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat: Hooked on a Feline |
| McKenna, Aline Brosh and Ramon K Perez | Jane |
| Moffat, Steven Mark Gatiss, and Jay | Sherlock: A Study in Pink |
| Osborne, Melissa Jane and Veronica Fish | The Wendy Project |
| Quinn, Jason and Lalit Kumar Sharma | The Beatles: All Our Yesterdays |
| Rapp, Adam and Mike Cavallaro | Decelerate Blue |
| Sanbe, Kei | Erased |
| Shinkai, Makato and Kotone Ranmaru | your name v. 1 |
| Shinn, Sharon and Molly Knox Ostertag | Shattered Warrior |
| Various | *Manga Classics (The Count of Monte Cristo, Jane Eyre, The Jungle Book) |
| Vaughan, Brian K. and Cliff Chiang | *Paper Girls (v. 1-3) |
| Walden, Tillie | Spinning |
| Westerfeld, Scott and Alex Puvilland | The Spill Zone |
| Young, Keezy | Taproot |
| Adult for Young Adult | |
| Bagieu, Penelope | California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mama’s and the Papa’s |
| Bui, Thi | The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir |
| Duffy, Damian, John Jennings and Octavia E. Butler | Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred |
| Gudsnuk, Kristen | Henchgirl |
| Kurzweil, Amy | Flying Couch |
| Legrand, Oliver, J.B. Dijan and David Etien | The Baker Street Four v. 1 |
2018 Maverick Graphic Novel List
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