Best Teen Graphic Novels and Manga of 2017Like this list

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• The Backstagers. Volume One, Rebels Without Applause

  Tynion, James, IV,

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  After Jory joins the stage crew at his all-boys private school, he discovers that strange creatures dwell in the depths of St. Genesius. Friendship, romance and magic abound in this entertaining romp that theater geeks will love.

• Crawl Space

  Jacobs, Jesse,

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  A group of neighborhood kids escape the doldrums of their suburban world by entering a psychedelic alternate reality through a washer and dryer.

• Earth Girl Made Easy

  Castellucci, Cecil, 1969-

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  Bored with life on Meta, her home planet, Shade steals a magic coat that allows her to enter the body of sixteen-year-old Earth girl Megan. Popular teen novelist Castellucci reinvents a classic Vertigo comic with a female lead.

• Erased. 1

  Sanbe, Kei,

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  Satoru may seem like an ordinary pizza delivery guy, but he can travel back in time and right life’s wrongs. When he goes back 18 years to prevent a girl’s murder, he faces his most high-stakes Revival yet.

• The Girl From the Other Side. Volume 1, Siúil, a Rún

  Nagabe,

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  In this beautifully illustrated manga series, Shiva lives in a remote village with her demonic guardian, and she can’t cross into the “other side” without being cursed. When she leaves Teacher to find her grandmother, she’ll find out her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Hear the Sunspot

  Fumino, Yuki,

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  Hearing-impaired Kohei keeps to himself on his school’s campus until he meets loud, jovial Taichi. Suddenly friendship and romance no longer seem out of reach for Kohei.

• Spill Zone. 1

  Westerfeld, Scott,

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  After a mysterious substance pollutes Poughkeepsie, Addie enters the Spill Zone to photograph the aftermath. The money she earns helps her support younger sister Lexa, but she must dodge zombies to take the pictures.

• Spinning

  Walden, Tillie, 1996-

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  In her debut graphic memoir, Walden describes her teenage struggle to decide whether or not to continue her ten year pursuit of figure skating. As she falls in love with her first girlfriend and takes more interest in her art classes, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Your Eternity. 1

  Ōima, Yoshitoki,

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  While wandering an artic land, a boy befriends a wolf who helps him survive in the harsh wilderness. They search for their tribe in this tale of life, death and love.

• The Unstoppable Wasp. 1, Unstoppable!

  Whitley, Jeremy,

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  To save her best friend from the clutches of the Red Room, prodigy scientist Nadia forms a team of girl geniuses, including popular Marvel heroines Ms. Marvel and Moon Girl, to disassemble a bomb.