{"id":14498,"date":"2009-01-29T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T17:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/?p=14498"},"modified":"2009-01-29T18:53:20","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T22:53:20","slug":"three-manga-in-yalsas-2008-list-of-best-graphic-novels-for-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/three-manga-in-yalsas-2008-list-of-best-graphic-novels-for-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Manga in YALSA&#8217;s 2008 List of Best Graphic Novels for Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/three-manga-in-yalsas-2008-list-of-best-graphic-novels-for-teens.jpg\" alt=\"Three Manga in YALSA\\&#039;s 2008 List of Best Graphic Novels for Teens\" title=\"Three Manga in YALSA\\&#039;s 2008 List of Best Graphic Novels for Teens\" width=\"450\" height=\"223\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/three-manga-in-yalsas-2008-list-of-best-graphic-novels-for-teens.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/three-manga-in-yalsas-2008-list-of-best-graphic-novels-for-teens-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Young Adult Library Services Association has announced its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/yalsa\/booklistsawards\/greatgraphicnovelsforteens\/09top10.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens<\/a> covering books published in the US in 2008. The list includes Hinako Ashihara\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shoujo drama <b>Sand Chronicles<\/b>, Takehiko Inoue\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sports drama <b>Real<\/b>, and Junji Ito\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s horror manga <b>Uzumaki<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Other manga titles recognized as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/yalsa\/booklistsawards\/greatgraphicnovelsforteens\/09ggnt.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Great Graphic Novels for Teens<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<p>Yuki Fujisawa&#8217;s <b>Metro Survive<\/b> volumes 1-2<br \/>\nYumi Hotta &amp; Takeshi Obata&#8217;s <b>Hikaru no Go<\/b> volumes 12-13<br \/>\nTakehiko Inoue&#8217;s <b>Slam Dunk<\/b> volume 1<br \/>\nYukako Kabei &amp; Shiori Teshirogi&#8217;s <b>Kieli<\/b> volume 1<br \/>\nKazune Kawahara&#8217;s <b>High School Debut<\/b> volumes 1-2<br \/>\nMasashi Kishimoto&#8217;s <b>Naruto<\/b> volumes 29-31<br \/>\nSatoko Kiyuduki&#8217;s <b>Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro<\/b> volumes 1-2<br \/>\nNari Kusakawa&#8217;s <b>Two Flowers for the Dragon<\/b> volumes 1-2<br \/>\nYuki Nakaji&#8217;s <b>Venus in Love<\/b> volumes 1-3<br \/>\nKyoko Shitou&#8217;s <b>Key to the Kingdom<\/b> volume 1<br \/>\nNatsuki Takaya&#8217;s <b>Fruits Basket<\/b> volumes 20-21<br \/>\nOsamu Tezuka&#8217;s <b>Black Jack<\/b> volume 1 and <b>Dororo<\/b> volumes 1-3<br \/>\nChica Umino&#8217;s <b>Honey and Clover<\/b> volumes 1-3<br \/>\nYu Yagami&#8217;s <b>Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify!<\/b> volumes 1-3<br \/>\nAi Yazawa&#8217;s <b>Nana<\/b> volumes 8-12<\/p>\n<p><i>Personally, I&#8217;m very satisfied to see Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro get more recognition.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Young Adult Library Services Association has announced its 2009 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens covering books published in the US in 2008. The list includes Hinako Ashihara\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shoujo drama Sand Chronicles, Takehiko Inoue\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sports drama Real, and Junji Ito\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s horror manga Uzumaki. Other manga titles recognized as 2009 Great Graphic Novels for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}