hobos Soupy Leaves Home: a masterpiece of YA graphic storytelling, about hobos on the open road Cory Doctorow

supernatural thrillers Spill Zone: fast-paced, spooky YA comic about the haunted ruins of Poughkeepsie Cory Doctorow

Young Adult The 'Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillian' series Star Foreman

carceral state The Free: unflinching YA novel about juvie, desperation and empathy Cory Doctorow

faster Decelerate Blue: YA graphic novel about the kids who refuse to keep pace with totalitarian, high-speed consumerism Cory Doctorow

middle grades Roller Girl: Newberry-honored coming of age graphic novel about roller derby and difficult tween friendships Cory Doctorow

chivalry's discontents Nimona: a YA graphic novel that raises serious, unanswerable moral quandries with snappy dialog and slapstick Cory Doctorow

psychopaths My Sister Rosa: disquieting YA novel about loving an adorable psychopath Cory Doctorow

body positivity Eleanor & Park: a terrifying YA romance that has rescued its readers and frightened their parents Cory Doctorow

national coalition against censorship Kids explain how banned and challenged books helped them and even saved their lives Joan Bertin and Millie Davis

microbiomes They're making a Twits ale from Roald Dahl's body-yeast Cory Doctorow

indescribable hats The 13 Clocks: Grimm's Fairytales meet The Phantom Tollbooth Cory Doctorow

ya To do in San Francisco: Cecil Castellucci and Ben Loory at SF in SF Cory Doctorow

collaboration How YA comics creators all over the world created the "5 Worlds" project Mark Siegel

grootslang The new Lumberjanes book is sweet and badass, with a hell of a monster Cory Doctorow

gastro-romantic Jughead: Zdarsky's reboot is funny, fannish, and freaky Cory Doctorow

swashbuckling Hope Larson's "Compass South": swashbuckling YA graphic novel Cory Doctorow

diversity Steeplejack: diverse YA fantasy driven by expert plotting Cory Doctorow

young explorers Kickstarting two YA fantasy novels from the press behind the Young Explorer's Adventure Guide Cory Doctorow

graphic novels The Nameless City: YA graphic novel about diplomacy, hard and soft power, colonialism, bravery, and parkour Cory Doctorow