2019 SEE-IT Award Winner: Speak: The Graphic Novel
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Illustrator: Emily Carroll
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers
"Speak up for yourself―we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless―an outcast―because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really happened that night. With powerful illustrations by Emily Carroll, Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak: The Graphic Novel comes alive for new audiences and fans of the classic novel.
2019 SEE-IT Finalists
Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
Adapted by: Ari Folman
Illustrator: David Polonsky
Publisher: Pantheon
The Cardboard Kingdom
Author & Illustrator: Chad Sell
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Hey, Kiddo
Author & Illustrator: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Publisher: Scholastic/Graphix
Illegal
Authors: Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin
Illustrator: Giovanni Rigano
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
The Prince and the Dressmaker
Author & Illustrator: Jen Wang
Publisher: First Second
Speak: The Graphic Novel
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Illustrator: Emily Carroll
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2018 SEE-IT Award Winner: The Witch Boy
“As our culture becomes increasingly visual, graphic novels are instrumental in sparking a love of reading in kids. More than that, graphic novels are a chance to explore rarely-visited worlds and to tell the stories of characters who are often kept out of the mainstream. I tried to do that in some small way with The Witch Boy, and it means so much to me to be honored.”
- Molly Knox Ostertag
2017 SEE-IT Award Winner: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded
Author: Jim Ottaviani
Illustrator: Leland Purvis
Publisher: Abrams Comic Arts
English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing (1912–1954) is credited with many of the foundational principles of contemporary computer science. The Imitation Game presents a historically accurate graphic novel biography of Turing’s life, including his groundbreaking work on the fundamentals of cryptography and artificial intelligence. His code breaking efforts led to the cracking of the German Enigma during World War II, work that saved countless lives and accelerated the Allied defeat of the Nazis. While Turing’s achievements remain relevant decades after his death, the story of his life in post-war Europe continues to fascinate audiences today.
