Another year, another Tillie Walden book in our best of list. She's just so damn good! Are You Listening makes the top 20 this year.

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Okay, let's go: first up is Marcelo D'salete's incredible Angola Janga, based on the true story of the 17th Century escaped slave colony in northern Brazil.

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Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen is a wonderful way to introduce kids to complex emotions in an entertaining way, and it absolutely gorgeous to boot.

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We're totally in love with James Lawrence's Legend of La Mariposa: The Demon Gauntlet, fresh of Kickstarter and winging its way to our shelves as we speak.

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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me is another feather in Mariko Tamaki's feather-filled cap, joined by the brilliant Rosemary Valero-O'Connell.

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Alice Oseman really knocked it out of the park with the collections of her comic Heartstopper this year, and deservedly so.

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