VARIOUS authors.
Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press.
(Canada)
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This multi-genre comics anthology by Indigenous creators features high-quality cartooning, passionate writing, and a strong thematic throughline. A brilliant foreword establishes the focus of this collection—to examine what it means for contemporary Indigenous people to live, survive, and succeed in a post-apocalyptic world.

Sedgwick, Marcus & Julian Sedgwick.
illus. by Alexis Deacon.
Candlewick Press/Walker Books.
(UK)
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An artist, firefighter, and conscientious objector searches for his brother in the wreckage of 1944 London after a devastating German air raid. This immersive anti-war text speaks to contemporary global dilemmas through a head-spinning collage of prose, poetry, and illustrations.
 

Petreca, Guilherme.
tr. by Andrea Rosenberg.
illus. by the author.
IDW Publishing/Top Shelf Productions.
(Brazil)
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A young man goes on a perilous journey to find his voice and rid himself of the Colorless King's darkness. Depicted in rich, warm illustrations that reference titles such as The Little Prince, this is a story of perseverance and hope despite forces beyond one’s control or understanding.

Magnason, Andri Snær.
tr. by Björg Árnadóttir and Andrew Cauthery.
Restless Books for Young Readers/Yonder.
(Iceland)
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The adults try to escape the ravages of “the situation” in a TimeBox®, but when Sigrun wakes up too soon, she finds herself in the fantastical world of Pangea, where a greedy king has tried to stop time altogether, creating an equally perilous situation.

Kwaymullina, Ambelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina.
Penguin Random House/Alfred A. Knopf.
(Australia)
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Part murder mystery, part historical account of Australia’s Stolen Generation, this tightly woven story told in two voices revolves around a biracial daughter of a police detective and a ghost. The two work together to solve the mystery of a fire and girls who disappeared.

Fried, Hédi.
tr. by Alice E. Olsson.
Scribe Publications.
(Sweden)
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This slim volume embodies the voice of a Holocaust survivor. The range of practical to philosophical questions covers Fried’s life before the war, her experience in the camps, and her resettlement in Sweden; and Fried’s insightful responses make for compelling reading with relevance for today.

Adams, K.C.
illus. by the author.
Portage & Main Press/HighWater Press.
(Canada)
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Powerful black-and-white photographs juxtapose pairs of portraits: the first a solemn subject captioned by a disparaging remark, while the second shows the same subject positively captioned, and joyful. The depth, detail and range of photographs clearly challenge stereotypes about First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people.

Vecchini, Silvia.
tr. by Anna Barton.
illus. by Sualzo.
Abrams/Amulet Books.
(Italy)
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When an earthquake destroys their quiet Italian town, three friends must cope with aftershocks both geological and emotional in this introspective graphic novel, one that is also more broadly about the aftermath of natural disasters and their impacts on individuals and communities.

Strange, Lucy.
Scholastic/Chicken House.
(UK)
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Two sisters, living with their family in a lighthouse on the English coast, become embroiled in WWII secrets and subterfuge as the threat of a Nazi invasion looms. Spies, British internment camps, and unlikely heroes are intertwined with local folklore, forming a nuanced, fast-paced story.

Ross, Ailsa.
illus. by Amy Blackwell.
Pajama Press.
(Canada)
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Fifty-two artists, pioneers, scientists, activists, athletes and seekers from all parts of the world are profiled in these compelling portraits of women across history who have pushed their own boundaries to impact their world. Each profile includes a diverse list of additional individuals to further explore.