The Stan Lee Excelsior Award announced on Tuesday that Kei Sanbe’s For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams (Yume de Mita: Anoko no Tame ni) manga is among five graphic novels on the shortlist for this year’s award.
The British award program aims to encourage reading among school children and promote graphic novels in school libraries and teachers.
As a young child, Senri Nakajou saw his family murdered before his eyes, and he’s lived for revenge ever since.
Books are eligible if they were published in the previous calendar year and are suitable for 11 to 16 year olds.