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Howard, Abby

Summary: In this collection of literary slice-of-life horror, five stories explore what happens when one is desperate enough to seek solace and connection in the world of monsters and darkness. An old woman living alone on the edge of a bog gets an unexpected -- and unsettling -- visitor, throwing her quiet life into a long-buried mystery. An isolated backwoods family stumbles into good fortune for a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 HOW

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HOW

Ebensperger, Gabriel

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "A child who feels like an outsider in a world that's set against him. A boy who sings on the playground instead of playing soccer, who likes Barbies, and whose secretly favorite car is the one called Tutti Frutti. Gabriel Ebensperger shares with us his struggles with his own inadequacy, his feelings of guilt, and above all, his fear that his "difference" will be discovered. The vibrant bright...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EBENSPERGER, GABRIEL EBE

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Summary: "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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 AND

Mitsuboshi, Tama

Summary: "Anxious about taking a single step off the property, Mira is crestfallen to learn that her favorite author will be signing books nearby. Can a goat-in-fluffy-costume escort help make her dream come true?!"--Amazon.com.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 CAL

Vaughan, Brian K.

Summary: Yorick Brown and his pet male monkey learn just how valuable they are when they set out across the planet in search of one specific girl in the wake of a strange plague that has killed every man, boy, and mammal with a Y chromosome--except for them. Third of the deluxe editions of the series collected in hard cover.

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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2010

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Mitsuboshi, Tama

Summary: Within the forest, Mira, a girl who calls the night, and her kindly doctor, Rei, live in solitude, until a fluffy goat-like visitor appears on their doorstep. Their caller's cute facade and enchanting stories of mysterious objects quickly captivate Mira.--Back cover.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 CAL

Gfrörer, Julia

Summary: A vision-impaired, Victorian spinster in need of primitive cataract surgery has little time for herself between needing to take care of her demanding invalid sister-in-law, and investigating her brother's mysterious nighttime activities. To escape it all, she engages in a sexual relationship with a haunted mirror in her bedroom. Julia Gfrörer's third graphic novel is another revitalizing and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HAL

Krosoczka, Jarrett

Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Bagieu, Pénélope

Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAG

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 Bagieu

Tobin, Paul

Summary: "Layne Green is a social media sensation of a cook. He's selected to compete on a reality TV show called Voyage de Gourmet - a globe-trotting foodie adventure. However, his partner is his former best friend, Jiang-Mi Pipper, someone that he really wronged with some of his posts. Can the two find forgiveness, flavor, and themselves on this journey?"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick for Mad Cave Studios, Inc. 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TOB

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