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Connolly, Tina Ehrbar, Gregory Hatori, Bisco. Ikeyamada, Gō Moran, Caitlin See, Lisa Tanaka, ShelleyTanaka, Shelley
Summary: Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TANEhrbar, Gregory
Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of and introduction to the Disney live action movie about Mulan, who's different from the other girls in her village, and feels like a disappointment to her family--until a wise remark from her younger sister changes her perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2020
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Summary: The first years in Class 1-A are particupating in a test of courage, the loser of which will be dubbed "Best of Cowards." Kazukiyo Souga, a coward at heart, is happy to be on a team with Haruhi, but will he be able to stomach the antics of his other teammates, Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 OURHatori, Bisco.
Summary: The Host Club is determined to discover why Hunny's little brother Chika visits the Host Club and starts attacking Hunny with all his martial arts prowess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 OURConnolly, Tina
Summary: Dorie Rochart has been hiding her fey side for a long time. Now, finished with University, she plans to study magical creatures and plants in the wild, bringing long-forgotten cures to those in need. But when no one will hire a girl to fight basilisks, she releases her shape-changing fey powers to disguise herself as a boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONIkeyamada, Gō
Summary: The Kobayashi twins, Megumu and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Megumu has grown up with a taste for history. So when Mitsuru is in danger of losing his weekends to extra history classes, he convinces his sister to swap clothes with him and ace his tests! After all, how hard can it be for them to play each other? Megumu has once again switched places with her brother,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SOSee, Lisa
Summary: "According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian -- born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness -- is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations -- looking, listening, touching,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction SeeMoran, Caitlin
Summary: "Like anyone who discusses the problems of girls and women in public, Caitlin Moran has often been confronted with the question: "But what about men?" And at first, TBH, she dgaf. Boys, and men, are fine, right? Feminism doesn't need to worry about them. However, around the time she heard an angry young man saying he was "boycotting" International Women' Day because "It's easier to be a woman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023