Barnes, Rodney
Summary: When meteors fell to Earth Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans! But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton's newest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 QUICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BARFujiwara, Kiyo.
Summary: Sachie Wakamura just lost her mother, and her estranged grandfather has shown up to take care of her. The only problem is that Grandpa is the head of a yakuza gang! Sachie tries to continue living her normal life, but she can't run far since Rakuto, on of the most popular guys in school, is part of her grandfather's gang and her new protector. Soon Sachie finds herself falling for her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WILHulls, Tessa
Summary: "Tessa Hulls delves into her own family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 HULLS, TESSA HULEbensperger, Gabriel
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 EBEAraki, Hirohiko
Summary: "Koichi Hirose heads to Europe to find an aspiring gangster named Giorno Giovanna, the secret son of Dio Brando, scourge of the Joestar family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 JOJSearle, Sarah Winifred
Summary: Follow Joan of Arc on her journey to convince the Dauphin to let her lead the French army in the Battle of Orleans and win the Hundred Years' War. A story of faith, courage, and determination, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the teenage French heroine -- brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC SEAMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the digestive and urinary systems of the human body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.3 MIDMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the respiratory system in the human body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.2 MIDRobeson, Teresa
Summary: "Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: J 921 DALLee, Deb J. J.
Summary: Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Kora to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 LEECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC LEECollins, Ailynn
Summary: "After a summer of nine typhoons in 1931, the dams on the Yangtze River in China broke, completely flooding nearby towns and farms. Twelve-year-old Ting wakes up to a house full of water and her parents nowhere to be found. It's up to her to lead her younger brother and others to safety, battling high waters and greedy characters along the way. Will the children survive to be reunited with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COL (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Zhang, Lun
Summary: Follow the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident--otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre--from the first-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Idea & Design Works 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.058 ZHABermudez, Alyssa
Summary: "In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school--until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again. It's the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, this means splitting time between her Puerto Rican dad's apartment in Manhattan and her white...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 921 BERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BERMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the cells, tissues, and organs of the human body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 MIDMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the endocrine and reproductive systems of the human body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.4 MIDGlidden, Sarah
Summary: Cartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies her two friends--reporters and founders of a journalism non-profit--as they research potential stories on the effects of the Iraq War on the Middle East and, specifically, the war's refugees. Joining the trio is a childhood friend and former Marine whose past service in Iraq adds an unexpected and sometimes unwelcome viewpoint, both to the people they come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 GLILemelman, Martin.
Summary: A memoir in graphic novel form. Lemelman, the son of Holocaust survivors, describes his experiences growing up in Brooklyn, NY in the 1950's and 1960's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 LEMRusso, Marisabina
Summary: "It's 1950s New York, and Marisabina Russo is being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic school that she loves--but when she finds out that she's Jewish by blood, and that her family members are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, her childhood is thrown into turmoil. To make matters more complicated, her father is out of the picture, her mother is ambitious and demanding, and her older...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 RUSChast, Roz
Summary: "Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy, but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through Dream Theory Land guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023