Summary: "On September 13, 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn't properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later. A wave of protests soon spread...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "When you have a problem, where can you go for answers? The library! When Codie and her friends join Ms. Gillian, the Specialist, on another Adventure in Makerspace, they find themselves lost in a maze, with a monster just around the corner! Can they code their way out? Join them to complete Mission: Coding!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: "When you have a problem, where can you go for answers? The library! When Cyrus and his friends join Ms. Gillian, the Specialist, on another Adventure in Makerspace, they find themselves on Mars. Can they build a Mars rover of their own? Join them to complete Mission: Robotics! This graphic novel includes fun bonus features such as a theme song and author interview available through the free...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018
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Summary: "When you have a problem, where can you go for answers? The library! When Codie and her friends join Ms. Gillian, the Specialist, on another Adventure in Makerspace, they find themselves face-to-face with dinosaurs! Are they stuck in a prehistoric world? Join them to complete A Stop-Motion Animation Mission!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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Summary: "When you have a problem, where can you go for answers? The library! When Eliza and her friends join Ms. Gillian, the Specialist, on another Adventure in Makerspace, they find themselves in ancient Scythia. Can they help Alexander the Great win the Battle of Jaxartes in 329 BCE? Join them to complete Mission: Low Tech! This graphic novel includes fun bonus features such as a theme song and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2018
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Summary: Ten-year-old Portia Bennett and her friend Jason continue to search Toronto for clues to the origin of the purple monster, Jellaby--but things turn dangerous when they are confronted with a tentacled monster with a taste for children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SOORose, Syan
Summary: "A visually stunning graphic non-fiction book on queer and trans resistance. Over the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied and challenged those who have historically opposed them. Through bold, symbolic imagery and surrealist, overlapping landscapes, queer illustrator and curator Syan Rose shines a light on the faces and voices of these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2021
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Summary: Portia is bright beyond her years, which makes it difficult to make friends in her new school, and her single mother is preoccupied, so when Portia sneaks into the woods after midnight and discovers a shy and sweet purple monster, she is delighted by her new friend--but Jellaby has secrets of his own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2014
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Summary: "Join author-illustrator Cara Bean as she takes readers on an illustrated journey to the center of the brain. Each chapter explores a different aspect of mental health, from the brain and the mind, to feelings and emotions. By portraying complex neuroscience concepts with a cast of illustrated brain part characters, the book explains what is really going on in the reader's head in an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2024
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Summary: "In a draconian America where sexuality is strictly bureaucratized and policed, a group of queer sex workers keep the magic alive in an underground club called the Dirty Mind. Using their unique talents for bondage and seduction, they resolve to infiltrate the mysterious government Pleasure Center, free their incarcerated friends, and fight the power!" -- from publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2020
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Summary: After Sybil learns that Bolivar, her dinosaur friend, only eats corned beef sandwiches, she convinces him to sample some of the various cuisines of New York City's five boroughs. Includes descriptions of notable foods, such as rugelach, pretzels, dim sum, falafel, cannoli, bagels, pizza, and others --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia 2019
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Summary: "Tells the story of Minamata disease, a debilitating and sometimes fatal condition caused by the Chisso chemical factory's careless release of methylmercury into the waters of the coastal community of Minamata in southern Japan. First identified in 1956, it became a hot topic in Japan in the 1970s and 80s, growing into an iconic struggle between people versus corporations and government...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.9 WILHoena, B. A.
Summary: "Describes the creation of the top secret Navajo code during World War II and its use in several major battles of the war"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 HOERobeson, 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