Sfar, Joann.
Summary: When the rabbi's cat wins the gift of speech by swallowing a parakeet, he uses it both to tell lies (that he didn't eat the parakeet, for example) and to tell his own story. But now that he's lied, the rabbi forbids him from talking to his daughter, Zlabya, and vows to educate him in the Torah. For his part, the cat wants to study Kabbalah and he wants a bar mitzvah. But the question of whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SFABrunton, Tessa
Summary: "In 2009, Tessa Brunton experienced the first symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Notes from a Sickbed recalls the next eight years of her life-largely housebound-with honesty, a pointed wit, and a lively visual imagination"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 BRUGeary, Rick
Summary: "An authentic narrative of the final days in Billy the Kid's brief and turbulent life." --Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1552 GEABritt, Fanny
Summary: While on a camping trip with her class, Hélène, who as the target of bullies is forced to sleep in the "outcasts" tent, finds hope in "Jane Eyre," an encounter with a fox, and the arrival of Géraldine, an extroverted classmate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pgw 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BRIBritt, Fanny
Summary: During the summer holiday Louis and his younger brother spend two weeks with their dad, who appears to have stopped drinking, but a close call with a bee sting brings their mother and the quartet spend a few days together before everything starts back upagain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2017
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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: "S. Bear Bergman's illustrated guide to practical advice for the modern age, filtered through a queer lens. As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his experience as, among other things, a trans parent, with wit and aplomb. He also writes the advice column "Asking Bear," in which he answers crucial questions about how best to make our collective way through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 646.7 BERRubin, Sean
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: "First Lucy was attacked during the College camping trip. Then professor Simeon was caught unawares on the College campus itself. As the victim count begins to rise, it comes to light that a forbidden tome, thought safely stored in the archives, has been stolen-a tome that Elias once glanced through-The Testament of Carnamagos. As the College staff begins to suspect a connection between the two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ANCSummary: "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: "During World War II, a group of homesick Polish soldiers took in an orphaned bear cub and named him Wojtek. As the bear cub grew, he became friends with the soldiers, lifting their spirits as he learned to imitate them around camp. Later, Wojtek was helpful by carrying many heavy shells during a large battle in Italy. Learn how Wojtek showed his courage in battle and earned the rank of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2024
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Summary: ""Viva La Huelga! Viva La Causa!" Discover the true story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, as he and the National Farm Workers Association set out on an incredible three-hundred-mile protest march in support of farmworkers' rights."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHAXavier, Clément
Summary: "In the early 20th century, English suffragist group the Women's Social and Political Union formed an all-women security unit. Trained by Edith Garrud, these 'jujitsuffragettes' fought against abuse and arrest while pursuing long overdue rights"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 324.6 XAVTakei, Hiroyuki
Summary: "The ghosts, spirits, zombies, and gods return in this brand-new sequel to the classic shonen adventure manga SHAMAN KING! Fourteen years after the Shaman Fight, the legacy of Yoh Asakura lives on in Funbari Hill. His son, Hana, inherits the family's powers--but that's a big burden on an aspiring shaman! Hana also faces another challenge--two mysterious descendants from a distant branch of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SHADean, Kim
Summary: Pete the Cat, aka Secret Agent Meow, goes on a very important mission to help a lonely squirrel make new friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: Just as Cooro and company arrive in a new town, Igneous and his army show up again and start creating problems for them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2007
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Summary: "A wildly imaginative fantasy graphic novel about the responsibilities of creation.... Leftstar can't seem to access the world they've been building. They also haven't slept in a long time. These things are almost certainly unrelated, and they should really go get the mail, anyway. But their trip to the post office is interrupted by a curious visitor: an enormous fruit bat. Whisked away in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Sprocket 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FHIJean, Cassandra.
Summary: In a graphic novel adaptation of the book, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2013
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Summary: "Dog Man is down on his luck, Petey confronts his not so purr-fect past, and Grampa is up to no good. The world is spinning out of control as new villains spill into town. Everything seems dark and full of despair. But hope is not lost. Can the incredible power of love save the day?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, un sello editorial de Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 741.5 PILKaneshiro, Muneyuki
Summary: "The newly formed team of Isagi, Nagi, and Barou head to their next rival battle, where they face Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo. Isagi knows their victory will depend on the team's ability to form a "chemical reaction" with their play styles. Isagi and Nagi have a fluid synergy, but Barou seems to be chafing against his new teammates... Who will emerge victorious from the battle of egos?!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2023
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Summary: "A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker in this manga. In the face of Team V, Team Z has managed to catch up 3-3 with fifteen minutes remaining. Amid this tense environment, all the players seek their "awakening"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2023