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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Summary: A graphic-style nonfiction adventure into fundamental concepts in computer science. -- adapted from publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 005.74 GONMidthun, 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 MIDLemelman, 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 RUSFassin, Didier
Summary: "Adapted from the landmark essay Enforcing Order, this striking graphic novel offers an accessible inside look at policing and how it leads to discrimination and violence. What we know about the forces of law and order often comes from dramatic episodes that make the headlines, or from sensationalized versions for film and television. These gripping accounts can obscure a crucial aspect of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 FASHale, Nathan
Summary: "The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC HALSearle, 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 SEAGeary, 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 GEAMannaert, Wauter
Summary: "Yasmina isn't like the other kids in her city. She might be an oddball, but no one can deny that Yasmina has a flair for food. All she needs to whip up a gourmet meal is a recipe from her cookbook and fresh vegetables from the community garden. But everything changes when the garden is bulldozed and replaced with a strange new crop of potatoes. Her neighbors can't get enough of these spuds!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MANWorley, Rob M.
Summary: The Aldens are having a delicious time helping out at a pizza parlor! They toss dough in the kitchen and even invent a new kind of pizza. But when a blackout and other problems hurt business, they begin to wonder if someone is trying to shut down the pizzeria. It's piping hot mystery for the Boxcar Children!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Co. 2010
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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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Summary: "A graphic novel exploring amputation, revealing details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Pennsylvania State University Press, Graphic Mundi 2021
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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 MIDChandler, Matt
Summary: "The true story of Lt. Robert Grimes running for his life as he evades being captured by Nazi soldiers. Robert Grimes escapes danger with help from the Comet Line, a resistance group that rescued Allied soldiers during WWII"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 CHARobeson, 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 DALBell, Darrin
Summary: "This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that--to paraphrase Toni Morrison--does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B BELL BELLee, 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 Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC LEELemire, Jeff.
Summary: Describes how loss and regret influence family life in a farming community through the visits traveling nurse Anne Quenneville makes to her patients.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LemireG, Mady (Mady M. Giuliani)
Summary: A guide to queer and transgender life, in graphic format, covers essential topics ranging from sexuality and gender identity to coming out and navigating gender-diverse relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Limerence Press, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 306.7 GBermudez, 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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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 MIDRau, Adam
Summary: Longing to be part of the summer stock performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, Jacky Hart must discover if juggling responsibilities is one of her many talents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC PAT (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Glidden, 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