Myer, Sarah

Summary: "Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, she grows up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors. People whisper in the supermarket. Classmates bully her. She has trouble containing her anger in these moments--but through it all, she has her art. She's always been a compulsive drawer, and when she discovers anime, her hobby becomes an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 MYE

Pham, Thien

Summary: "Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 PHA

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 PHA

Higashimura, Akiko

Summary: "A RUDE AWAKENING. Thanks to Hidaka-sensei's intensive training, Akiko manages to get through her art school exams. She's one step closer to seeing her dreams come true...or so she thinks!"--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLA

Kobabe, Maia

Summary: "In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 KOB

Martin, Pedro

Summary: "Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 MAR

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MAR (GRAPHIC NOVEL)

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Martin

Ogle, Rex

Summary: Late bloomer Rex navigates a low-income family, bullies, sports, and middle school, all while learning to have confidence with a body that refuses to stop changing.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 OGL