Azuma, Kiyohiko
Summary: The curious and curiouser Yotsuba moves to a new town with her dad. In the process of moving in, Yotsuba encounters things like swingsets and broken door handles, which all bring about a never-ending torrent of questions and shrieks of amazement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2009
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Summary: "A new school year means many things for nine-year-old Phoebe Howell and her unicorn best friend, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. They prepare for a school dance (lame!), meet new friends (ghosts and gnomes and goblins, OH MY!), and even experience a rare supernatural phenomenon called a Unicornado! In fact, sometimes things get almost too magical. Marigold's presence attracts pixies, talking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SIMAzuma, Kiyohiko
Summary: "YOTSUBA heeeeeere! Guess what, guess what!? Yotsuba is going to a flower store with Fuuka! Yotsuba's gonna give flowers to everybody in the whole, wide world, even the police lady with her whistle that goes-- PI! PI! PIPI! PI! PIPUUUUUUUU!!"--Publisher's web site
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 YOTPearson, Luke
Summary: "In the latest installment of the Hildafolk series, Hilda is thrust into a new life in the bustling city of Trolberg, far from the magic and wonder of her birthplace in the Fjords. Lamenting the loss of her enchanting, wooded surroundings, Hilda wonders if she'll ever recapture the same excitement in this strange new concrete forest. Hilda is set for a thunderbolt of surprise as she discovers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow 2012
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Summary: "Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines. As the precocious Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her beautiful and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MYSatrapi, Marjane
Summary: "Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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Summary: Aisha, a young black girl, has lost her parents to a car crash. She moves in with her grandmother, but the old woman is dying. The grandmother summons a spirit that has protected their family and asks it to watch over Aisha. At first, it seems as though the spirit, the Keeper, is doing what the grandmother asked. But soon it begins stealing life from others, becoming an uncontrollable monster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts Megascope 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DUEHatke, Ben
Summary: "When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. But the big, bad robots are coming to collect the little guy for nefarious purposes, and it's all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HATLaValle, Victor
Summary: A young girl, Eve, raised in a virtual reality, embarks on a deadly cross-country quest to save her father... and the dying planet. She's accompanied by Wexler, her robotic caretaker and protector, sheathed in her favorite teddy bear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios 2022
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Summary: "In Turning Red, Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she "poofs" into a giant red panda!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Summary: "Paige loves facts! She is constantly spouting information about everything and anything to anyone who will listen. A group of zebras is called a dazzle. Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And the boy named Penn who lives next door is her friend. This unlikely pair couldn't be more different...Paige might know that the ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste, but Penn is sure the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 STASturges, Lilah
Summary: "When the Janes start to become separated during an orienteering outing thanks to a mysterious compass, Molly becomes more and more insecure about the effect of her relationship with Mal on the other girls. Meanwhile, a lonely woman explorer is trying to steal the compass, with the help of some weirdly polite automaton butlers."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC LUMChau, Alina
Summary: "Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed...Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC CHAStadelmann, Amy Marie
Summary: "Paige loves facts! She records interesting information in her facts journal and shares it with anyone who will listen. Wombats' poop is cube-shaped! Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And a boy named Penn lives next door. The two couldn't be more different. The craziest thing Paige believes is that bananas are actually berries (scientifically proven!), but Penn thinks there's a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STACheng, Cynthia Yuan
Summary: Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried -- what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC CHECamacho, Edgar
Summary: Load game from memory? For her birthday, Dul wanted the hottest new video game, but her mom accidentally bought her Super Trash Clash... one of the worst games ever made. Years later, when older Dul finds a cartridge in a vintage store, memories come flooding back: simpler times when she could disappear into electronic worlds or spend hours battling with friends and enemies, and the love and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 CAMJunko
Summary: "DIVINE INTERVENTION. Has a concert ever changed your life? Azusa adores Chika-kun, the cutest and most popular star in the idol group Prince 4 U, and she's thrilled to get front-row seats to his latest show. She would do anything for him. So when a stage light falls, Azusa leaps onstage and...fails to save Chika's life. The two are off to heaven, where God gives them a second chance--except a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 STAYoung, Skottie
Summary: As Gert navigates a fairy-tale netherworld with a capital "H," Fairyland's baddies brood and brew to revitalize a rotten ruler. Can Fairyland hope to survive the coming storm when the only people trying to save it are the mastermind tag team of Larry and Duncan Dragon? Are the fates of Gertrude and the land she loves to hate more intertwined than anyone expected?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YOUMarcero, Deborah
Summary: In their new adventures, Haylee and Comet celebrate what it means to grow and change, and to take another "trip around the sun." Perfectly capturing both the worry and excitement that change brings, this sweet story reminds us of the comfort in friends and the beauty in transformation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Haylee and Comet share one simple wish: a friend. And as with all great best-friendships, the universe brings them together in the right place at the right time. With each adventure, Haylee and Comet learn about what it takes to grow a strong and long-lasting friendship: accepting their differences, discovering the things they share, communicating with honesty, and being open to forgiveness....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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Summary: "Grace and her friends are still recovering from the evil attacks plotted by ancient warlord Daijiang when Nate suddenly reappears and whisks Grace away to the Dragon King's lair. There, she learns that Daijiang is searching for a powerful dragon stone that will help him take over the world -- and that he has enlisted a terrifyingly fierce beast called Shadowfire to capture Grace. Pursued by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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Summary: Everyone knows how much brainy Bri likes the spotlight (not). So why did she ever agree to something that forces her to learn a new language, give a speech, help organize a party, and juggle drama at school and home?! As the big event inches closer, Bri wonders if it's all worth it. . . .Told in alternating past and present chapters, Bri's heartwarming story unfolds over the eight months...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: "Gert's still stuck in Fairyland and trying to get the fluff back home, but her quest hits a bit of a roadblock when she winds up being crowned Queen! Join Gert as she rules the world she hates, meets a new friend named Duncan Dragon, gets her face smashed in by a beautiful princess, and makes a choice that may very well lead to the last days of Fairyland"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YOUAbouet, Marguerite
Summary: Collects the adventures of Akissi, a young West African girl who is always getting into trouble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2018