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Summary: The world of comic strips always reflected the fashion of the time-- from R.F. Outcault's nightie-clad 'Yellow Kid' to Grace Drayton's 'Campbell Kids'. By the 1920s all the little roly-poly girls depicted in those early strips had grown up, bobbed their curls, and become flappers. Women got the vote in 1920, and suddenly they were equal to the boys-- at least in the voting booth. They smoked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphic Books 2020
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Summary: "Inspired by the visual richness and cinematic structure of the Hollywood Musical, Blame this on the Boogie chronicles the adventures of a Filipino American girl born in the decade of disco who escapes life's hardships and mundanity through through the genre's feel good song and dance numbers. Ayuyang explores how the glowing charm of the silver screen can transform one's reality, shaping their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly, a client publisher of Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AYUAyuyang, Rina
Summary: "The year is 1929 and Bobot is just another migrant worker in rural California. Or rather, a migrant worker with a law degree from the Philippines reduced to manual labor in America. Bobot, like so many other young Filipinos, finds himself bunking in the fields picking fruit by day. When his cousin writes claiming to have spotted his estranged wife in nearby San Francisco, he swipes a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AYUHuq, Priya
Summary: "Nisrin is a 13-year-old Bangladeshi-American girl living in Milwaukie, Oregon, in 2002. As she nears the end of eighth grade, she gives a presentation for World Culture Day about Bangladesh while wearing a traditional cultural dress. On her way home, she is the victim of a hate crime when a man violently attacks her for wearing a headscarf. Deeply traumatized by the experience, Nisrin spends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HUQIruma, Hitoma
Summary: "Adachi and Shimamura are now in their second year of high school. Luckily, they're in the same class this semester, but when Adachi sees Shimamura making friends with their new classmates so quickly, she starts to panic. Feeling left out, she begins distancing herself from Shimamura, who can't help but notice that Adachi's been on her mind a whole lot these days"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ADAIruma, Hitoma
Summary: "Going bowling on the weekend, singing old songs at karaoke--with all the time they're spending together, Adachi and Shimamura are finding out lots of surprising things about each other. And as the seasons change and Christmas approaches, Adachi's doing her best to come up with the perfect present for her unsuspecting crush. Can she plan the perfect Christmas date to show Shimamura how much she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ADAUrana, Kei
Summary: Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich, who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he's falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment-exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GACLoewinsohn, Briana
Summary: "Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness. Gorgeously illustrated in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOEWINSOHN, BRIA LOEGrine, Chris.
Summary: When Luke investigates an eerie blue glow in the woods behind his house, he doesn't know what he'll find there. But a scientist, a robot Abraham Lincoln riding a friendly dinosaur, and a sassy ghost were the last things he could have imagined stumbling upon. Now as Luke and his new companions are pursued by a bickering trio of bumbling henchmen after the strange device locked to his arm, he's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix / Scholastic Press 2017
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Summary: "As Lawrence and Holo put into motion the final phase of their plan to extricate themselves from the jaws of financial ruin, they are confronted by an unforeseen obstacle. With the wolves at the door--both figuratively and literally--can the travelers keep their wits about them and come out ahead of the pack?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIGrine, Chris
Summary: It begins with the dreams. Cassie has been having strange nightmares of a voice calling to her from deep beneath the ocean. They're unsettling, but it isn't until Cassie discovers Tobias has been having dreams too, the exact same dreams, of a voice pleading for help -- that she decides it's time to start listening. When pieces of debris wash up on shore, marked with alien writing, the team...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ANITelgemeier, Raina.
Summary: When a fight breaks out among the members of the Baby-sitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a babysitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J 741.5 Telgemeier 2015Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC TELHasekura, Isuna
Summary: The Debau Company is headed to a point of no return. The radicals within the company have made their move and deposed the conservative faction, all the while steering the northlands closer to the brink of open battle. A certain wolf rushes South as fast as her paws can carry her but can Lawrence hold back the flames of war long enough with the help of the Myuri Mercenary Company for a chance at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIHasekura, Isuna
Summary: "Facing financial ruin, Lawrence casts about desperately for the funds he needs to survive this latest disaster. When all hope seem lost, though, just how far is the merchant willing to go to protect his livelihood-- and his life?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIHasekura, Isuna
Summary: "A new chapter unfolds in the travels of Lawrence and Holo! The pair arrives at the church in the village of Tereo to glean information about Holo's homeland of Yoitsu. But Elsa, the deaconess, turns them away flat! What has happened to make her so suspicious? Could it have something to do with the neighboring town of Enberch?" --p.[4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIHasekura, Isuna
Summary: After turning a healthy profit following his adventures in Pasloe, Kraft Lawrence is eager to reinvest his capital with an eye to the future. When the deal turns sour, though, Lawrence finds himself deeply in debt and facing a very bleak future indeed. Luckily, Holo is at his side with a risky (and less than legal) scheme that may just save the merchant's neck and a promise that, no matter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2011
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Summary: "Lawrence and Holo came to Svernel searching for the past, but now they look to the future. Struck by the liveliness and prosperity of the town, the pair starts thinking about buying the store that Lawrence has always wanted. But the region's potential wealth has not gone unnoticed. Suddenly finding themselves at the center of a plot that could plunge the northlands into open warfare, Lawrence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIHasekura, Isuna
Summary: "Despite the dangers, Lawrence and Holo decide to escort Elsa and Evan back to Tereo in an effort to rescue the village from calamity that Enberch has orchestrated. But with the town in dire need of a miracle, is this a job for the Wisewolf of Yoitsu, or is a simple merchant better suited to meet the challenge at hand?"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPITysoe, Alina
Summary: "A precocious puppy with a penchant for solving mysteries is newly adopted into a family, causing havoc for their comfortable housecat"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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Summary: "Lawrence and Holo draw ever closer to the wisewolf's homeland of Yoitsu. But as they near the final leg of their journey, the two of them hear about a mercenary band that shares its name with one of Holo's oldest companions, Myuri. Their investigation brings them to astonishingly prosperous town of Lesko, a place seemingly overflowing with opportunity and success. But Lawrence has never heard...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIHasekura, Isuna
Summary: "The struggle for the legendary sea beast is underway, but how will it end? Drawn into the fight over the narwhal in Kerube, Lawrence finds himself in a dangerous position. Despite this Holo continues to scold him and plead with him--but why?!" -- Unedited summary from the book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIHasekura, Isuna
Summary: "Lawrence and Holo are on the run, desperate to save both their profits and their lives! With enforcers from a rival company in pursuit, though, Holo may need to resort to extreme measures to safeguard herself and her traveling companion. Can Lawrence cope with the terror-inspiring true form of Holo the Wisewolf?!" --p.[4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2010
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Summary: Deciding a new haircut will give her the boost she needs, Karen is devastated when the hairstylist cuts her hair all wrong and wonders if she will ever get back to feeling like her usual confident self.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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Summary: Lawrence and Holo's long journey to Yoitsu is finally approaching its conclusion. Having arrived in the town of Lenos, they encounter a jolly bookseller named Le Roi--but is he truly the fool he seems? They're closer than ever to laying their hands on the forbidden tome whose contents threaten to transform Holo's homelands, but in the world of merchants, sometimes the only one you can trust is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NY 2016