Fassin, 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 FASSummary: In one of Paris' finest restaurants, Remy, a determined young rat, dreams of becoming a renowned French chef, setting off a hilarious chain of events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISGendrot, Valentin
Summary: "The story of a French journalist who infiltrated the country's police force, revealing a culture of racism and violence in which officers act with impunity."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GENDROT, VALENTIN GENSaracino, Luciano
Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic, the ex-convict Jean Valjean strives to build a new life in nineteenth century Paris and protect his adopted daughter, Cosette, but he is pursued by the fanatical police inspector Javert who does not believe in redemption--until it is too late for both of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SARYanow, Sophie
Summary: "Sophie is young and queer and into feminist theory. She decides to study abroad, choosing Paris for no firm reason beyond liking French comics. Feeling a bit lonely and out of place, she's desperate for community and a sense of belonging. She stumbles into what/who she's looking for when she meets Zena. An anarchist student-activist committed to veganism and shoplifting, Zena offers Sophie a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YANCraft, Jerry
Summary: "Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC CRASanda, Makoto
Summary: "Giselle, the ancient secret Queen of Paris, finally tells the story of her youth. What fate befell her in years long past? Do her memories hold a clue about how she can avoid death? What can Ao do for her, as her apprentice -- or as her groom?"--
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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 ANCSanda, Makoto
Summary: "Not long into his new life, Ao meets a mysterious man named Albert, and is taken by his cheery, laid-back attitude and altruism. But Albert is not what he seems!"--
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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 ANCYogis, Jaimal
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: "Bandette, greatest thief in all the lands, uncovers the greatest of all mysteries! A clue to the location of the legendary House of the Green Mask! But the sinister Voice is after the same treasure, and sent a deadly assassin after the same secrets! Worse, he's stolen the dearest thing to Bandette's heart. Now, she's after revenge!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BANTobin, Paul
Summary: Bandette, costumed teen burglar and the world's greatest thief, is a thorn in the side of the police and the criminal underworld, and must try to survive when she discovers a plot against her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BANSanda, Makoto
Summary: "Paris, France. Ao is a young orphan of Japanese descent who longs to become an artist. Into his life comes Giselle, a mage who is as powerful--and as inhuman--as Thorn. She sees Ao's potential and takes him as her groom. Under her wing, he learns about the wider world and all the colors in it."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ANCTobin, Paul
Summary: "Bandette returns to steal readers' hearts once again! The teenaged master burglar has thrown down the gauntlet with the Great Thieving Race, and friendly rival Monsieur has stepped in to take the challenge. This second charming collection of the award-winning digital series sees the two competing to steal the most priceless artifacts from the criminal organization FINIS and turning over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BANSanda, Makoto
Summary: "The alchemist communes of Paris vie to gain influence over Giselle. While they clash, the resistance group Flamme pulls on the strings that connect them, sowing chaos. Giselle and Ao care deeply for each other, but they are being steered by the hand of fate. The game in which the legendary dragon of Paris and her chosen groom are entwined is about to begin."--Page [4] of cover.
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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 ANCLe Bornec, Didier
Summary: When their owner says she wants to leave her forture to her cats, the jealous butler leaves the family of felines in the country, and they must find their way home with the help of a smooth talking tomcat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISAlagbé, Yvan
Summary: "Yvan Alagbé one of the most innovative and provocative artists in the world of comics. In the stories gathered in Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures--drawn between 1994 and 2011, and never before available in English--he uses stark, endlessly inventive black-and-white brushwork to explore love and race, oppression and escape. It is both an extraordinary experiment in visual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review of Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALASteiner, Jeanette
Summary: Quasimodo, the kindhearted and deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, struggles to gain acceptance into society as he tries to help his friend escape from a vicious government minister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISBagieu, Pénélope
Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 BagieuBaptiste, Tracey
Summary: "Introduces readers to two brave Black women who stood up against segregation, setting in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott and showing the nation how positive change can start with a single defiant act"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BAPMoore, Terry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abstract Studio 2004
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Summary: "A graphic account of a pioneering scientist who conducted innovative research on radioactivity. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 921 CURDebaye, Manon
Summary: A budding friendship between two misfits unravels in the wake of school violence. Schoolyard outcasts Charlie and Astrid meet up after school near a cliff at the edge of the woods surrounding their sleepy town. They make a blood pact to jump together in five days time, before their thirteenth birthdays. Not that navigating the unspoken pecking order of the school quad makes it easy. Can the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2023