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Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Long celebrated as a modern master of graphic literature, David Small has elicited in his work comparisons to Stan Lee and even Alfred Hitchcock. His internationally acclaimed graphic memoir, Stitches, told the story of a childhood in disarray. Werewolf at Dusk, appearing nearly fifteen years later, turned its attention to the twilight of life and to aging, gracefully or otherwise. Eerily striking and mesmerizing, the three stories in this collection...
Author
Publisher
Street Noise Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Schor's pull-no-punches graphic memoir debut depicts her attempts as a young woman to recover from trauma, with striking illustrations that toggle between realism and fragmented, color-saturated dreamscapes. As a Jewish child in Moldova in the late 1980s, Karina begins life as an outsider, but moving with her parents to Israel as "communism was crumbling" only lands her in a place where everything is "exciting, unique... and out of reach" for her...
3) In utero
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve years after a disastrous explosion, young Hailey is dropped off by her mum at a holiday camp in a dilapidated shopping mall. Alienated from the other kids, she connects with an eerie older teen named Jen...but soon dark horrors awaken, and the two new friends are caught up in a cataclysmic battle between two terrifying creatures who have been lying dormant all this time"--
Author
Publisher
Life Drawn, an imprint of Humanoids, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It is a story known around the world. Born of an Arabic tale, it has been interpreted hundreds of times in Persian, Turkish, and Indian languages. It has influenced playwrights, composers, filmmakers, scholars, modern popular language, the first opera of Islamic origin, and individuals as varied as Aleister Crowley and Eric Clapton. The tragic tale of love unfulfilled - Majnun and Layla. Qays and Layla were madly in love. So in love, it has been...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Enter our detective. The murder of a god threatens to tear apart the very fabric of our reality, and only he stands in the way of utter destruction. Will the mystery he uncovers be worse than the disaster he's trying to avert? And will his mind crack under the revelations he's about to uncover before he can do anything about it?"--Amazon.
7) Let me out
Author
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]-
Language
English
Description
"When Pastor Holley's wife, Kelly, is found murdered, FBI agent Garrett takes on the case with local New Jersey Sheriff Mullen. Together they start drumming up a convenient satanic-flavored scapegoat to cover up their own crimes of murder and experimentation. That scapegoat comes in the form of four friends: Mitch, Terri, Lupe, and Jackson. The punks, the queers, and the outcasts. Soon the group becomes the prime suspects of Kelly's murder. Now on...
8) 哈啾! 過敏的時候
Author
Series
小麥田圖像館 volume 7
Publisher
小麥田出版
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with the new baby they're expecting, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie thinks a new puppy is the answer, but when she goes to select one on her birthday, she breaks out in hives and rashes. She's severely allergic to anything with fur! Can Maggie outsmart her allergies and find the perfect pet?"
Author
Series
圖像館 volume 6
Publisher
小麥田出版
Pub. Date
2023
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"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 keep their group of friends together."--
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023-
Language
English
Description
"An incredible true story in graphic novel form that lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed and fought over by many countries, through the life story of a man who lived through its most turbulent times"--
11) Wildful
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Children's New Books: February 2024 Graphic Novels
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Description
"Discover the magic of the wilderness in this breathtaking graphic novel reminiscent of a modern-day The Secret Garden. Poppy's mother hasn't been the same since Gran passed away. She stays inside and watches TV, unable to leave the couch. So maybe that's why Poppy has started spending more time outside, taking her dog Pepper for walks around the neighborhood. When Pepper leads Poppy through a hole in the fence, she finds a forgotten forest that's...
12) Run and hide
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the tightening grip of Hitler's power, towns, cities, and ghettoes were emptied of Jews. Unless they could escape, Jewish children would not be spared their deadly fate in the Holocaust, a tragedy of unfathomable depth. Only 11% of the Jewish children living in Europe before 1939 survived the Second World War. Run and Hide tells the stories of these children, forced to leave their homes and families, as they escaped certain horror. Some children...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's the beginning of sophomore year, and Piedad "Piddy" Sanchez is having a hard time adjusting to her new high school. Things don't get any easier when Piddy learns that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is' never mind what she's done to piss her off. Rumor has it that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latina enough with her white skin, good grades, and no...
14) Se desata
Author
Series
Dog Man volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, un sello editorial de Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Dog Man is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to save the city, or will Petey get away with the purr-fect crime?
Hombre Perro, el nuevo héroe de Dav Pilkey, el creador del Capitán Calzoncillos, está aún aprendiendo su oficio mientras que Pedrito el gato está acabando...
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 5
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Sunny is starting to understand the ins and outs of middle school... but she still feels more out than in. It's not about classes or homework, really. No, it's the fact that most kids have a thing they do outside of class. Like football or track or cheerleading. Sunny isn't quarterback material, and her cheer attempts are... not the best. So what can she do? When Sunny's friend Arun says he wants to start a debate club, she's not really sure what...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Shy little Felix is lonely and bullied by bigger monsters his age, but after he meets up with one of the scariest monsters in the world, Macabber Tails, they head out on a journey together, facing adventures and battles for their lives, soon learning the meaning of being tough.
17) Alterations
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"For fans of Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese and Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward, this funny yet poignant middle-grade coming-of-age story highlights the struggle of feeling invisible while yearning to be seen by all. Kevin Lee is having a really bad week. Although he lives in a crowded Toronto apartment above the family's alterations and dry-cleaning store, he mostly goes unnoticed. School isn't exactly an oasis either--being one of the few Asian...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II. In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany's Nazi regime expanded into neighboring European countries, committing horrific crimes against Jewish people and other groups. Enter: Virginia Hall. Born on a small Maryland farm, this brilliant woman's worldly ambitions led her to a clerical position at the U.S. embassy in Warsaw, Poland....
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books / HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Twin siblings Elliot and Liza only have each other. Their parents are gone. Their home was taken, and to survive on their own, they're forced to scrounge up plastic and metal to trade for coin within an abandoned garbage heap. Desperate to escape the vagabond cycle that they're trapped in, the answer to their plight seemingly appears when they stumble upon a Raven Quest--magical tasks offered by mysterious message-carrying ravens that when successfully...
20) Skip!
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: January 2024 Graphic Novels
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Description
"Jay often feels that like they are a nobody. Beah, on the other hand, is fierce, charming, athletic--and OBSESSED with the street skipping art, Double Dutch. But Jay's friendship with their new bestie Beah is intense, both in and out of Double Dutch. As Beah and Jay help each other grow into the people they will become, it challenges their friendship and their own identities."--
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