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  • Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters: A Graphic Memoir of Soviet Childhood, Nuclear Disaster Survival, Jewish Identity and Family Life for Middle Grad

    Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters: A Graphic Memoir of Soviet Childhood, Nuclear Disaster Survival, Jewish Identity and Family Life for Middle Grad

    $24.99

    Strong-willed Genya sets her mind to attending art school in 1980s Ukraine, amidst the turmoil of Soviet control, the Cold War, and the unfolding Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Genya–the nickname of the book’s author and story’s protagonist, Yevgenia–knows from age five that she wants to be an artist. When she turns eleven, she’ll apply to the…

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  • Lionel Messi’s World Cup Triumph: (History’s Greatest Games #1)

    Lionel Messi’s World Cup Triumph: (History’s Greatest Games #1)

    $24.99

    This thrilling new nonfiction graphic novel series offers a front row seat to the greatest moments in sports history, starting with Lionel Messi and his triumph in the 2022 FIFA World Cup against French superstar Kylian Mbappé A Junior Library Guild Selection ***STARRED REVIEW*** “Packed with world history and soccer lore, this is a promising…

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  • It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

    It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

    $12.99

    A provacative graphic memoir perfect for fans of Allie Brosh’s Solutions and Other Problems – Thorogood is the winner of the 2023 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award – Nominated for two 2023 Eisner Awards in the Best Graphic Memoir and Best Writer/Artist categories – Winner of the 2023 Ringo Award in the Best Graphic…

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  • Miss Greene’s Secret: Based on the True Story of the Black Librarian Who Shaped the Morgan Library

    Miss Greene’s Secret: Based on the True Story of the Black Librarian Who Shaped the Morgan Library

    $25.99

    She changed her name and her past, risking everything for a chance to make her way. A remarkable graphic novel drawn from the life of Belle da Costa Greene–longtime director of the Morgan Library–who passed into white society during the Jim Crow era. At the dawn of the twentieth century, American society continued to draw…

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  • The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

    The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

    $19.99

    An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Bui. “A book to break your heart and heal it.”–Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelistelist

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    Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth

    $17.99

    This side-by-side bilingual collection of graphic memoirs by Latino youth immigrants not only builds connections across language, but also breaks down barriers and expands hope. Their book is an opportunity to hear directly from youth who are often in the headlines but whose stories don’t get told in full. Spanish/English edition.

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    Spent: A Comic Novel

    $32.00

    The celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction. “Truthful, rueful and delightful.”–LA Times In Alison Bechdel’s hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a work of sharp literary humor, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a…

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  • Names and Faces: A Graphic Memoir

    Names and Faces: A Graphic Memoir

    $29.99

    A graphic memoir-in-essays examining the in-betweenness of being mixed-race and the cultural confrontations inherent to forging one’s identity Who are you? What are you? And how does it feel to be you? Leise Hook was asked these intrusive questions so many times growing up that they haunted her like ghosts. Born to a Chinese mother…

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  • I, Julius Caesar: A Graphic History of an Extraordinary Destiny

    I, Julius Caesar: A Graphic History of an Extraordinary Destiny

    $24.95

    Few people have made a bigger mark on history–and lived such an adventurous life–as Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE). A sickly orphan boy who would climb to the top of the Roman Empire, his life was nothing short of legendary. How could Julius, a scrawny, penniless teenager, become Caesar, the most powerful man in the world?…

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  • Until We Meet Again: A Graphic Novel

    Until We Meet Again: A Graphic Memoir

    $25.99

    “Visually stunning.” —Kirkus, starred reviewIn this debut graphic memoir, a young woman searches for belonging as her immigrant family moves between Canada and China. Lily isn’t sure where home is anymore. Her family is constantly on the move, resettling in different towns across Canada and, eventually, in Shanghai, China. Her father plays the role of…

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  • It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. an Afropunk Ending.

    It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. an Afropunk Ending.

    $32.00

    From the award-winning filmmaker and graphic novelist comes the untold origin story of the multimillion-dollar AFROPUNK Festival–beginning not with big stages or brand sponsorship, but with one Black kid’s search for belonging in the nineties New York City punk scene “A memoir that belongs in the canon of punk history. . . . Thrilling.” –Kathleen…

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  • Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

    Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

    $24.95

    A New York Times Notable Book; a Barack Obama’s end of year favorite of 2022; and the winner of Canada ReadsKate Beaton’s Ducks stunned the world with its unflinching honesty and candid vulnerability, cementing its place in the graphic novel canon alongside Maus, Persepolis, and Fun Home. With the singular goal of paying off her…

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  • Gay Mormon Dad

    Gay Mormon Dad

    $21.99

    Life is better when you live it as your true self. All his life, Chad Anderson was told he was broken. He believed with all his heart that being a good Mormon would make him straight, because that is what he was told. Chad followed the prescribed road map: mission, marriage, and children. But it…

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  • Uncanny: The Origins of Fear

    Uncanny: The Origins of Fear

    $28.00

    For the first time since his debut 35 years ago, horror master Junji Ito reveals exactly how he creates his unique worlds. Why are we drawn to fear? Horror manga legend Junji Ito has fascinated the world with his beautiful and strange tales, from his debut story “Tomie” to Uzumaki, Gyo, and many other famous…

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  • Nos Llamaron Enemigo (They Called Us Enemy Spanish Edition)

    Nos Llamaron Enemigo (They Called Us Enemy Spanish Edition)

    $19.99

    The award-winning New York Times Bestseller, now in Spanish! En estas impactantes memorias en formato de novela gráfica, el actor/autor/activista George Takei rememora sucesos imborrables de su infancia en los campos de concentración en América, como uno de los 120,000 japoneses americanos encarcelados por el Gobierno de EE. UU. durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Experimenta…

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  • Mrs. Orwell

    Mrs. Orwell

    $29.99

    Eileen Blair, wife and partner of George Orwell, is brought out of her husband’s shadow in this riveting graphic novel, which follows the couples’ tireless campaign to expose difficult political truths through art. The Roaring Twenties are over, fascism is on the rise across Europe, and the dream of a workers’ paradise is all but…

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