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1) Smile
Author
Language
English
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Be Kind: Books for School-Age Kids
Graphic Medicine
Patron Picks
Summer Reading Challenge 2024: Read A Book With A Green Cover
Graphic Medicine
Patron Picks
Summer Reading Challenge 2024: Read A Book With A Green Cover
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Description
An autobiography in graphic novel format describes how the author lost two of her front teeth in an accident when she was twelve, and her subsequent struggles with various corrective dental techniques throughout adolescence.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"The Heartstopper Yearbook is packed full of exclusive content from the Heartstopper universe: never-before-seen illustrations, an exclusive minicomic, character profiles, trivia, and insight into Alice Oseman's creative process, narrated by a cartoon version of Alice herself"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Best Children's Books 2023
MMS Reading Ambassadors 2023
Our Favorite Middle School Reads!
Valentine's Day Books for Older Kids
MMS Reading Ambassadors 2023
Our Favorite Middle School Reads!
Valentine's Day Books for Older Kids
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Description
"A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low expectations when his parents...
5) Locker hero
Author
Language
English
Description
Questioning his resolve to attend public school after being homeschooled when he is targeted by a bully, Max aspires to become like his favorite comic book heroes and finds an unexpected opportunity to be the hero his middle school needs.
Author
Pub. Date
September 2012.
Language
English
Description
Pippi Longstocking, an adventurous young redhead, moves in next door to Tommy and Annika in a small Swedish village and nothing is the same from there on. She has a horse, a monkey named Mr. Nilsson, and no parents. Join in the fun and hijinks that Pippi and her friends enjoy in this collection of short comics.
12) Pearl
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl who lives in Hawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visit family in Hiroshima for the first time. But this is 1941. When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes impossible for Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating English radio transmissions for the Japanese army, Amy struggles with questions of loyalty and fears about her family amidst rumors of internment...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After his imprisonment in Green Island, Kun-lin struggles to pick up where he left off ten years earlier. He reconnects with his childhood crush Kimiko and finds work as an editor, jumping from publisher to publisher until finally settling at an advertising company. But when manhua publishing becomes victim to censorship, and many of his friends lose their jobs, Kun-lin takes matters into his own hands. He starts a children's magazine, Prince, for...
Author
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English
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Description
"Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick has even found the courage to come out to his mom. But coming out isn't something that happens just once, and Nick and Charlie try to figure out when to tell their friends that they're dating. Not being out to their classmates gets even harder during a school trip to Paris. As Nick and Charlie's feelings get more serious, they'll need each other more than...
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English
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Seamlessly toggling between past and present, this funny graphic memoir follows a queer Chinese American's immigration to Texas where she just wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why she is attracted to girls.
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