Morel, Olivier
Summary: A gripping graphic novel illustrates the challenges of Iraq War veterans as well as their inspiring triumphs. After the shock of 9/11, for hundreds of thousands of young Americans there was Ar Ramadi, Baghdad, Abu Ghraib--the war in Iraq. Then came the trauma. From the torment of these vets to their reflections, this book demonstrates the seemingly impossible return of those who aspire to get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 MORMai, Sarah
Summary: Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MAITelgemeier, Raina
Summary: Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TELJohnson, Varian
Summary: Scott Free, a student at the Goodness Academy on the planet Apokolips, wants to escape to Earth but falls in love with the head of the Female Furies--the one person tasked with ensuring he never escapes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 JOHJohnson, Brian David
Summary: "Liz served in Iraq with her trusty military working dog, Ender, by her side. But now that her tour is over, she has to readjust to life in her small New Hampshire town. Despite being surrounded by people she's known her whole life, Liz feels entirely alone and soon gets trapped in a downward spiral of flashbacks and blackout drinking. Things seem destined for a bad end, but when Liz's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 JOHKuze, Koji
Summary: "Reina recently started a new job at an advertising agency. Overwhelmed and stressed by tons of new tasks and very harsh comments from her boss, her mental health starts to suffer. Reina, surprisingly runs into Tsuyoshi in the office, a friend from college who recently returned from his assignment in New York. Captivated with Tsuyoshi's strong self-esteem and confidence, Reina asks for his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 KUZOlsen, Brittany Long
Summary: Eleven-year-old Darcy just moved to a new country. She's feeling lost and misses her friends back home. That's when she stumbles upon a shop full of mysterious glowing jars labeled with things like "Picking up the last sweater on the rack and it's on sale" and "Having the perfect weather on your wedding day." Much to Darcy's surprise-this store sells happy feelings. After Darcy accidentally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 OLSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC OLS (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Midthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the endocrine and reproductive systems of the human body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.4 MIDSuzuki, Yūto
Summary: "Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto! Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKSuzuki, Yūto
Summary: Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto! Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! Team...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKSuzuki, Yūto
Summary: "Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! Sakamoto and X finally face off! Although Sakamoto has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKPeirce, Lincoln
Summary: "Middle school can be a hot mess--especially for sixth-grader Nate Wright. Whether he's bluffing his way through an oral report about...umm...some random war, peer-reviewing a classmate's story about cats, or writing a book report on a literary gem called The Cheerleader Chronicles, Nate's usually up to his eyeballs in stress. But our hero always finds ways to cope. Like bringing Spitsy to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC PEISuzuki, Yūto
Summary: "Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! In the third stage of the JCC transfer test, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKSuzuki, Yūto
Summary: "Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! Dangerous serial killers clash with the Order and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKSuzuki, Yūto
Summary: "Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! Shin faces off with a strange assassin who's targeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKSuzuki, Yūto
Summary: "Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! Sakamoto comes running to Shin's aid and clashes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKSuzuki, Yūto
Summary: "Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto! Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He’s now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKEllison, Marc
Summary: "By the delicate hand of Didier Kassaï (Storm Over Bangui) comes a comic book documentary about the street children of Bangui, told in a style that mixes photo and illustration. In the Central African Republic, children grow up in a state of insecurity, poverty, and malnutrition. The 2013 conflict only exacerbated this situation. The Central African Republic has become what many call a house...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Life Drawn by Humanoids 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23 ELLOda, Tomohito
Summary: Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. Komi and her friends had an eventful culture festival, so Najimi suggests that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KOMLiu, Marjorie M.
Summary: "Zuli is extraordinary--she just doesn't realize it yet. Raised by mystical bird spirits in the branches of the Great Tree, she's never ventured beyond this safe haven. She's never had to. Until now. When a sinister force threatens the life-giving magic of the tree, Zuli, along with her guardian owl, Frowly, must get to the root of it. So begins an adventure bigger than anything Zuli could've...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIUShinzo, Keigo
Summary: "At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn’t be happier. Hiroto’s breezy attitude isn’t easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life. The summer weather isn’t...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2024
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Summary: "In This is How I Disappear, Mirion Malle paints an empathetic portait of a young woman wrestling with psychological stress and the trauma following an experience of sexual assault. Malle displays frankness and a remarkable emotional intelligence as she explores depression, isolation, and self-harm in her expertly-drawn novel. Her heroine battles an onslaught of painful emotions and while Clara...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MALSuzuki, Yūto
Summary: Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto! "Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SAKBagieu, 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