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1) Girl on fire
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant. Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama: her brother, James, is struggling with his studies; her dad's business constantly teeters on the edge...
3) Odessa
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Eight years ago an earthquake--the Big One--hit along the Cascadia fault line, toppling cities and changing landscapes all up and down the west coast of the United States. Life as we know it changed forever. But for Vietnamese American Virginia Crane, life changed shortly after the earthquake, when her mother left and never came back. Ginny has gotten used to a life without her mother, helping her father take care of her two younger brothers, Wes...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
Description
'I Kill Giants' tells the story of Barbara Thorson, an acerbic fifth-grader so consumed with fantasy that she doesn't just tell people that she kills giants with an ancient Norse warhammer - she starts to believe it herself. The reasons for Barbara's troubled behavior are revealed through the course of the book, as she learns to reconcile her fantasy life with the real world.
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Listen, Beautiful Márcia is a gripping story about a family pushed to the brink. Márcia is a nurse in a hospital near Rio and lives in a favela with her boyfriend, Aluísio, and her daughter, Jaqueline, whom she had very young with another man. Jaqueline, a troubled young adult, makes life difficult for her mother and Aluísio and rebelliously hangs out with members of a neighborhood gang, leading to violent altercations between mother and daughter....
Author
Series
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The first year of Showa, 1926. Kanoko, a girl who can hear lies, meets an impoverished detective, Iwai Soma. Since then, she' been at his side. Until one day, he is framed for a murder, and put in jail! Will his plucky assistant Kanoko be able to save him in time?"--back of cover.
Author
Description
The fourth installment of the graphic novel adaptation of Cassandra Clare's bestselling The Mortal Instruments! Maia and Simon are kidnapped, and Jace knows exactly who took them. It's time to face the terror known as Valentine to stop him from slaughtering the Downworlders and activating the Soul-Sword. All the Shadowhunters gather to join the fight, but when they find themselves hopelessly outnumbered by thousands of demons, the fate of the world...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The fourth installment of the graphic novel adaptation of Cassandra Clare's bestselling The Mortal Instruments! Maia and Simon are kidnapped, and Jace knows exactly who took them. It's time to face the terror known as Valentine to stop him from slaughtering the Downworlders and activating the Soul-Sword. All the Shadowhunters gather to join the fight, but when they find themselves hopelessly outnumbered by thousands of demons, the fate of the world...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Just as Seere is starting to get used to his new role as Sakura's mama, an old demon friend, Gaap, shows up at the Masuda house! He wants to know why Seere hasn't completed his contract and returned, but Seere has a bigger problem on his mind-he's starting to worry that no matter how good he gets at doing chores, he may never be able to fill the hole left by Sakura's real mother..."--Back cover.
11) Horde
Author
Publisher
AfterShock Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"After the death of her father, Ruby Ando tries to reconnect with her estranged and isolated mother, whose hoarder house is a nightmare labyrinth of secrets and dangers. All the love Ruby was never shown, she sees her mother lavish on her treasures and trinkets, the possessions that possess her. But when Ruby desperately tries to free her mother, the house wages war, ensnaring both women within its maze. Brought to hideous and twisted life by her...
12) Mama akuma: 1
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, the demon Seere has prided himself on his work--granting the wishes of those he contracts with. Whether it's slaughtering their enemies or obtaining wealth beyond measure, anything is possible with his powerful magic. But Seere's latest summoner, Sakura Masuda, is unlike any he's dealt with before. Namely, she's only in fourth grade, and her wish is... for Seere to become her mama! Well, if that's what she desires, then that's what...
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