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One fateful night, 6 teenagers sit down to play a tabletop RPG (role-playing game) and disappear without a trace. Two years later, 5 of them return – forever changed. They seem incapable of explaining where they’ve been, or what happened to Sol. Decades later, though they’ve tried to move on, the past rears its ugly […]
Dejah and Josiah have been working together at the pumpkin patch for 4 years. They’re ‘seasonal best friends,’ but as their final season working at the patch comes to a close and they both head off to college next year, what looms ahead for their friendship? Will they simply part ways like they have every […]
What an absolute treat! This unlikely pair of Andy Weir (The Martian) and Sarah Andersen – better known for her often viral Sarah Scribbles comics – creates a fun and beautiful romp through all of your favorite childhood books. Wendy Darling, Alice Liddell, and Dorothy Gale have all experienced madcap adventures in fantastical lands throughout […]
Fantastic story of a queen in exile as told by a young girl raised in the nunnery that is her prison. Thrilling and full of unexpected twists and turns, this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel is a joy to read. This story is based on the early life of Queen Elizabeth I, and her kingdom of […]
A heartfelt new memoir from Jarrett Krosoczka, of Lunch Lady fame, this book is about growing up without parents because of their drug abuse and being raised instead by grandparents. Jarrett Krosoczka traces his life from his birth to his high school graduation, not sparing the reader the hard realities of living first with a […]
Graphic novel, true crime, Chicago story, Matt Rizzo, coming of age, blindness, Dante’s Inferno, braille, betrayal, prose poetry, black cross-hatching, Little Italy, Stateville Prison, Nathan Leopold, literary analysis, humor, pathos.
Wonderful adaptation of the beloved 1958 classic fantasy, in graphic novel form, created by EDITH, a French illustrator. Because his brother has the measles, Tom had to live for the summer at a relative’s house. In his lonely sleepless nights, after the grandfather clock strikes 13 times, he opens the back door and finds a […]
Grandmothers in love! This is a wonderful black queer love story that started as a Kickstarter campaign garnering triple the support needed. Every age will enjoy hearing Hazel and Mari’s story, including teens and mature tweens. Two strong African American women who meet cute just before high school (at a church bingo hall, naturally), separate […]
In this wonderful new graphic novel, Jen Wang has crafted an engaging fairy tale about a prince who loves to wear dresses and secretly becomes the daringly fabulous Lady Crystallia with the help of his private dressmaker and friend. How does the dressmaker break out of the Prince’s Secret to become the famous designer she’s […]
Frances dreams of becoming a dress designer in turn of the last century Paris. Unexpectedly, she becomes the seamstress for the Prince, who likes to wear flamboyant women’s clothing but is deep in the closet with his secret. That prevents Frances from being recognized for her work and the Prince from being a happy human. […]
