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George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's—and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps,
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First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Learn how wild mustangs were first introduced to America and how they still roam free today. On the North American plains, wild mustangs have roamed for generations ... shaping human history and struggling to survive it. For the Spanish, they were a tool of conquest. For Native Americans, they brought on a new way of life where horsemanship and horse-trading were central. And for the entire world, wild mustangs became a renowned wonder of the American...
4) Take a stand
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Full Tilt Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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The future is here! In these inspiring graphic novels, students take a journey to gain a fresh view into America's ongoing struggle against racism and toward equality. Following a heated argument between two of his students, Mr. Rustin sets out to teach them that the loudest voice isn't always the right one. Using his ability to see the past, he takes the class on a journey about speaking up and taking a stand.
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I survived (Graphic novels) volume 3
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholatic
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©2021.
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English
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In a Jewish ghetto, Max Rosen and his sister, Zena, struggle to live after their father is taken away by the Nazis. With barely enough food to survive, the siblings make a daring escape from Nazi soldiers into the nearby forest. Max and Zena are brought to a safe camp by Jewish resistance fighters. But soon, bombs are falling all around them. Can Max and Zena survive the fallout of the Nazi invasion?
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Drawn & Quarterly
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A follow-up to Hark! A Vagrant, which spent five months on the New York Times bestseller list Ida B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juárez burst off the pages of Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee. Kate Beaton's second D+Q book brings her hysterically funny gaze to bear on these and even more historical, literary, and contemporary figures. Irreverently funny and carefully...
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I survived (Graphic novels) volume 7
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Robbed on the train platform as soon as he arrives in the city, eleven-year-old Oscar Starling soon finds himself in the middle of the Great Chicago Fire when he chases after his thief, who is herself in need of rescue." --
9) Red scare
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press
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[2022]
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English
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"In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be a normal kid, until she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to overturn the tense political stalemate, and Peggy finds...
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"A delightful, educational spin on history—and plenty of jokes," said School Library Journal.
"Sheer joy," praised Booklist in a starred review.
Finalist for the 2019 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award in Middle Grade Nonfiction
U.S. history comes to life like never before in this full-color graphic novel! We all know that Theodore Roosevelt protected the environment
...12) John F. Kennedy!
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"A delightful, educational spin on history—and plenty of jokes," said School Library Journal.
"Sheer joy," praised Booklist in a starred review.
Finalist for the 2019 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award in Middle Grade Nonfiction
U.S. history comes to life like never before in this full-color graphic novel! We all know that John F. Kennedy was a World War II hero
...13) Snow White
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Candlewick Press
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©2016.
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English
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The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
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Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter: Graphic Novels
Cool Women to Know: Bite Sized Biographies
People You Should Know
Black Lives Matter: Graphic Novels
Cool Women to Know: Bite Sized Biographies
People You Should Know
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The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily autonomy, and beyond. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun and fascinating graphic novel-style primer that covers the key figures and events that have advanced women's rights from antiquity to the modern era. In addition,...
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NBM Graphic Novels
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[2019]
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English
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In the summer of 1807, the Explorer, a ship from Her Majesty's Navy recovers a young shipwreck off the coast of Siam, Abel, who can only remember his name. He soon becomes friends with the first officer, acting as a captain because the commander of the ship has apparently absconded with the ship's treasure. Abel returns to England with the Explorer and finds accommodation at the inn run by the three fugitive captain's daughters. Well before he can...
16) Catherine's war
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Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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As France buckles under the Nazi regime, budding photographer Rachel Cohen must change her name, go into hiding, and bear witness to the atrocities of World War II.
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Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A stunning graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, coming to America on the Mariel boatlift, and a defense of democracy, here and there Hailed for his iconic art on the cover of Time and on jumbotrons around the world, Edel Rodriguez is among the most prominent political artists of our age. Now for the first time, he draws his own life, revisiting his childhood in Cuba and his family's passage on the infamous Mariel boatlift. When Edel was nine, Fidel...
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Penguin Workshop
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[2022]
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English
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From refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger to sparking civil rights protests across America, explore how Rosa Parks's powerful act earned her the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." A story of resistance, strength, and unwavering spirit, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the American Civil Rights leader -- brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump...
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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Chet Roscow ha comenzado a sentirse a gusto en Elm Hills, Nueva Jersey. Tiene un trabajo, tres buenos amigos y ha encontrado el lugar perfecto para nadar. Pero todo cambia con la llegada de un tibur̤n blanco que ataca cerca de donde vive. Todos hablan de lo mismo. Sin embargo, cuando Chet ve algo raro en el agua, piensa que es su imaginaci̤n... ¡hasta que se encuentra cara a cara con el tibur̤n!
"Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his...
20) Incredible doom
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Incredible doom volume 1
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HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021-]
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English
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"Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends behind, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in...
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