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A funny and affirming illustrated guide, in New Yorker cartoonist Sarah Akinterinwa's signature style, that offers a unique approach to finding love (or not).
This illustrated dating guide by cartoonist Sarah Akinterinwa, rooted in her experiences as a Black woman in her late twenties, encourages readers to be introspective, honest, and practical in their love lives. Through vignettes with scenes from modern dating, the book's...
This illustrated dating guide by cartoonist Sarah Akinterinwa, rooted in her experiences as a Black woman in her late twenties, encourages readers to be introspective, honest, and practical in their love lives. Through vignettes with scenes from modern dating, the book's...
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Cupcake diaries volume 4
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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When Alexis develops a crush on Emma's brother, she decides to approach this new feeling in her usual organized manner by conducting research and developing a plan.
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Publisher
Fantagraphic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"M.S. is graduating and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with someone who mostly hangs out with her to get high. She dabbles as a sex worker and weed dealer. It's time to make some life decisions. Time Under Tension is a story of searching for dignity in a world that rarely affords it and taking agency of adulthood in the face of so many easy excuses not...
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Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
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Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach. It's a summer of secrets and heartache, and it's a good...
8) Eighty days
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Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"A pilot wants nothing more than to fly. Or so he thought, until he crosses paths with a mysterious thief whose tricks draw him into unchartered territory and new adventure. In a life where the truth changes as quickly as clouds in the sky, the pilot must decide for himself what freedom really means."--
9) Drama
Author
Publisher
Scholastic en español
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
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Callie adora el teatro. Podria presentarse a la audición del musical La luna sobre Misisipi en su escuela intermedia, pero la verdad es que no canta bien. Por eso, en lugar de actuar, he elegido ser la escenógrafa del group de teatro, y este año se ha comprometido a hacer una escenografía digna de Broadway con el poco dinero que le da la escuela. Pero para hacerla tendrá que aprender carpintería, ayudar a vender los boletos que nadie quere comprar...
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Seven Seas
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Rookie voice actress Wako and scriptwriter Ellie have been living together for a year and a half now. The discovery that a neighbor is a passionate fan of Ellie’s writing, and Wako’s growing career–including her fellow voice actresses who are pretending to be a couple–make things more complicated, but they still share special times together. --from Amazon.
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Say I love you volume 11
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Mei and the group are beginning their third year of high school and wondering where life will taken them after graduation.
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Say I love you volume 10
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Mei and Yamato prepare for their second Christmas as a couple. The year before, a cold had got Mei down, but this year she's determined to go all out, and the two plan a party at Yamato's for all their friends. A gathering this size would've been unimaginable to Mei just a few years before! When the day finally arrives, she begins to worry... has Mei bitten more Christmas cake than she can chew?"--Page 4 of verso.
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Series
Love's in sight! volume 5
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Yukiko and Morio don't have the most graceful of introductions, but their meeting is one that will change their lives and the lives of their loved ones. However, their awkward budding relationship is soon tested by a stubborn, immovable girl-one of Morio's loyal lackeys, Hachiko Tono! --from Amazon.
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Say I love you volume 12
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"Inspired by Mei, Yamato has decided to pursue a career as a photographer. But no matter how much he practices, he can't help but feel that something is missing. Mei notices that something's been off with Yamato lately and goes to an unexpected source for help... Meanwhile, Rin has an exciting date with Kai at Land, while Len tries to make friends on his own. Having always been in his sister's shadow, Len has his doubts, but it seems that he may have...
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Say I love you volume 16
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"After graduating high school, Mei and Yamato begin to venture towards their futures. To pursue their individual dreams, they have decided to go to different schools and come into new environments with new experiences and friends. But the excitement of college life also brings challenges into the relationships of Mei and her former schoolmates. And when a mutual friend strays from his high school love, the distance between Mei and Yamato starts to...
16) Under-Earth
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Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"'Under-Earth' takes place in a subterranean landfill, hollowed out to serve as a massive improvised prison. Sunken into the trash and debris of the past -- gameboys, iphones, coffee cups, old cars -- we follow two parallel stories. In the first, a new arrival struggles to adapt to the everyday violence, physical labour, and poverty of the prison city. Overwhelmed and alone, he finds a connection with a fellow inmate through an old, beat-up novel....
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Say I love you volume 14
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Friendship? Forget it! Mei Tachibana has no friends - and she doesn't need them! Ever since her 'friends' betrayed her in elementary school, she's sworn off friendship entirely. All it leads to is betrayal and heartbreak, and she can cope just fine by herself. However, one day everything changes when she accidentally roundhouse kicks the most popular boy in school! But Yamato Kurosawa isn't angry in the slightest - in fact, he thinks his ordinary...
18) Snapdragon
Author
Publisher
First Second, of an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town's witch and discovers the strange magic within herself.
Snap's town had a witch. At least, that's how the rumor goes. But in reality, Jacks is just a crocks-wearing, internet-savvy old lady who sells roadkill skeletons online--after doing a little ritual to put their spirits to rest. It's creepy, sure, but Snap thinks it's kind of cool, too. They make a deal: Jacks will teach Snap how to take...
19) Crushing
Author
Publisher
Algonquin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This quiet, wordless book is artist and author Sophie Burrows’ graphic-novel debut. A young woman, pale and rosy-cheeked with a straight black bob, lives alone in London--except for her cat--surrounded by lovers on Hampstead Heath and crowds on the Tube. One night she runs down to the local kebab and pizza shop in her pajamas and encounters a young man, pale and freckled with floppy red hair, also wearing pajamas. Unfortunately, they don't...
Author
Series
Say I love you volume 13
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Graduation is only a few months away and Mei and Yamato have both found their future careers. Mei has decided to go into childcare and Yamato will become a professional photographer. But not everyone has found their place. Megumi uses the summer break to travel to Paris in an attempt to make it as an international model, but she quickly discovers that she doesn't have the same appeal as she does back home. Megumi will do anything it takes to break...
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