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1) Essex County
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Presents the award-winning trilogy of graphic novels set in an imaginary version of the author's hometown, and reveals the problems and issues the families within the community face.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Alanna and her older brother Hamel are orphans and doing their best to take care of each other until one day Alanna stumbles upon a cave full of dragon eggs. When the eggs hatch with no mother dragon in sight, Alanna decides to take care of the babies herself, even creating a clever costume so that the babies think she, too, is a dragon. With their large appetites and accidental fire burps, Alanna learns that dragon babies are hard...
3) The Keeper
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A young Black girl finds herself trapped between desperation and her family's dark history in this horror graphic novel
Aisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash, and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha's grandmother's health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected...
Aisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash, and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha's grandmother's health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected...
Author
Series
Fruits basket volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Spring is in the air, and with spring comes break! When Shigure takes Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo to the Sohma's vacation home to make the most of Golden Week, the inevitable game of cat and rat is already underway, with sparks flying between Yuki and Kyo. But leave it to Tohru to smooth things over! The peace doesn't last, however, when another Sohma (or two?!) drops in! And even a vacation can't shake the rainy day that awaits the group upon their return....
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Yuki, alongside his mother, who already has his life after high school all mapped out, confronts his future at a parent-teacher conference, alongside his mother, who already has his life after high school all mapped out. To make matters worse, when Yuki recalls buried memories, he becomes speechless! Meanwhile, Tohru pays a visit to the Sohma compound in order to confirm whether Kureno Sohma is really the same man with whom her best friend, Uo-chan,...
Author
Series
Fruits basket volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When she was roughing it in a tent pitched on Sohma family land, Tohru Honda's primary concerns were dirt and slugs. But now that she's living with the Sohmas, magical powers and ancient curses are the order of the day! With Yuki and Kyo at each other's throats like cats and ... rats, life at the Sohmas' is lively enough, but it all heats up as Hatsuharu joins the fray, spoiling for a fight! And even before the new school year can get underway, the...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Young orphan Gert sets out to protect her village from ferocious, fantastical animals by sneaking into the warrior initiation test, beginning an adventure which will teach her to rethink the glorification of war, and prove that she can be the unlikely hero to reimagine her people's future.
Author
Series
Fruits basket volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Sohmas have a secret of their own--when embraced by the opposite sex,...
Author
Series
Publisher
New York Review Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Told in striking colors and loose but confident lines, The Gull Yettin's story begins when a young boy awakens late one night to find his home on fire. The boy is saved by a lanky, shapeshifting Gull. Orphaned by the fire, and now adrift in a boat piloted by the Gull, the boy faces an uncertain future, one that will be both helped and hindered by his new attendant. Without a word, Kessler builds a strange but recognizable world, using it to explore...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The curse is crumbling, and Akito is doing anything and everything to clutch at the broken threads that remain. Does the end of the curse mean catastrophe for the members of the zodiac, or will it bring the much needed healing they've dreamed of? Tohru's bright love and generosity will become a beacon of hope in the dark!
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Their curse might be broken, but big questions still lie ahead for the Sohma family. Now that Kyo is free to dream of his future, what will he make of it? Does growing up mean growing apart, or will his bond with Tohru only strengthen with time? Perhaps their first date will decide And at long last, the meaning of Kyoko's ominous words "I'll never forgive you" becomes clear.
Author
Series
Graveyard book (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Gaiman's tale of Nobody Owens, who's a normal boy--except that he's been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
Author
Series
Cat's cradle volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Dreaming of one day taming monsters, orphan street urchin Suri finds her self-confidence, cleverness, and ambition serving her well when a mysterious new wagon holding something monstrous joins her merchant camp.
14) Sunny: Vol. 3
Author
Series
Sunny volume 3
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
15) Sunny: Vol. 2
Author
Series
Sunny volume 2
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides a trio of boys with a means of escape from their bleak everyday lives.
Author
Publisher
Magnetic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A giant baby girl is found and adopted by a local family who bring her back to their village. She grows to become an even bigger giant, learning life's lessons complicated even further by her enormous size and uniqueness. Can she weather a society that faces her with frightened hostility and prejudice to find live and, ultimately, the freedom to be herself? A wondrous, fantastical tale of feminism, difference, love, freedom, and the quest to be oneself"--Amazon....
17) Sunny: Vol. 1
Author
Series
Sunny volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides a trio of boys with a means of escape from their bleak everyday lives."--MangaHere.com review.
19) Sunny: Vol. 4
Author
Series
Sunny volume 4
Publisher
Viz Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It's the brand-new masterwork from Eisner Award-winner Taiyo Matsumoto, one of Japan's most innovative and acclaimed manga artists. Translated by Tekkonkinkreet film director Michael Arias! The fourth installment of this poignant series focused on the young lives...
Author
Series
The 39 clues (graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Marie Curie to Harry Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family's power is lost. 39 Clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and siblings Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what really happened to their parents."--...
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