Book Review
Ready, Cassette, Go!
A girl learns to trust others and make friends in Jarett Sitter’s delightful graphic novel "Ready, Cassette, Go!" Melody, a guitar player, has been pushing others away since her mother left. When she and her father move to Cassette...
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SideQuested
A girl explores a strange world of magic in K. B. Spangler and Alexandra Presser’s fantastical graphic novel "SideQuested". Charlie trains to be a librarian. Her plans are upset when she learns that her caretakers of eighteen years are...
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Was That Normal?
In Alex Potts’s wry graphic novel "Was That Normal?", a man vacillates between social connections and solitude. In his forties, Philip rents a room, works from home, and is desperate to enjoy some social interaction. He’s awkward in...
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Red Stones
A girl and her family attempt to survive a brutal conflict in Ernesto Saade’s harrowing graphic novel "Red Stones". Miriam was twelve when she survived the 1981 Red Stones Massacre. She had traveled with others to a protest; many...
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Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters
Yevgenia Nayberg’s entertaining graphic memoir recounts her eventful childhood in Ukraine. In 1986, as Halley’s Comet approaches, eleven-year-old Genya prepares to apply to the prestigious National Secondary School of Art. The...
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Punk Like Me
A teenager explores her sexual identity despite the disapproval of her family in the sensitive graphic novel "Punk Like Me". Nina, a preparatory school student in Staten Island, and her best friend Kerry enjoy music and comic books....
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Burn It Down
A sixteen-year-old grapples with school, social life, and an unstable home in the outstanding graphic novel "Burn It Down", the second book in the Rigsby WI series. Anna plays violin and works as the stage manager of her school play,...
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Woodstake
A vampire invades Woodstock in the entertaining graphic novel "Woodstake". In 1927 in upstate New York, a vampire awakens. Van Helsing helps to put the soul of a bitten woman to rest, but the vampire escapes, hibernating for years until...
