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- Power on! [graphic novel] / by Ryoo, Jean J.,author.; Jackson Barrios, Charis,illustrator.; Margolis, Jane,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.012-018.Grades 10-12.
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Communication; Computer science; Computer scientists; Friendship; High schools; Racism; Schools; Technology;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Now let me fly [graphic novel] : a portrait of Eugene Bullard / by Wimberly, Ronald,author.; Revel, Brahm,artist.;
Includes bibliographical references."On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from the muddy trenches to the open skies. In 1914, Bullard joined the fight to defend France--and made history as the world's first African American fighter pilot."--Publisher.
- Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Historical comics.; Personal narratives.; Bullard, Eugene Jacques, 1895-1961; African American fighter pilots; African Americans; Race discrimination;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Big Jim and the white boy [graphic novel] : an American classic reimagined / by Walker, David,1968-author.; Anderson, Marcus Kwame,1976-illustrator.; Struble, Isabell,colourist.; based on (work):Twain, Mark,1835-1910.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.;
"A thrilling graphic novel reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that follows Jim, an enslaved man on a journey towards freedom, and his sidekick, Huck, in the antebellum South-from the team behind the Eisner Award-winning The Black Panther Party"--
- Subjects: Historical comics.; Graphic novels.; Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character); African Americans; Fugitive slaves; Male friendship; Race relations; Runaway children;
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- Displacement [graphic novel] / by Hughes, Kiku,author,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references."Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II. These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself "stuck" back in time. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. She witnesses the lives of Japanese-Americans who were denied their civil liberties and suffered greatly, but managed to cultivate community and commit acts of resistance in order to survive. Kiku Hughes weaves a riveting, bittersweet tale that highlights the intergenerational impact and power of memory."--Amazon.
- Subjects: Social issue comics.; Historical comics.; Graphic novels.; Japanese Americans; Japanese American families; Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans; Time travel;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- I survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 / by Tarshis, Lauren; Tarshis, Lauren.; Churilla, Brian.; Graphic novelization of (work):Tarshis, Lauren.I survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944.;
This graphic novel adaptation "shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II"--Provided by publisher of original novel.
- Subjects: Historical comics.; Graphic novels.; Graphic novel adaptations.; Comics (Graphic works); Ball, George.; Survival; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Survival; Cartoons and comics.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Courage to dream, tales of hope in the Holocaust [graphic novel] : a graphic novel / by Shusterman, Neal,author.; Martínez, Andrés Vera,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references.A narrative woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history. The stories plunge readers into one of the darkest periods of human history-the Holocaust-in a journey where impossible and wondrous things that never happened are set against a backdrop of impossible, unthinkable things that did. Five interlocking narratives explore one common story-the tradition of resistance and uplift.012+.Grades 7-9.
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Historical comics.; Compassion; Courage; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish legends; Resistance (Philosophy);
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- Renegade girls [graphic novel] / by Neus, Nora,author.; Robine, Julie,illustrator.;
Follows seventeen-year-old Nell Nelson, an undercover reporter, as she works to expose the plight of young factory workers in nineteenth-century New York City with the help of her love interest, early street-photographer Alice Austen.012-018.
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Historical fiction.; Queer comics.; Social issue comics.; Employee rights; Photography; Reporters and reporting; Women journalists;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- I shall never fall in love [graphic novel] / by Conner, Hari,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Two friends discover their feelings for each other and find a space in their world for their love and identity. George has major problems: They've just inherited the failing family estate, and the feelings for their best friend, Eleanor, have become more complicated than ever. Not to mention, if anyone found out they were secretly dressing in men's clothes, George is sure it would be ruination for the family name. Eleanor has always wanted to do everything "right," including falling in love--but she's never met a boy she was interested in. She'd much rather spend time with her best friend, George, and beloved cousin Charlotte. However, when a new suitor comes to town, she finds her closest friendships threatened, forcing her to rethink what "right" means and confront feelings she never knew she had.
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Historical comics.; Queer comics.; Romance comics.; Transgender comics.; Interpersonal relations; Sexual minorities; Transgender people;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 : the graphic novel / by Ball, Georgia.; Anderson, Cassie.; Aguilera, Juanma.; Tarshis, Lauren.; Graphic novelization of (work):Tarshis, Lauren.I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871.;
Includes bibliographical references.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.Ages 8 through 12.
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Historical comics.; Graphic novel adaptations.; Comics (Graphic works); Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Survival; Cartoons and comics.;
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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- The cosmic con [graphic novel] / by Kasman, Ron,1953-author.;
Toronto, 1968. Herbie Weingarten, a teenager in his last year of high school, finds that his uncle Jeffrey, a holocaust survivor, has been taken in by a new religious movement called, "Exalted Consciousness". The young man tries to extricate his uncle from the group even while his uncle tries to pull him into it. Visit Toronto's downtown core when Yorkville was a hippy haven, Rochdale College was a centre of the illicit drug trade and bands had names like Intercontinental Ballistic Grapefruit. Watch as personalities are broken down and moulded in the pursuit of power and money by the mysterious Baron Gerhard Von Albrecht. Take a walk along "cult row" from Davenport and Avenue Road through to Yorkville, as pernicious gurus create ugly alternatives within the Age of Aquarius. This propulsive plot is matched by Kasman's meticulous and lavish illustrations capturing a bygone era of Canada's largest city and the seedy characters within.
- Subjects: Historical comics.; Graphic novels.; Cults; High school seniors; Nineteen sixties; Teenage boys; Uncles;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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