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Fights [graphic novel] : one boy's triumph over violence / by Gill, Joel Christian,author.; Scott, Shannon,artist.; Rodriguez, Jade.;
Fights is the visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a Black child in a chaotic landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods. Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to solve his problems by everything and everyone around him. But fighting doesn't always yield the best results for a confused and sensitive kid who yearns for a better, more fulfilling life than the one he was born into, as Joel learns in a series of brutal conflicts that eventually lead him to question everything he has learned about what it truly means to fight for one's life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Gill, Joel Christian; Cartoonists; African American cartoonists; Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.;
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One in a million [graphic novel] / by Lordon, Claire,author.;
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Graphic medicine (Comics); Lordon, Claire; Women cartoonists; High school girls; Sick; Teenage girls; Chronically ill;
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The best we could do [graphic novel] : an illustrated memoir / by Bui, Thi,author,artist.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Autobiographical comics.; Biographical comics.; Biographies.; Bui, Thi; Vietnamese Americans; Refugees; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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Monstrous [graphic novel] : a transracial adoption story / by Myer, Sarah,author,illustrator.;
A story of Sarah, a Korean-American girl who is adopted into a white family and deals with bullies and racism throughout her school years. She escapes into the world of art. Though drawing and cosplay offer her an escape, she still struggles to connect with others.
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Myer, Sarah; Adopted children; Bullying; Cartoonists; Interracial adoption; Korean Americans; Women cartoonists;
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Halfway there [graphic novel] : a graphic memoir of self-discovery / by Mari, Christine,author.;
"A Japanese American college student reconnects with her roots in Tokyo, Japan, while wrestling with feelings of loneliness, depression, and cultural identity confusion"--
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Mari, Christine; Cartoonists; College students; Identity (Psychology); Japanese Americans; Women cartoonists; Women college students;
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Real friends / by Hale, Shannon,author.; Pham, LeUyen,artist.;
Author Shannon Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends--and why it's worth the journey. When her best friend Adrienne starts hanging out with the most popular girl in class, Shannon questions with whether she and Adrienne will stay friends, and if she is part of the clique.008-012.20170518 jkd
Subjects: Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Girls; Best friends; Friendship; Cliques (Sociology); Schools;
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¡Ay, Mija! [graphic novel] : my bilingual summer in Mexico / by Suggs, Christine,author,illustrator.;
"In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging."--Publisher.Ages 12 & up.
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Suggs, Christine; Suggs, Christine; Belonging (Social psychology); Mexican American teenagers; Teenagers;
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Messy roots [graphic novel] : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / by Gao, Laura,author,illustrator.; Xu, Weiwei,illustrator,colourist.;
"After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Marsat least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter."--Provided by publisher.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Gao, Laura; Chinese Americans; Immigrants; Lesbians; Sexual minority students;
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How do I draw these memories? [graphic novel] / by Joshua, Jonell,author,illustrator.;
"Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and forth between Savannah and New Jersey-living in grandparents' homes during the times her mother, struggling with mental illness, could not take care of her and her brothers. Together the family found a way to keep going even in the darkest of times. How Do I Draw These Memories? is a graphic novel memoir about nostalgia, faith, the preciousness of life, and unconditional love. From Jonell's devastatingly brilliant pen as a writer and an artist, it plumbs the depths of what family can be, and how joy and hope can be found in the most ordinary and extraordinary moments"--
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Joshua, Jonell; Joshua, Jonell; African American families; Cartoonists; Families; Families; Illustrators;
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Visitations [graphic novel] / by Egbert, Corey,1988-author,illustrator.;
Corey's mom has always made him feel safe. Especially after his parents' divorce, and the dreaded visitations with his dad begin. But as Corey grows older, he can't ignore his mother's increasingly wild accusations. Her insistence that Corey act as his sister's protector. Her declaration that Corey's father is the devil. Soon, she whisks Corey and his sister away from their home and into the boiling Nevada desert. There, they struggle to survive with little food and the police on their trail. Meanwhile, under the night sky, Corey is visited by a flickering ghost, a girl who urges him to fight for a different world--one outside of his mother's spoon-fed tales, one Corey must find before it's too late.
Subjects: Autobiographical fiction.; Coming-of-age comics.; Graphic novels.; Egbert, Corey, 1988-; Children of divorced parents; Children of mentally ill mothers; Dysfunctional families; Latter Day Saints; Parental kidnapping; Siblings;
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