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Did you ever wish that you understood what people were talking about when they mentioned DNA, RNA, and genes? Do you hear things about gene therapy and cloning and wonder how they really work? Or maybe you've just gotten to a section on genetics in your science class in school and the teacher...
Book Genre: Graphic Novels
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If you giggled at the title of this comic, you already know you should read it. Bonus points if you can tell which video game the cover is adapted from. For the rest of you: this is a (bad) day in the life comic about 3 slacker guys who just want to spend their summer in peace with their...
Becker
The blue flash happened on September 7. No one knows where it came from, just the scary result–all human beings in the world are now 6 inches tall. Mouse was in the city with his father when the flash happened. He leads an escape from his dad's office building and then picks up a larger...
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"Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, private school student, semi-Goth, semi-Wiccan, prone to introspection in her diary. This graphic novel explores her thoughts on a classmates' boyfriend's suicide and her school's reaction to it (ranging from counselor lectures to the popular girls forming a...
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Tara
This journal of real-life adventurer and explorer Harmen van den Bogaert, a Dutch fur trader who journeyed into the land of the Iroquois, is excitingly illustrated to depict the danger and trials of such a daunting quest.
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Think high school is confusing? Try getting through a day with your 6, 29 and 70-year old selves tagging along! This is the situation Grace Kwon is faced with when her past and future selves suddenly appear at her 18th birthday party. While day-to-day issues like a canceled school play and a...
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Meet Jen Dik Seong, Dixie to her friends. Part of her practices the ancient Korean martial art of hapiko, which connects her to her culture and makes her parents proud, part of her is a typical L.A. chick lusting after surfer boy Adam. As she trains for the hapkido championship, she notices that...
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Finney Bleak has the usual set of high school problems--family who doesn't understand him, not fitting in at school, and losing the girl of his dreams. Well, they're not quite USUAL. His family is a group of ghosts who have died unusual and gruesome deaths. Finney knows he is next, and is NOT...
Becker
The stories of Jin Wang, new to his school but NOT new to the U.S., the Monkey King of Chinese Fable, and Danny and his cousin Chin-Kee all intertwine in this graphic novel. Jin wants to fit in at his new school not be made fun of for being Chinese-American. The Monkey King masters kung fu in...
Michelle
Pekar's newest graphic novel depicts honestly his challenges from a fretful childhood to failures and fears in his adult life. Dean Haspiel's visuals bring to life a saga of this troubled, genius, and yet oh so ordinary man.
Michelle
This graphic novel is Satrapi's memoir of her adolescence in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Entertaining and educational, the text and the illustrations are memorable and fascinating.
