Wang, J. (2018). The prince and the dressmaker. New York, NY: First Second. ISBN 978-1-62672-363-4; paperback; $16.99. Prince Sebastian has a secret: he likes to wear dresses. Only two people know that the stunning aristocrat Lady Crystallia, whose fashion is the talk of Paris, is also a teenaged prince who is supposed to be finding … Continue reading The Prince and the Dressmaker
Author: Sarah Rich
Sunny
Matsumoto, T. (2011). Sunny. San Francisco, CA: VIZ Media. ISBN 978-1421555256; hard cover; $22.99. Sunny is a clubhouse. It’s a portal to other worlds. It’s a place to get away. More specifically, Sunny is a broken-down car parked outside the Japanese foster home where this seinen manga series is set. The kids at the foster … Continue reading Sunny
Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf: A Sex Education Comic Book
Miller, S., & Bley, L., eds. (2013). Not your mother’s meatloaf: A sex education comic book. Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press. ISBN 978-1-59376-517-0; paperback; $15.95. Just like bodies, the comics in Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf come in all shapes and sizes. This compilation of short zines tells the stories of its many contributing authors – … Continue reading Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf: A Sex Education Comic Book
Anya’s Ghost
Brogsol, V. (2011). Anya’s ghost. New York, NY: First Second. ISBN 978-1-59643-552-0; paperback; $15.99. Can you imagine falling down a huge hole to find a skeleton and its accompanying ghost? That’s exactly what happens to Anya, and at first she is majorly freaked out. But when she is rescued, the ghost follows her home and … Continue reading Anya’s Ghost
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Neri, G., & De Burke, R. (2010). Yummy: The last days of a southside shorty. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books. ISBN 978-1-58430-267-4; paperback; $16.95. This is the mostly-true graphic story of Yummy, an 11-year-old boy from Chicago who shot and killed a 14-year-old girl in the summer of 1994. Roger, who goes to … Continue reading Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Ms. Marvel: No Normal
Wilson, G. W., & Alphona, A. (2015). Ms. Marvel: No normal. New York, NY: Marvel Worldwide. ISBN 978-0-7851-9021-9; paperback; $15.99. Kamala Khan is just a normal teenager . . . until she’s not. When she sneaks out to a party at the Jersey City waterfront one night, an eerie mist envelopes the city and she … Continue reading Ms. Marvel: No Normal
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Gaiman, N. (1995). The sandman: Preludes & nocturnes (Vol. 1) (2nd ed.). New York: DC Comics. ISBN 978-1-56389-011-6; paperback; $19.99. When a power-hungry magician attempts to capture Death in a ploy to become immortal, he accidentally summons Dream instead. Dream, a.k.a. the Sandman, is imprisoned for 70 years before he finally escapes and avenges himself … Continue reading The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
Link, K., & Grant, G. J., eds. (2011). Steampunk!: An anthology of fantastically rich and strange stories. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-0-7636-5797-0; paperback; $16.99. “Where Steam Girl comes from, even the laws of physics are different. There’s a little magic in technology. Things are . . . less drab, less logical, less straightforward. Everything’s … Continue reading Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
A Contract with God
Eisner, W. (2006). A contract with God (6th ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-32804-2; paperback; $18.95. 55 Dropsie Avenue, the Bronx, 1930s: It’s a place where secrets are short-lived, where clotheslines and gossip are shared freely, where old-world immigrants still believe in the American Dream. This compilation of four short graphic … Continue reading A Contract with God
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Alexie, S., & Forney, E. (2007). The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-01369-7; paperback; $9.99. For a kid born with water on the brain, Junior sure is smart. He’s got so much ambition, in fact, that one day he decides to transfer from his poor, Spokane … Continue reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian