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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
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
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
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
Abouet, M., & Oubrerie, C. (2007). Aya. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly. ISBN 9781897299418; hard cover; $19.95. It’s no use – Adjoua and Bintou will never be able to convince Aya to sneak out with them to the maquis to meet boys. Aya is always too busy with homework, and besides, she has other plans for … Continue reading Aya
Buckhanon, K. (2005). Upstate. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 0-312-33269-6; paperback; $11.95. Imprisoned for the murder of his father, 17-year-old Antonio’s only connection to the outside world is his girlfriend, Natasha. Antonio and Natasha are madly in love with each other, so when Antonio receives a sentence of ten years, they are devastated – … Continue reading Upstate
Okorafor, N. (2011). Akata witch. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-01196-4; hard cover; $17.99. “We embrace those things that make us unique or odd. For only in these things can we locate and then develop our most individual abilities.” – Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor Why has Sunny always been so good at sneaking around like … Continue reading Akata Witch
Franklin, E., & Halpin, B. (2012). Tessa Masterson will go to prom. New York: Walker & Company. ISBN 978-0-8027-2345-1; hard cover; $16.99. Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom is a story about the courage it takes to come out as lesbian in a small Indiana town, but on a more basic level it’s a book … Continue reading Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom
Brown, J. (2009). Hate list. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-04145-4; paperback; $11.00. “People do it all the time--assume that they "know" what's going on in someone else's head. That's impossible. And to think it's possible is a mistake. A really big mistake. A life-ruining one if you're not careful.” – Hate List, … Continue reading Hate List
Elliott, Z. (2008). A wish after midnight. Las Vegas, NV: Amazon Publishing. ISBN 978-0-98255-505-7; paperback; $8.49. Growing up in Brooklyn, 15-year-old Genna dreams of getting her family out of their two-bedroom apartment so that her baby brother Tyjuan can grow up in a neighborhood where drug deals don’t happen outside their front door every day. … Continue reading A Wish After Midnight
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