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4) Garage band
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Four troubled boys, Guiliano, Stefano, Alberto, and Alex, form a band. They practice in a garage that Guilano's dad loaned them. When their amp blows right before the deadline for their demo tape, the boys become desperate to replace it and land themselves in more trouble than they know how to handle.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Barry deftly portrays the capricious nature of teen friendships, adolescent peer-pressure, and the kill or be killed nature of a middle school's social scene in her signature style. In an authentic teen voice full of diffidence and melodrama, the bespectacled and freckled Maybonne relates all of life's indignities on equal measure. Heartbreaking stories of a broken home, child molestation, an alcoholic absentee father and a bitter mom emerge between...
9) Stone fruit
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray's niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seeded personal stumbling blocks. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties -- Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother...
11) Monica
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story -- actually, stories -- of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists, Monica is a multilayered masterpiece in comics form that alludes to many of the genres that have defined...
12) Hey, kiddo
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through...
13) Swing it, Sunny!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of Middle School, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family--in particular her older brother, Dale, who has been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
Author
Publisher
Ize Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"ITS GRUESOMENESS MAKES IT ALL THE MORE BEAUTIFUL... BEHOLD, THE PINNACLE OF BOXING TECHNIQUE!! The highly anticipated lightweight championship fight continues! With Yu landing a shocking blow and Jean Pierre knocked down, everyone is left dying to know--can Jean defend his belt, or will Yu win his first world title? Meanwhile, watching this all unfold is Yu's old schoolmate Injae, who is making his own foray into professional boxing. Injae's got...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Faced with an increasing number of lunatics with superpowers eager to fight his own wunderkind brood, Sir Reginald Hargreeves developed the ultimate solution... But their past is coming back to haunt them."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever. This is a story of a mother's love that has gone too far ..."--
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After fourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak that it can bring, and what it means to be human. Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, Blood of the Virgin follows an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. But without money or clout, he has no choice but to spend his days slumming it for the worst and...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning author Naoki Urasawa comes a tale of crushing debt, a broken marriage, and the painting that can fix it all--if Kasumi and her dad can manage to steal it. Kamoda will do anything to earn a quick buck, even if it means skipping out on his taxes to take his wife on a luxury cruise. But when a random tax audit bankrupts his family, Kamoda soon discovers his wife has taken that cruise after all--only without Kamoda or their daughter...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is -- each member of the team is distracted by some very real problems of their own. The White Violin is bedridden due to an unfortunate blow to the head. Rumor has lost her voice -- the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself...
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