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"When Nicole Georges was two years old, her family told her that her father was dead. When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive. Her sister, saddled with guilt, admits that the psychic is right and that the whole family has conspired to keep him a secret. Sent into a tailspin about her identity, Nicole turns to radio talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger for advice-- Calling Dr. Laura tells the story of what happens to you when you...
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Through exquisite and haunting black and white art, Nina Bunjevac documents the immediate circumstances surrounding her father's death and provides a sweeping account of the former Yugoslavia under fascism and communism, telling an unforgettable true story of how the scars of history are borne by family and nation alike.
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You'll never know volume 1
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Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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English
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"In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother's Day--and this becomes one of many things Kimball's family never speaks about. As she searches for answers nearly thirty years later, Kimball embarks on a thrilling visual journey into the secrets her family has kept for decades. Using old diary entries, hospital records, home videos, and other archives, Margaret pieces together a narrative map of her childhood--her...
8) Sin titulo
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Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Following the death of his grandfather, Alex Mackay discovers an enigmatic photograph of the old man smiling happily with an unknown and alluring young woman. Could his grandfather--whom Alex remembers as a sad and broken soul, longing for death--have been leading a double life? Alex's mounting obsession with unraveling this mystery snatches him away from his mundane existence and thrusts him into a weird and sordid world of ever-escalating danger--where...
9) Flocks
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Secret Acres
Pub. Date
c2018
Language
English
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This book charts the author's experiences of growing up in a Christian household and community, realizing she's gay and her subsequent struggle to reconcile her faith with her sexuality.
10) Boxers
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First Second
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Boxers & Saints is an innovative new graphic novel series in two volumesNan innovative look at China's Boxer Rebellion told from the author of "American Born Chinese."
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Devil's highway volume 1
Publisher
Artists Writers & Artisans, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Benjamin Percy (Wolverine) and Brent Schoonover (Batman 66) present a pulse-pounding thriller, based on real FBI data, examining murder in the dark underbelly of America's heartland. A young woman with a dark family secret embarks on a quest to hunt down the serial killer that brutally murdered her father only to discover he is just one piece of a national network of evil that snakes across the country and hides in plain sight. To catch the devil...
12) Coven
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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After members of her coven are murdered, sixteen-year-old Esmy moves across the country with her parents to master her neglected craft in order to find the killer and protect her coven.
"In this queer, paranormal YA graphic novel debut from the author of Some Girls Do and the illustrator of Wonder Woman: Warbringer, a young witch races to solve the grisly supernatural murders of her coven members before the killer strikes again. Emsy has always lived...
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
©2012
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English
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"What do you do when your outspoken, passionate and quick-witted mother starts fading into a forgetful, fearful woman? In this powerful graphic memoir, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother Midge--and her family forever. In spare black-and-white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family's journey through a harrowing range of emotions--shock, denial, hope, anger, frustration--all the while learning to...
15) Hey, kiddo
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English
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In kindergarten, the author's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But his family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of his life. His father is a mystery - he doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. The author lives with his grandparents - two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children...
16) Papaya salad
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"The debut graphic novel from Thai-Italian illustrator Elisa Macellari, Papaya Salad tells the story of her great-uncle Sompong who found himself in Europe on military scholarship on the eve of World War II. A gentle and resolute man in love with books and languages, in search of his place in the world, Sompong chronicles his life during the war and falling for his wife, finding humor and joy even as the world changes irrevocably around him."--
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
©2010
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English
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"When Belle Yang was forced to take refuge in her parents' home after an abusive boyfriend began stalking her, her father entertained her with stories of old China. The history she'd ignored while growing up became a source of comfort and inspiration, and narrowed the gap separating her--an independent, Chinese-American woman--from her Old World Chinese parents. In Forget Sorrow, Yang makes her debut into the graphic form with the story of her father's...
18) Lumine
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Lumine volume 1
Publisher
WEBTOON Unscrolled, a division of Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
2023-
Language
English
Description
"In a world where weredogs, witches, and humans live side by side, Lumine is a down-on-his-luck weredog with nowhere to turn...until he meets antisocial witch boy Kody. Lumine also has a big, fluffy secret--he is actually a werewolf, a rare and powerful type of magical being thought to be extinct. Except...he can't transform properly. When robbers attack the two boys, Lumine shifts into his other form: a tiny, fierce, and ridiculously cute puppy dog....
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021-
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English
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Although he was assigned female at birth, Max is your average trans student trying to get through high school as himself, but on top of classes, crushes, and coming out, Max's life is turned upside down when his mom reveals an old family secret: he is descended from a long line of Magical Girls tasked with defending humanity from an ancient evil.
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Monstress volume 5
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Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
©2020
Language
English
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"The long-dreaded war between the Federation and Arcanics is about to explode. Maika must choose her next steps: will she help her friends, or strike out on her own?"--Provided by publisher.
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