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101 Outstanding Graphic Novels
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The popular primer on the best graphic novels, initially called The 101 Best Graphic Novels, is back in its third updated edition. Expert librarian Stephen Weiner with the crowdsourcing help of professionals in the field, from artists to critics to leading comic store owners has sifted through the bewildering thousands of graphic novels now available to come up with an outstanding,...
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In the Valley of Death
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Fighting
1916 had been a bad year for both sides in the First World War. On Saturday, July 1st it became a sunlit picture of Hell as the Battle of the Somme begins. The first day of the conflict will become one of the bloodiest in the history of warfare and will contribute to the structure of a war that will define the shape of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Little Miss Allison Blue
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Computers
Leading Ladies
Psychological
Science
War, chronic insomnia, relocating to the countryside, friends and family acting differently, codes and ciphers… It’s certainly a lot for the 9-year-old Allison Blue, but she thinks she’s capable of going through all that.
Updates on the 16th of the month!
THE MAN CALLED BENKEI
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Faith
Benkei was a famous warrior monk during the genpei war era of Japan , he was famous for his killing of samurais despite being a monk , this is a oneshot , displaying his path of the warrior and how a strange encounter changed the course of his life forever.
Shaka Rising
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Fighting
Military
Murder
Political
Superhero
A charismatic young warrior prince emerges from exile to usurp the old order and forge a new, mighty Zulu kingdom.
Late 18th century. It is a time of bloody conflict and great turmoil. The slave trade expands from the east African coast. Europeans spread inland from the south. And one young boy is destined to change the future of southern Africa.
The Lighthouse
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Francisco, a wounded, despairing sixteen-year-old Republican guard in the Spanish Civil War, is trying to flee to freedom by crossing the French border. In his escape, he encounters an old remote lighthouse, far from the warring factions. He is granted shelter by Telmo, the aging operator of the lighthouse. As Francisco recuperates, Telmo's tales of epic adventurers who sailed the lost seas and...
The Lone and Level Sands (2009)
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Faith
Mythical
Political
Pharaoh Ramses II hasn't seen his long-lost cousin Moses in nearly forty years. Yet while pressed by the Hittites to the North and construction delays in the South, Ramses must make time for this ancient desert rascal, the long-ago mystery he represents, and the impossible demands of an alien deity. by A. David Lewis, Marvin Perry Mann, and Jennifer Rodgers.
The Banana Woman
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Antihero
BIPOC
Fighting
Leading Ladies
Monsters
Political
A full-color, 22-page American-style comic for ages 18+.
Dark historical fiction set in New Orleans and Honduras in 1910 follows black, indigenous protagonist, Louise, and anti-hero mercenaries in their battle for land. We’ve got bananas, brothels, and boats in this tale of a coup - plus a machine gun showdown against a kraken-like mythical creature, El Pulpo.
TW: Suicide by hanging
The Cold Fire
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Antihero
Faith
Fighting
Military
Political
Psychological
A Norman crusader joins a company of knights tasked with pursuing heretics across the frozen Alps as they flee the Albigensian Crusade south of France in the 13th century.
Marie Antoinette, Phantom Queen
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Nominee:YALSA Great Graphic Novels for TeensDuring the 1930s, Maud, an artist, discovers she has a psychic gift. The first signs manifest themselves in the royal gardens of the Trianon where gradually she understands that a woman from the beyond is attempting to communicate with her. The revelation is beyond belief: it is the ghost of Marie Antoinette appearing to her to share a terrible secret...
Book of Ruth
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Faith
Friendship
Leading Ladies
Love
Widowed as a young woman, Ruth leaves behind everything she knows and follow her bereaved mother-in-law to Bethlehem. While Naomi rails against God for his seeming abandonment of her family, Ruth holds only a quiet, and sincere faith that God has a plan. It is her courage and unwavering faith that shine like a beacon for all who feel lost, especially a retired soldier turned farmer named Boaz.
