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As a distant howl echoes through the forest, animals quickly stop what they're doing and run for home. Look out—Wolf's coming! As the shadowy figure gets closer and closer and the day draws to a close, the animals shut the door, pull the shades, and turn out the lights. Soon the wolf's glowing eyes appear at the window and the front door opens . . . But things are not as they seem in this suspenseful, clever story, and it's the reader who's in for...
4) The Delicacy
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Rare and delicious fungi spell trouble for an ambitious restaurateur in this sumptuously painted graphic novel from one of Scotlands most imaginative young cartoonists. This thrilling page-turner, a fascinating glimpse into the high-pressure world of big-city restaurants, is a must-read for foodies, Anglophiles, Food Network fans, and those with a taste for beautiful, terrible people. Tulip and his brother Rowan have left the simple comforts of their...
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School bullying is universally decried, bemoaned, and condemned. Newspapers, magazines, television, and movies all reflect the ugly truth ... bullying is not only on the rise, but becoming more dangerous every day. Whether it's a teenager committing suicide as a result of a Facebook posting or a group of schoolchildren taunting another autistic child and filming it for the "entertainment" of others, the longest-lasting, deepest-scarring impact of...
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An artist's unique take on the museum experience: people watching Author and artist David Prudhomme meanders through the Louvre, feeling as if in the panels of a giant comic while he himself is creating his own is this graphic novel. In this institution, all manner of people from all over the world rub elbows quietly. So Prudhomme decides to cruise through the museum, not to look at the world famous art, but to observe the people and their interaction...
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At the Gamble Ranch, all of the animals have a special talent. All of them except for Centurion and Emperador, two baby horses delivered by a couple of confused storks lost in a storm. When the ranch owners decide they'll grow up to be race horses, Centurion and Emperador do their best to be the best. Unfortunately, what they prove to be best at is anything but racing . . . An adorable story about finding and embracing your passion, written by Rob...
9) Tricked
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Alex Robinson, "the master of true-to-life relationship drama"(Library Journal), has created another tour de force. Tricked follows the lives of six people -- a reclusive rock legend, a heartbroken waitress, a counterfeiter, an obsessive crank, a lost daughter, and a frustrated lover -- whose lives are unconnected until an act of violence brings them spiraling in on each other. Combining intriguing characters with a story structure that is both complex...
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The class of 1997 is newly graduated from Bronson Alcott High School, and with the temperatures rising and the summer starting, Cher and besties Dionne and Tai are heading off for their last summer vacation adventure together before, ugh, real life! Picking up after Clueless: Senior Year, head back to the '90s for summer fun and fashion from superstar writers Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex) and Amber Benson (The Witches Of Echo Park), and illustrated...
11) Desert to Dream
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"This book is a landmark. It does more than illustrate a so-called counter-cultural event. Rather, it exhibits the integrity and singleness of vision of a complete work of art. I think that a sophisticated public is ready for this. It is among the first to get things right. It does not merely display Burning man in pictures or explain it in words: it manifests the spirit of our culture through its style." -Larry Harvey, co-founder and director of...
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1982. Leiva, Manu and El Canijo are three friends who always go everywhere together. They share their struggles, concerns, hopes, and fears. And their greatest fear of all is the end of the world, predicted by American preachers to occur on the afternoon of October 2, 1982. With the help of a few everyday objects, they will build masks, suits and everything necessary to survive the final judgment at all costs. Although not everything will end as they...
13) The Little Fish
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One day a little fish gets plucked from his ocean home by a curious boy. But the fish isn't little for long. Soon he is too big for the fishbowl, too big even for the bathtub. The boy must return the fish to the sea. What will happen when the boy brings home a tiny lizard? Find out in this wordless graphic novel in which the artwork brings the story to life.
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Cry Yourself to Sleep explores the disappointments of early adulthood by following the lives of three unique characters: Jim, a minimum wage rabbit struggling to pay his rent; Andy, an aspiring novelist dealing with rejection; and The Robot, a machine who just wants to be a better man. In this stellar debut graphic novel, Jeremy Tinder mixes sadness, sweetness and humor to tell a quirky little story of pride swallowing, fake moustaches, car crashes...
15) Equinoxes
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Nominee: 2017 Eisner Awards, Best U.S. Edition of International Material In an equinox, day is as long as night, as if the world found perfect equilibrium between shadow and light, a fleeting equilibrium, similar to the stakes of our human destinies. Segmented into four tableaux for four seasons, unrelated people of all social backgrounds seeking equilibrium cross paths with other solitudes, weaving in and out of one another's lives- all captivated...
19) Portugal
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From the author of the acclaimed Equinoxes comes a return to roots that serves as spiritual renewal. Comics artist Simon Muchat is stuck. Suffering writer's block, uninspired, vegetating as a school art teacher, he is losing direction and his taste for life, until one day he is invited to appear at a comics convention in Portugal, the country his family came from and which he hadn't seen since his childhood. Even though he is a foreigner there, so...
20) Any Empire
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Any Empire is a vivid examination of war and violence, and their trickle-down effects on middle America. First, a group of small-town kids find themselves bound together by geography, boredom, and a string of mysterious turtle mutilations. Years later, with Army tanks rolling through the streets of their hometown, these young adults are forced to confront painful questions of privilege, duty, betrayal, and courage.