Graphic Novels for Young Adults
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LaikaNick Abadzis, Illustrated by the authorLaika was the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth's first space traveler. This is her journey. Nick Abadzis masterfully blends fiction and fact in the...
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Deogratias, A Tale of RwandaStassen, illustrated by the authorThe 2000 winner of the Goscinny Prize for outstanding graphic novel script, this is the harrowing tale of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, as seen through the eyes of a boy named Deogratias. He is an ordinary teenager, in love with a girl named Bénigne, but Deogratias is a Hutu and Bénigne is a Tutsi who dies in the genocide, and Deogratias himself plays a part in her death. -
Journery Into Mohawk CountryGeorge O'Connor, illustrated by the authorHarmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert was only twenty three when he ventured into Mohawk territory in search of the answers to some pressing questions: where were all the beaver skins that the Indians should have been shipping down the river? -
A People's History of American EmpireHoward Zinn; Paul Buhle; Mike KonopackiAdapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comic form.Since its landmark publication in 1980, A People’s History of the United States has had six new editions, sold more than 1.7 million copies, become required classroom reading throughout the country, and been turned into an acclaimed play. -
After 9/11America's War on TerrorSid Jacobson and Ernie ColónHaving madeThe 9/11 Commission Report understandable for everyone, the award-winning, bestselling graphic novel team of Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón use all their considerable talents to explain the post-9/11 world. -
American Born ChineseGene Luen YangA tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang,American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he’s the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny’s life with his yearly visits. -
J. Edgar HooverA Graphic BiographyRick GearyIn the hands of gifted cartoonist Rick Geary, J. Edgar Hoover’s life becomes a timely and pointed guide to eight presidents—from Calvin Coolidge to Richard Nixon—and everything from Prohibition to cold war espionage... -
Kampung BoyLat, illustrated by the authorKampung Boyis a favorite of millions of readers in Southeast Asia. With masterful economy worthy of Charles Schultz, Lat recounts the life of Mat, a Muslim boy growing up in rural Malaysia in the 1950s: his adventures and mischief-making, fishing trips, religious study, and work on his family’s rubber plantation. -
Missouri BoyLeland Myrick, illustrated by the authorFirecrackers lighting up an ancient tree on a summer night. Twin boys born the same night their grandmother passes away. Teenagers hanging by their fingertips from the roof of a parking garage. These are the moments of quiet poetry that make up Leland Myrick’s Missouri Boy. -
Ronald ReaganA Graphic BiographyAndrew Helfer, Steve Buccellato, Joe StatonIt confronted evil empires, planned Star Wars missile defense systems, and advocated supply-side economics. Let’s face it: Ronald Reagan’s presidency is tailor-made for comic-book art... -
The 9/11 ReportA Graphic AdaptationSid Jacobson and Ernie Colón; Foreword by Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. HamiltonOn December 5, 2005, the 9/11 Commission issued its final report card on the government’s fulfillment of the recommendations issued in July 2004: one A, twelve Bs, nine Cs, twelve Ds, three Fs, and four incompletes. Here is stunning evidence that Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón, with more than sixty years of experience in the comic-book industry between them, were right: far, far too few Americans have read, grasped, and demanded action on the Commission’s investigation into the events of that tragic day and the lessons America must learn.
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The Black Diamond Detective Agency, Collector's EditionEddie Campbell based on the screenplay by C. Gaby MitchellJohn Hardin is a desperate man. When a train carrying official US currency paper explodes in his town, he's the prodigious Black Diamond Detective Agency's sole suspect. John is innocent, but his wife is missing, his old friends are coming back to haunt him--with guns and explosives--and he's on the run through rural Missouri. -
The Prince of Persia Collector's EditionThe Graphic NovelCreated by Jordan Mechner, written by A.B. Sina, illustrated by LeUyen Pham and Alex PuvillandBEYOND THE LEGENDARY GAME – THE LEGEND ITSELFLong ago in Persia, there lived a Prince -- a man of honor, of valor, and full of strength -- a man for his people, who lived with them and took on their trials and hardships. And he was loved.
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The SalonNick BertozziIn 1907 Paris, when someone starts tearing the heads off avant-garde painters, Gertrude Stein and her brother, Leo, realize that they might be next on the killer's list. Enlisting the help of their closest friends and colleagues, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, Alice B. Toklas, and Guillaume Apollinaire, they set out to put a stop to the ghastly murders. -
Town BoyLat, illustrated by the authorMalaysian teenager Mat makes a life-changing move from the quiet kampung where he was born to Ipoh, the rapidly industrializing nearby town. Living far from his rural roots at a boarding school, he discovers bustling streets, modern music, heady literature, budding romance, and through it all his growing passion for art. -
Malcolm XA Graphic BiographyAndrew Helfer and Randy DuBurkeThe age of multitasking needs better narrative history. It must be absolutely factual, immediately accessible, smart, and brilliantly fun. Enter Andrew Helfer,...
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August 20, 2008
'A Long Way Gone' paperback a New York Times bestseller
Ishmael Beah's memoir 'A Long Way Gone' is back on the New York Times best seller list. The paperback, published earlier this month, debuts at number three on the August 24 issue of the New York Times Book Review's paperback nonfiction list.
August 19, 2008
"ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO" Chooses Tom Wolfe Classic
Tom Wolfe’s THE RIGHT STUFF is the fall 2008 “ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO” Selection.
August 19, 2008
WEST OF KABUL, EAST OF NEW YORK is San Francisco's One City One Book Selection
San Francisco Public Library and One City One Book partners are excited to explore and celebrate San Francisco author Tamim Ansary’s memoir WEST OF KABUL, EAST OF NEW YORK.
August 18, 2008
Laurie Keller interviewed in PW!
Fantastic and in-depth interview with Laurie Keller from PW Children’s Book Shelf.

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