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1) Ghost book
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"July Chen sees ghosts. But her dad insists ghosts aren't real. So she pretends they don't exist. Which is incredibly difficult now as it's Hungry Ghost month, when the Gates of the Underworld open and dangerous ghosts run amok in the living world. When July saves a boy ghost from being devoured by a Hungry Ghost, he becomes her first ever friend. Except William is not a ghost. He's a wandering soul wavering between life and death. As the new friends...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
118 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy, but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through Dream Theory Land guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike."--Provided by publisher.
4) Monica
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
106 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
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...
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
218 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sunny is starting to understand the ins and outs of middle school... but she still feels more out than in. It's about classes or homework, really. No, it's the fact that most kids have a thing they do outside of class. Like football or track or cheerleading. Sunny isn't quarterback material, and her cheer attempts are... not the best. So what can she do? When Sunny's friend Arun says he wants to start a debate club, she's not really sure what he...
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The year is 2112, and it's the apocalypse exactly as expected: rivers receding, oceans rising, civilization crumbling. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of Indigenous outcasts who have discovered a time travel portal in a cave in the desert and figured out where everything took a turn for the worst: America. Convinced that the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own--a reluctant linguist named Tad--on...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
194 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This summer's exercise in Fahmy family sisterly bonding involves a trip to Disney World--which seems like it is headed for disaster when Huda gets into a fight with a boy making fun of her hijab.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (black & white) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a fable for grown-ups by cartoonist Bill Watterson, a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities. Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events. Years later, a single battered knight returns" --
From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America's most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and...
9) Mabuhay!
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"First-generation Filipino siblings, JJ and Althea, struggle to belong at school. JJ wants to fit in with the crowd, while Althea wants to be accepted as she is. But between the leftover Filipino food their mom packs for their lunches to having a last name that nobody can pronounce, any sense of belonging seems like a long shot. To make matters worse, they have to help their parents run the family food truck, dressing up as a dancing pig and passing...
Author
Publisher
TOON Books, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, a division of Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
31 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this fun, educational STEAM graphic novel by a master cartoonist, a diverse group of elementary school students learn about geometry and the simple shapes that make up our world, in both the classroom and the playground"--
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