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• BL Metamorphosis. Volume 1

  Tsurutani, Kaori,

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  After meeting in a bookstore, 75-year-old Yuki and high school student Urara bond over their fondness for boys’ love manga. Soon they meet others who share their fandom and they discuss the joy they find in reading in this light-hearted series…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dancing at the Pity Party

  a Dead Mom Graphic Memoir

  Feder, Tyler,

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  Chicagoan Tyler Feder transforms the painful experience of watching her mother die of cancer during her freshman year of college into a hilarious, surreal graphic novel memoir. You’ll laugh and cry at the image of a T-shirt that says, “I can’t stay…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dark Matter of Mona Starr

  Gulledge, Laura Lee,

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  Creative oddball Mona labels her depression her dark matter, but she finds hope through therapy, art and friendships. She learns to advocate for her own needs in this inspiring look at managing mental health.

• Displacement

  Hughes, Kiku,

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  Based on her family’s real-life experiences, Hughes has drawn a gorgeous yet mournful graphic novel about the Japanese internment camps in the 1940’s. When Kiku travels back in time to the Tanforan camp in California and the Topaz camp in Utah, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragon Hoops

  Yang, Gene Luen,

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  In this new autobiographical graphic novel, Yang chronicles the 2014 championship season of The Dragons, the basketball team at the Oakland, California high school where he taught math. Despite his usual aversion to sports and his struggle to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flamer

  Curato, Mike,

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  During the summer before he starts high school, Aiden attends Boy Scout camp, where he usually enjoys being outdoors and feeling like a part of a group. This time, however, he gets bullied for being chubby, Filipino and gay, forcing him to face his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heartstopper. Volume 1

  Oseman, Alice,

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  In this sweet graphic novel series opener that will win over Check Please: Hockey! fans, high school freshman Nick has a huge crush on his rugby teammate Charlie. Nick’s feelings deepen when Charlie stands up to Nick’s abusive ex-boyfriend, but does…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Do We Relationship?. Volume 1

  Tamifuru (Mangaka),

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  After shy Miwa and energetic Saeko meet at their college in a small Japanese town, they decide to date for the practical reason that they don’t know anyone else who dates other girls. Unlike most manga love stories that end when a couple finally…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Had That Same Dream Again

  the Complete Manga Collection

  Sumino, Yoru,

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  Fans of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas will love the author’s latest manga collection that contemplates the importance of friendship and empathy. Lonely Nanoka visits her neighbors and asks each of them, “What is happiness?” as she struggles to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Man & His Cat. Volume 1

  Sakurai, Umi,

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  There's not much to look forward to when you are an almost one-year-old cat who is "not cute at all" waiting for their would-be owner to come along at a pet shop. A lonely, older man decides this cat will be his first pet and brings kitty home.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Map to the Sun

  Leong, Sloane,

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  Ren and Luna bond over basketball, but their friendship falls apart when Luna moves back to Oahu. After she returns two years later, the girls both try out for the school’s basketball team in this gorgeous pastel-toned graphic novel.

• Spy X Family. Volume 1

  Endō, Tatsuya, 1980-

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  To fulfill his mission of spying on a corrupt political leader, top-secret agent Twilight must find a wife and child to enroll at an elite private school. In this hilarious manga series opener, he gets a lot more than he bargained for with expert…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Brought Me the Ocean

  Sanchez, Alex,

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  Jake wants to escape his hometown in New Mexico to study oceanography in Miami. As he falls for swim team captain Kenny, he discovers the truth about why his mother is so overprotective of him and why he’s so drawn to the sea.