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Gaby's Favorite Graphic Novels |
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The Tea Dragon Society
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Katie O'Neill
Graphic Novel - When Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, discovers a lost tea dragon at the marketplace, she learns about the dying art form from Hesekiel and Erik.
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The Tea Dragon Festival
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Katie O'Neill
Graphic Novel - Rinn has grown up the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young dragon who was appointed to protect the village, but fell asleep in the forest eighty years ago. With the aid of Rinn's adventuring uncle Erik and his partner Hesekiel, they investigate the mystery of his enchanted sleep... but Rinn's real challenge is to help Aedhan come to terms with feeling that he cannot get back the time he has lost.
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Dissolving Classroom
by Junji Itō
Graphic Novel - Yuuma, a young man obsessed with the devil, and Chizumi, his horrible little sister, cause tragic and terrifying things to happen wherever they go.
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Shiver : selected stories
by Junji Itō
Graphic Novel - A collection of horror manga, selected by the author, features such stories as an arm peppered with tiny holes dangling from a sick girl's window and an amateur film crew that hires an unusual fashion model facing a real bloody ending.
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Smashed : Junji Ito story collection
by Junji Itō
Graphic Novel - Thirteen chilling nightmares presented by the master of horror. Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise you'll get smashed...What horrific events happened to create the earthbound--people tied to a certain place for the rest of their short lives? A strange haunted house comes to town, but no one expects it to lead to a real hell...Welcome to Junji Ito's world, a world with no escape from endless nightmares.
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Tomie : No Use Escaping
by Junji Itō
Graphic Novel - Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale who can seduce nearly any man and drive him to murder, even though the victim is often Tomie herself, but her lovers soon realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.
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Uzumaki : Spiral into Horror
by Junji Itō
Graphic Novel - Collects the complete story of Shuichi Saito, who believes that his town is haunted by the uzumaki, a spiral, hypnotic secret shape of the world that manifests itself in various ways and causes madness among the inhabitants.
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Fragments of Horror
by Junji It
Graphic Novel - A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome, these stories showcase Junji It's long-awaited return to the world of horror.
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Junji Ito's Cat Diary : Yon & Mu
by Junji It
Graphic Memoir - A horror manga writer and artist presents a series of autobiographical tales chronicling his trials and tribulations of becoming a cat owner.
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Pumpkinheads : a graphic novel
by Rainbow Rowell
Graphic Novel - Working at a pumpkin patch every autumn, two seasonal best friends organize ultimate Halloween plans to celebrate their last working year together. By the award-winning author of Fangirl and the Eisner Award-winning illustrator of the Nameless City trilogy.
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
by Mariko Tamaki
Teen Graphic Novel - Upset about her on-again, off-again relationship with her girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy Riley depends on her friends, a local mystic, and a relationship columnist for help in dealing with her situation.
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Heartstopper 1
by Alice Oseman
Graphic Novel - Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. This edition features beautiful two-color artwork. "Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book." -- Rainbow Rowell, author of Carry On Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, they come to understand the surprising and delightful ways in which love works.
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A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
by Mady G
Graphic Novel - Complemented by educational worksheets and helpful examples, a comics-illustrated guide to queer and transgender life covers essential topics ranging from sexuality and gender identity to coming out and navigating gender-diverse relationships.
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The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang
Graphic Novel - The best-selling cartoonist of In Real Life presents a graphically illustrated fairy-tale set in Paris at the dawn of the modern age, where a cross-dressing prince hides his identity as a popular fashion icon and falls for a brilliant dressmaker who knows his secret at the same time his royal parents begin searching for a traditional bride for him to marry.
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