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Award Winning Graphic Novels

A picture is worth a thousand words...and awards too! You can't go wrong with any of these great, award-winning graphic novels!

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    Memories of An American From Vietnam

    Pham, Thien,
    "Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : First Second, 2023. — GN FAMILY STYLE
  • Dancing at the Pity Party

    a Dead Mom Graphic Memoir

    "Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir."
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : Dial Books, 2020. — GN DANCING
  • "Maisie is on her way to her first fancon and she can't wait to meet her idol, an action star who had an above-the-knee amputation, just like Maisie. But then she meets Ollie. Ollie is a cute volunteer working the show, and they geek out about nerd…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2023] — GN STARS
  • "Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York, NY : First Second, 2023. — GN IN LIMBO
  • Worm

    a Cuban American Odyssey

    Rodriguez, Edel,
    "A stunning graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, coming to America on the Mariel boatlift, and a defense of democracy, here and there. Hailed for his iconic art on the cover of Time and on jumbotrons around the world, Edel Rodriguez is among the…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : Metropolitan Books, 2023. — GN WORM
  • "Experience the propulsive love story of two Greek gods--Hades and Persephone--brought to life with lavish artwork and an irresistible contemporary voice. Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love--witness what the gods do after dark in…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : Random House Publishing Group, 2021. — GN LORE OLYMPUS 1
  • "When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together,…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2021. — GN HIMAWARI HOUSE
  • "Hiding her status as a girl from conquered lands while training as a Squire on her quest to become a Knight, the only path to true citizenship, Aiza navigates friendships and rivalries until she discovers the military's endgame."
    Graphic Novel, 2022New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — GN SQUIRE
  • "Set in Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic universe, in which zombies have overrun society, 17-year-old Clementine travels Pennsylvania alone. While this story targets existing franchise fans, the character-focused volume, set amid a sparsely…
    Graphic Novel, 2022Portland, OR : Skybound Comet, Image Comics, Inc., [2022] — GN CLEMENTINE 1
  • "Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl. Then one…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2021. PUB INFO 264 4 ©2021 — GN GIRL FROM THE SEA
  • "In this collection of literary slice-of-life horror, five stories explore what happens when one is desperate enough to seek solace and connection in the world of monsters and darkness."
    Graphic Novel, 2020Chicago, IL : Iron Circus Comics, 2020. — GN CROSSROADS
  • "Now that college is over, English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something...anything...related to his passion for reading and writing. But interview after interview, hiring committee after hiring committee, Ben soon learns…
    Graphic Novel, 2022Portland, OR : Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, 2022. — GN CHEF'S KISS
  • "It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he…
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2020. — GN FLAMER
  • "Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him 'Stick' and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost…
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, [2020] — GN DRAGON HOOPS
  • "In this darkly comedic YA graphic novel, a group of teens starts a program to bring senior citizens to a local theme park to take advantage of the unofficial park policy: If someone dies on the property, the rest of their party is given lifetime…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : Surely Books, 2021. — GN LIFETIME