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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 255 pages ; 22 cm
Description
On Boneyard Island, Georgia, where everyone's weirdly kin, 13-year-old Lucille is marooned when her mother goes AWOL with an old flame, leaving Lucille with only her father's ashes, two half-siblings, and Will, the misanthropic manager of the island's only motel. The abandonment kills hope of Lucille's promised snorkeling trip to the Florida Reef before ocean heat kills the coral and illusions she’s harbored about her mother’s sanity. Everybody...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Belen Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She's at risk of not graduating. And Leti, her super-Catholic, nerdy-ass best friend, is pregnant--by the boyfriend she hasn't told her parents about because he's Black and her parents are racist.
4) Pillow talk
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Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
299 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
When college freshman Grace Mendes reluctantly attends her first pillow fight match, she falls in love with the surprisingly gritty sport. Despite her usually shy, introverted, and reserved nature, Grace decides to try out for the Pillow Fight Federation (PFF), a locally famous league of fighters with larger-than-life personas like Pain Eyre, Miss Fortune, and champion Kat Atonic. They may battle with pillows, but there is nothing soft about these...
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
483 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
"Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of five children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970s in a middle class suburb of Toronto. He loves watching Cher and Carol Burnett on TV, making clothes for his best friend's Barbie dolls, and helping his mum with her hair salon which she runs out of the basement of the house. In short: he is really, really gay. Which is a huge problem, because his family is part of the Christian Reformed Church, a...
6) Wildful
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations ; 18 x 26 cm
Description
"Nothing's been the same since Gran passed away. Mum's grief has kept her on the couch, so Poppy has started taking her dog Pepper for walks around the nieghborhood. When Poppy finds a forgotten forest through a hole in the fence, she meets a new friend who shows her that you can find magic in the wilderness--if you know where to look, what to listen for and how to wait...but will Poppy be able to help her Mum see it, too?"--
7) The gulf
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
231 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Ever since Oli found a pamphlet for a remote island commune as a kid, it's all she can think about. Now that she's nearing the end of high school, feeling frustrated with the mounting pressure to choose a career and follow a path she has no interest in, the desire to escape it all has been steadily increasing. Everything comes to a head when Oli's relationship with her best friend goes south and she claps back at a school bully with more than just...
Author
Series
Komi can't communicate volume 25
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
189 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
"Komi is in her final year of high school, and that means she's running out of time to achieve her goal of making 100 friends! She starts off strong on the first day of classes, but a cynical new classmate's bitter outlook soon sparks a school-wide battle royale. Can Komi make a new ally in the trenches, or will pessimism win the day?"--
9) Sunhead
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
253 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
In this queer coming-of-age teen graphic novel by breakout talent Alex Assan, high schooler Rotem feels herself growing apart from her friends in a million inexpressible ways. But an unexpected connection with another student makes her feel more herself than ever before.
10) Freshman year
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.
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Series
Shonen note volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
Regionals are getting closer, Tomoya's parents refuse to stop arguing, and the stress is building up beyond what he can bear. When he takes it out on Yutaka, a mysterious wandering flautist may have some helpful advice.
12) Next stop
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
249 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Pia is a soft-spoken middle schooler whose life is turned upside down after the loss of her younger brother, followed by her parents' decision to move to a new town. In an effort to get her mind off of the troubles at home, Pia goes on a bus tour with a family friend, stopping at weird and wacky roadside attractions. The final destination: a mysterious underground lake. The locals say it has magical powers; Pia won't admit she believes in it, but...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Gracie feels like a minor character in her own life story--until a mysterious journal turns her fictional stories into reality. It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer,...
14) Lunar boy
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Indu, a boy from the moon, feels like he doesn't belong. He hasn't since he and his adoptive mom disembarked from their spaceship--their home--to live on Earth with their new blended family. The kids at school think he's weird; he has a crush on his pen pal, who might not like him back; and his stepfamily doesn't seem to know what to do with him. Worst of all, Indu can't even talk to his mom about how he's feeling because she's so busy. In a moment...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
211 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
"Vladimir's voice has begun to change, and he is losing the ability to sing in the soprano style he so loves. Anatoly takes him to Kawami in the hopes that Yutaka can help him. Meanwhile, the residents of Kawami are troubled to find their city has approved the construction of the industrial waste disposal facility..."--provided by publisher.
16) Constellations
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
221 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
In 1980s Troy, New York, nonbinary teenager Claire's stint in court-ordered rehab may be exactly what they need to unpack all the bad they have experienced--if they can stay sober in a world seemingly never made for them.
17) A for effort
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Series
A-Okay volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
217 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"The start of Jay's freshman year is full of new things . . . New friends. New classes. New challenges. All of which are expected, until his new friend group's obsession with perfect grades puts the pressure on--especially when his best subject, art, is full. Without it to anchor him, Jay hopes theater class will be the easy A he's looking for. But when the class begins, Jay finds himself struggling like never before. Turns out balancing Shakespeare...
18) Fuera de lugar
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
209 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Jen is used to not getting what she wants. She didn't want to leave the city to live on a farm with her mother and her new partner. She didn't want to leave her friends or her father. She certainly did not want to learn farm work. Besides cleaning the chicken coop and dealing with customers at the farmer's market, she must put up with perfect Andy. Jen will have to deal with her insecurities and find her own way.
19) Twelfth knight
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm
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Viola Reyes is annoyed. Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more "likable," and her school's star running back Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she's ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder. Vi's favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren't exactly kind to girls like her--girls who are extremely...
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Series
Sunny side up volume 5
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Sunny is starting to understand the ins and outs of middle school... but she still feels more out than in. It's not 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...
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