Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince
The cover of Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince.

Title: Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir Author(s): Liz Prince Artist(s): Liz Prince Category: Autobiographical Languages: English, French, Spanish Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: Language, Sexual Content Synopsis: In Tomboy, Liz Prince recounts her trials and tribulations growing up as a non-gender conforming girl. From her early childhood, when she refused to wear dresses and girly clothes, to […]

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Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
The cover of Stitches: A Memoir by David Small.

Title: Stitches: A Memoir Author(s): David Small Artist(s): David Small Category: Autobiographical Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Serbian Grade Level(s): 9-12 Mature Content?: Abuse, Sexuality Synopsis: Stitches isn’t just a title, it’s a condition. When David Small was a child, his radiologist father treated issues with his sinuses and digestive tract. As […]

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War Brothers: The Graphic Novel
The Cover of War Brothers: The Graphic Novel by Sharon E. McKay, illustrated by Daniel Lefrance.

Title: War Brothers: The Graphic Novel Author(s): Sharon E. McKay Artist(s): Daniel Lefrance Category: Based-On, War, Child Soldiers Languages: English Grade Level(s):7-12 Mature Content?: Violence, Implied Rape Synopsis: Based on interviews conducted in Uganda, War Brothers: The Graphic Novel is a fictionalized account of child soldiers in Africa. McKay initially wrote the story as an […]

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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War
The cover of Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War.

Title: Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War Author(s): Michel Chikwanine & Jessica Dee Humphreys Artist(s): Claudia Davila Category: Biographical, War Languages: English Grade Level(s): 4-8 Mature Content?: Violence, Implied Rape Synopsis: Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War brings Michel Chikwanine’s story to life as an easy to understand graphic novel. […]

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Fax from Sarajevo: A Story of Survival

Title: Fax from Sarajevo: A Story of Survival Author(s): Joe Kubert Artist(s): Joe Kubert Category: Biographical, War Languages: English, Czech, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Danish, Polish Grade Level(s): 9-12 Mature Content?: Violence, Rape, Sexual Assault Synopsis: Joe Kubert’s celebrated Fax from Sarajevo: A Story of Survival is a gripping, eminently readable tale. In 1992, as Serbia […]

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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, + Me
The cover of Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me by Ellen Forney.

Title: Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, + Me Author(s): Ellen Forney Artist(s): Ellen Forney Category: Autobiographical, Medical Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, French Grade Level(s): 9-12 Mature Content?: Sex/Sexuality, Drugs, Nudity Synopsis: Ellen Forney is most well known as the artist who worked with Sherman Alexie on his seminal and celebrated Absolutely True Diary of a […]

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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud
The cover of Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

Title: Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art Author(s): Scott McCloud Artist(s): Scott McCloud Category: Academic Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Indonesian, Czech, Russian, Farsi, Finnish, Dutch, Croatian, Greek, Swedish, Galician, Slovenian Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: No Synopsis: Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is more a meta-textbook than anything else. Considered an essential resource in […]

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Vagabond, by Takehiko Inoue
A look at the cover of Vagabond, vol. 11, by Takehiko Inoue.

Title: Vagabond Author(s): Takehiko Inoue Artist(s): Takehiko Inoue Category: Historical, Biographical Languages: Japanese, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Indonesian Grade Level(s): 9-12 Mature Content?: Violence Synopsis: Vagabond is the tale of Miyamoto Musashi, one of the most revered swordsmen and philosophers in all of Japanese history, treading the line between manga and graphic novel. The series […]

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Rurouni Kenshin

Title: Rurouni Kenshin Author(s): Nobuhiro Watsuki Artist(s): Nobuhiro Watsuki Category: Based-On Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, Indonesian, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Polish Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: Violence, some graphic. Synopsis: Following the story of a wandering samurai, or ronin, Rurouni Kenshin tells a fictionalized, but historically based tale of the struggles of the Meiji […]

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March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
The cover of March, by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

Title: March Author(s): John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Artist(s): Nate Powell Category: Autobiographical Languages: English, French (Books 1 & 2), Italian (Book 1) Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: Racist Language, Violence Synopsis: March is the three part, graphic novel autobiography of Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis’s life. It begins all the way back […]

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