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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Title: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Author(s): Alison Bechdel Artist(s): Alison Bechdel Category: Autobiographical Languages: English, French, Spanish,Italian, Hungarian, Korean, German, Greek, Turkish, Chinese Grade Level(s): 10-12 Mature Content?: Nudity, some sex Synopsis: Fun Home is a memoir, in which Alison Bechdel tells the story of her relationship with her father and, to some extent, her […]
Title: Mom’s Cancer Author(s): Brian Fies Artist(s): Brian Fies Category: Autobiographical, Science, Medicine Languages: English, French Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?:N/A Synopsis: When Brian Fies’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, he began cataloguing and dealing with the ordeal in a web comic and had no idea what the ending would turn out to be. Mom’s Cancer […]
Title: Pride of Baghdad Author(s): Brian K. Vaughn Artist(s): Niko Henrichon Category: Based-On a True Story, Politics, War Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Czech, Farsi, German, Turkish, Norwegian, Greek Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: Graphic Violence, Language Synopsis: In April of 2003, four lions escaped from the zoo in Baghdad, Iraq during a US […]
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