Creator: Mike Curato Publisher: Henry Holt and Company “THIS BOOK WILL SAVE LIVES” reads the quote from Jarrett J. Krosoczka on the cover of Flamer and I couldn’t agree more. Growing up, I felt the same feelings that the protagonist, Aiden, feels in this book; the feeling of isolation, of being an outsider, or beingContinue reading “Graphic Novel Rec #9: Flamer”
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Graphic Novel Rec #7: Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence
Creator: Joel Christian Gill Publisher: ONI Press “Memoirs are not biography–they’re more like a recollection of past events,” Joel Christian Gill tells the reader in the afterword of Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence. In this memoir Gill shares how his life pushed him towards violence and how he took control of that violence toContinue reading “Graphic Novel Rec #7: Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence”
Graphic Novel Rec #4: Nubia: Real One
Creators: L.L. McKinney & Robyn Smith Publisher: DC Comics There are stories that tell how we wish the world was and there are stories that tell how the world is. Nubia: Real One tells how it is in the real world for a young African-American woman. Nubia is filled with so much potential this isContinue reading “Graphic Novel Rec #4: Nubia: Real One”
Graphic Novel Rec #1: You Brought Me the Ocean
Creators: Alex Sanchez & Julie Maroh Publisher: DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults “For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreamed of another world. A world where I can discover who I really am, where I’m part of something greater than myself.” This is how Alex Sanchez begins You Brought Me the Ocean. AsContinue reading “Graphic Novel Rec #1: You Brought Me the Ocean”
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