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• The Librarian of Auschwitz

  Rubio, Salva, 1978-

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  Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Odyssey

  Chwast, Seymour

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  Seymour Chwast, an icon of the graphic design world, has delighted audiences with his adaptations of The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales. Now he turns to Homer's Odyssey, one of the best-known stories in history. The tale is one that begs for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 1984

  the Graphic Novel

  Nesti, Fido, 1971-

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  Orwell's best-known work of unrelenting dystopian realism warns against totalitarianism. The story is told from the point of view of Winston Smith, a functionary of the Ministry of Truth whose work involved the "correction" of all records each time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Animal Farm

  Odyr,

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  A group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Be More Chill

  the Graphic Novel

  Vizzini, Ned, 1981-2013,

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  Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.

• Between Shades of Gray

  the Graphic Novel

  Donkin, Andrew,

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  In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dracula

  King, Stacy,

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  An ancient evil lurks in the dark heart of Transylvania - but it won't lurk there forever. Now Count Dracula's immortal eyes look towards London, a new land full of opportunity and unsuspecting victims. A ragged band of survivors must stop him…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Every Day

  the Graphic Novel

  Levithan, David,

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  Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.

• Fangirl. 1

  Maggs, Sam,

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  Cath and her twin sister Wren were huge Simon Snow stans. Their fandom got them through some rough times, but now that Cath and Wren are going to college, Wren is shedding her fandom. Cath though, can't let it go. Wren doesn't want to be room mate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frankenstein

  Junji Ito Story Collection

  Itō, Junji, 1963-

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  Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster--and the fouler beast who created him--to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for. Also included are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Giver

  Russell, P. Craig,

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  Presents a graphic novelization of Lois Lowry's novel in which Jonas, a boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is receives special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.

• The Golden Compass

  the Graphic Novel. Volume 1

  Pullman, Philip, 1946-

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  "In the first of a three-volume graphic novel adaptation, Lyra Belacqua and her daemon familiar set out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North"--.

• Graceling

  the Graphic Novel

  Hinds, Gareth, 1971-

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  Katsa is a Graceling, one of the rare people born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she lived a life of privilege until the day her ability to kill a man with her bare hands revealed itself during a royal banquet. Now she acts as her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Gatsby

  a Graphic Novel Adaptation

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940,

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  Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back.

• The Handmaid's Tale

  Nault, Renee,

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  In the Republic of Gilead, a Handmaid named Offred lives in the home of the Commander, to the purpose that she become pregnant with his child. Stripped of her most basic freedoms, (work, property, her own name), Offred remembers a different time,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hound of the Baskervilles

  a Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel

  Edginton, Ian

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  Graphic novel adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to the bleak wastes of Dartmoor, England to solve the mystery surrounding the late Sir Charles Baskerville and a ghostly hound.

• Juliet Takes a Breath

  Rivera, Gabby,

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  Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legend

  the Graphic Novel

  Dragoon, Leigh, 1976-

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  Teens June, a military prodigy born into wealth, and Day, a criminal from the slums, are brought together and face plague, war, and a powerful, common enemy.

• Long Way Down

  the Graphic Novel

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

• Macbeth

  Chan, Crystal S.,

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  Macbeth, the Thane of Cawdor, is a loyal subject of Duncan, the King of Scotland. At least, he used to be. With tempting words and treacherous images, three witches and his own wife inspire Macbeth to a terrible act of treason and murder. As one…Read moreRead more of this annotation