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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an icon in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love."--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This picture book biography follows Frida Kahlo's start as an artist and how she integrated her unique way of looking at the world into her art"--
Author
Publisher
Insight Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"As one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, David Bowie seduced generations of fans with his music and counterculture persona. While Bowie's legacy as a musician is remarkable and genre-defying, as a visual performer he obliterate stage theatrics with his psychedelic aesthetics, larger-than-life image, and way of hovering on the border of the surreal. Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams chronicles the rise of David Bowie's career...
8) Basquiat
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Series
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
131 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The dazzling, provocative work of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) would come to define the vibrant New York art scene of the late '70s and early '80s. Punk, jazz, graffiti, hip-hop: his work drew heavily on the cultural trappings of lower Manhattan, to which he fled--from Brooklyn--at the age of 15. This stunning graphic novel captures the dramatic life and exhilarating times of this archetypal New York artist, covering everything from the SAMO...
Author
Publisher
TU Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
220 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the true experiences of horse trainer Gail Ruffu, this graphic novel documents Gail's decision to take a racehorse from the hands of a group of abusive co-owners and the legal battles that followed"--
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Hurston challenged the norms of what was expected of an African American woman in early 20th century society. The fifth of eight kids from a Baptist family in Alabama, Hurston’s writing prowess blossomed at Howard University, and then Barnard College, where she was the sole black student. She arrived in NYC at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and quickly found herself surrounded by peers such as Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman. Hurston went...
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English
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Brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas were talented Native American rock musicians that took the 1960s Sunset Strip by storm. They influenced The Doors and jammed with Jimmy Hendrix before he was "Jimi," and the idea of a band made up of all Native Americans soon followed. Determined to control their creative vision and maintain their cultural identity, they eventually signed a deal with Epic Records in 1969. But as the American Indian Movement gained momentum...
12) Federico
Author
Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
349 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
Español
Description
Federico solo hay uno. No le hacen falta apellidos. Un nombre que reconocen tanto niños como adultos, que suena a duende, a cante jondo y a romance popular, pero también a la vanguardia más rompedora. Un nombre que encarna la alegría y las sombras de España, la época más brillante de nuestra cultura desde la Edad de Oro, pero también la guerra y la vergüenza de un pueblo que nunca podrá perdonarse la muerte del poeta que más lo representaba.
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13) Hawking
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
298 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A graphic biography of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking presenting a heroic yet nuanced portrait of the 20th century's second-most famous scientist."--
14) Glass Town
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
211 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The entrancing story of the Bront�e sisters' childhood imaginary world. Four children: Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne have invented a world so real and vivid that they can step right into it. But can reality be enough, when fiction is so enticing? And what happens to an imaginary world when its creators grow up? Plots are spiraling, characters are getting wildly out of hand, and a great deal of ink is being spilt... Welcome to Glass Town"--...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
262 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing 8 years of hilarious moments in the author's life, mined from the universal. It spans her frantic child-rearing, misfires in the workplace, and frustrating experiences with the medical system.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this ... portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts Surely
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
199 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic, The Price of Salt. Flung Out of Space is both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, The Price of Salt, and an examination of its notorious author, Patricia Highsmith. Veteran comics creators Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer have teamed up to tell this story through Highsmith's eyes--reimagining the events that...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
vi, 232 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The year is 1872. The place, the Apache nations, a region torn apart by decades of war. The people, like Goyahkla, lose his family and everything he loves. After having a vision, the young Goyahkla approaches the Apache leader Cochise, and the entire Apache nation, to lead an attack against the Mexican village of Azripe. It is this wild display of courage that transforms the young brave Goyakhla into the Native American hero Geronimo. But the war...
Author
Publisher
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
151 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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"Three Japanese American individuals with different beliefs and backgrounds decided to resist imprisonment by the United States government during World War II in different ways. Jim Akutsu, considered by some to be the inspiration for John Okada's No-No Boy, resisted the draft and argued that he had no obligation to serve the US military because he was classified as an enemy alien. Hiroshi Kashiwagi renounced his United States citizenship and refused...
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