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1) New kid
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
Author
Series
Nell of Gumbling volume 1
Publisher
Labyrinth Road
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Nell lives an ordinary life in the magical town of Gumbling, but yearns to land her dream apprenticeship and become an artist.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Claudia has always been the most creative kid in her class... until Ashley Wyeth comes along. Ashley's really different: She wears hippie clothes and has multiple earrings, and she's the most fantastic artist Claudia has ever met. Ashley says Claudia is a great artist, too, but thinks she's wasting her artistic talent with The Baby-sitters Club. When Claudia starts spending more time with Ashley and missing BSC meetings, it becomes clear that Claudia...
Author
Series
Making friends (Kristen Gudsnuk) volume 3
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Dany's sketchbook is at it again, but this time it's not Dany's doing! Dany and Madison are living a new reality. Rather than best friends, the pair now believe they are twins -- and that isn't the only part of their lives that has been completely rewritten. Their mom is a novelist, their dad is a rock star, and Dany has suddenly become a diligent student. But things don't seem to be adding up. Dany and Madison start sleuthing and discover that someone...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Megan and Cass have been joined at the brush for as long as they can remember. For years, while spending summers together at a lakeside cabin, they created art together, from sand to scribbles . . . to anything available. Then Cass moved away to New York. When Megan finally convinces her parents to let her spend a week in the city, too, it seems like Cass has completely changed. She has tattoos, every artist in the city knows her. She even eats chicken...
6) Onion skin
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rolando's job was crushing his soul... and then it crushed his hand. Now he can barely get out of the house, marathoning TV and struggling to find meaning. Nera is a restless spirit who loves to taste everything life can offer, but sleeps in a broken-down food truck and can't see a way to make her dreams come true. When their paths cross at a raucous rock show, the magical night seems to last forever. Together they throw caution to the wind, fix up...
Author
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019-
Language
English
Description
"The award-winning autobiographical manga by Akiko Higashimura, the creator of Princess Jellyfish, about her high school dream to become a comic book creator! High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise:...
Author
Series
Publisher
Vertigo/DC Comics
Language
English
Description
Finally reunited, Yorick and Ampersand are on a boat to China headed for a reunion with Yorick's lost fiancée in Paris. Meanwhile, Dr. Mann and Rose are close to discovering what caused the plague, but what they find in a lab in Hong Kong is something none of them expected.
Author
Series
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun volume 14
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"To the eyes of classmate Chiyo Sakura, high school student Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a mangaka's assistant?! Never in a million years! As Chiyo quickly discovers, Nozaki-kun, the boy of Chiyo's dreams, is a manga artist...a hugely popular shoujo manga artist, that...
10) Dragon Ball
Author
Language
English
Description
"A seminal series from a legendary creator. Dragon Ball, a wry update on the Chinese 'Monkey King' myth, introduces us to Son Goku, a young monkey-tailed boy whose quiet life is turned upside-down when he meets Bulma, a girl determined to collect the seven 'Dragon Balls.' If she gathers them all, an incredibly powerful dragon will appear and grant her one wish. But the precious orbs are scattered all over the world, and to get them she needs the help...
12) Freshman year
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Molly Bauer's first year of college is not the picture-perfect piece of art she'd always envisioned. On day one at PICA, Molly discovers that--through some horrible twist of fate--her full-ride scholarship has vanished! But the ancient texts (PICA's dusty financial aid documents) reveal a loophole. If Molly and 9 other art students win a single game of softball, they'll receive a massive athletic scholarship. Can Molly's crew of ragtag artists succeed...
14) Slip
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A young pottery student finds her artistic voice and first love at an art camp, while also coping with feelings of guilt and worry about her best friend, who recently attempted suicide"--
"Just as Jade is about to leave for a summer art program, her best friend, Phoebe, attempts suicide. How is Jade supposed to focus on her ceramics when Phoebe is in so much pain? At the Art Farm, Jade is thrust into a whirlwind of creation, critiques, and the fervor...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
It's the first day of sophomore year, and now that Winifred's two best (and only) friends have transferred to a private school, she must navigate high school on her own. But she isn't alone for long. In art class, she meets two offbeat students, Oscar and April. The three bond through clandestine sleepovers, thrift store shopping, and zine publishing. Winifred is finally breaking out of her shell, but there's one secret she can't bear to admit to...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Harry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so over ninety years since his death. This is a snapshot of Houdini's life, centering on one of his most famous feats. As Houdini prepares for a death-defying leap into the icy Charles River in Boston, biographer Jason Lutes and artist Nick Bertozzi reveal Houdini's life and influence: from the anti-Semitism Houdini fought all his life, to the adulation of the...
18) Page by Paige
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When Paige Turner and her family move to New York City from rural Virginia, she tries to make sense of her new life through her sketchbook, and it helps bring her true personality into the open, a process that is equal parts terrifying and rewarding.
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Series
Naruto (Manga) volume 48
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Finally face-to-face with his ultimate nemesis, Naruto finds out there's way more to the true Pain than he could have ever imagined. As the consequences of the tumultuous politics of the past come to light, an unexpected turn of events puts a new ninja in power in Konoha. And the first act by the new leader will change Narut's world forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Lords of Everything are about to host the Tournament of Power! The Zen Exhibition Match between the Gods of Destruction comes to an end, and the rules for the main event are set. The penalty for the losing universes? Complete destruction. Which means Goku and friends had better pick Universe 7's ten mightiest warriors and win--no gods allowed!"--Provided by publisher.
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