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Every day

the graphic novel
Waking in a different body each morning, A resolves never to get attached to anyone. When A falls in love with the girlfriend of someone being inhabited, however, the context of A's life and world becomes blurred.

Ay, Mija!

my bilingual summer in Mexico
In this graphic novel based on the author's life, sixteen-year-old Christine travels to Mexico for the first time to spend the summer with their grandparents and extended family. Besides the language barrier, Christine struggles with aspects of the culture, with their unfamiliar surroundings, and with homesickness after their mother arrives from Texas some weeks later. However, eventually Christine finds a way to embrace their surroundings and discovers they have a place in both worlds.

Basquiat

Graphic novel depiction the life of American graffiti artist and painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Chronicles his troubled childhood, involvement in the SAMO graffiti duo, his struggles with drug addiction, rise to fame as a neo-expressionist painter, and death from a drug overdose in 1988 at the age of twenty-seven.

The books of Clash

In this graphic novel based on the popular video games, "Clash of Clans" and "Clash Royale," a Hog Rider named Terry has always struggled to fit in with his clan in Triumphica. When he's sent on a quest to prove his worth by taking out the small village of Jazzypickleton, he readily agrees, thinking he can easily overtake it. But when the town proves mighty in its defense, Terry takes a new strategy and infiltrates the village to see how they were able to defeat him. There, he finds an unexpected group of fighters and a clan where he fits right in.

Messy roots

a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American
Presents a graphic novel memoir in which the queer Asian American author toggles between the past and the present as she describes her childhood in Wuhan, China, growing up with her Chinese immigrant parents in Texas, her budding attraction to other girls, and the arrival of the COVID-19 virus.

Pretty guardian Sailor Moon

"Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon!"--Provided by publisher.

Run on your new legs

"Kikuzato is sprinting toward his new goal of becoming a more powerful runner, but each stride takes him further from his soccer days--and the friends who one played alongside him. Kikuzato's wasn't the only life affected by his accident, and ever since that day, Takekawa has watched his best friend on and off the field steadily slip away. Can these former teammates repair the rift between them, even as world events throw all their high school hopes an dreams into disarray?"--Back cover.

The Batman & Scooby-Doo! mysteries

"It all starts when Alfred's old friend from butler school is in town, and he's brought along his charges: Daphne and Scooby-Doo! When Scooby and his pal Ace are dog-napped, the humans will have to rescue them without giving away any family secrets"--Amazon.

Wagnificent

"Thunder wants to be a good dog, but she's having a ruff time. She loves to bark and dig and chase furballs -- even if it gets her in trouble with her favorite human, Sage. Will Thunder's inner Wolf push her to pick the bark side, or will Thunder choose to be a loyal pet instead? Anything is paws-ible in Wagnificent: The Adventures of Thunder and Sage, a fur-ociously fun friendship story."--Back cover.

Splatoon

"Team Blue engages in their most complicated Turf War yet as they combat the Shadows, whose personalities are mirror reflections of Team Blue's own! The result of the challenge will determine the fate of Inkopolis Square!"--Back cover.

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