coming-of-age comics

Claudia Jones has returned to Blithedale High School, but rumors about her possible alien abduction persist as everyone begins to feel the strange effects of her presence.

The lives of the teenagers at Blithedale High intensify, as Claudia begins to tutor Nigel, Darren contemplates a major decision, and Paula wants to be more public in her relationship with Johanna.

"When seventeen-year-old Hazel takes a summer job clearning ivy from the forest in Portland, Oregon, the only plan is to earn some extra cash to put toward concert tickets. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds that working side by side with at-risk teens leaves no room for comforting illusions of equality and understanding"--Front cover flap.

"Camden is a cat. Camden is also crushing hard on his best buddy and all-around bad influence, Jeremiah. Young, bored, and trapped in a decomposing Rust Belt town, Camden goes along with every awful idea, every hair-brained plan, and every threat to life and limb Jeremiah can come up with. But how much longer can this go on?"--Back cover.

Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl.

"Kara Danvers isn't any different than any other teenager in her hometown. Problems with school. Problems with boys. Problems with friends. But while growing pains shake up Kara's world, a series of earth-shaking events hits her hometown, leaving her with the choice of blending in with the crowd, or being different"--Provided by publisher.

As Blithedale searches for a missing girl, rumored to be abducted by aliens, a group of high school students experiences a series of romantic relationships and their effects on friendships.