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InuYasha

2011
Kagome is an ordinary modern schoolgirl thrust into an adventure when a dried-up well at her family's shrine turns out to be a gateway to Japan's ancient past. Kagome battles demons for control of a powerful magical gem, the Shikon Jewel. With the help of the half demon Inuyasha, they embark on a quest to recover the shards of the Shikon Jewel and discover more about Kagome's link to the past in this black-and-white graphic novel.

Jerusalem

a family portrait
Follows a Jewish family between 1940 and 1948 as they witness the events of the Holocaust and the moments leading up to the creation of a Jewish state.

Spider-Man 2099

It is 2099 and Miguel O'Hara has become the new Spider-Man. Just in time, Spider-Man is rescued from the Public Eye by the mysterious Thanatos, who begins to style himself as a new hero. However, Spider-Man figures the old villain must have something up his sleeve.

Another

In 1998, Koichi joins a new middle school and a mysterious new class where he meets a beautiful classmate named Mei. However, soon students begin dying, and Koichi learns that his class is under a deadly curse. He tries to uncover the truth about the curse before it kills him as well.

Alan Moore's The courtyard

2009
FBI agent Aldo Sax investigates several murders that all point to The Courtyard.

Macbeth

the graphic novel
2008
A graphic adaptation of Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" about an ambitious man whose unscrupulous wife urges him to murder in order to seize the throne of Scotland.

Developing and promoting graphic novel collections

2005
Offers public and school librarians effective strategies for building and promoting graphic novel collections that meet the needs of students.

New moon, the graphic novel

Graphic novel adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's "New Moon." Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, the vampire, have tried to weather the trials of their love, but they are proving formidable--the other vampires do not share Edward's sympathy for humans.

Tune

2012
When Andy Go decides to drop out of his final year of art school, he finds himself unemployed and living with his parents. He discovers that his life is headed nowhere, until he reconnects with his old crush, Yumi, and gets a job in another dimension.

Graphic novels in your media center

a definitive guide
2004
Contains a comprehensive guide to collecting and using graphic novels and includes lesson plans and illustrated pages from popular novels.

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