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My Bejing

four stories of everyday wonder
Four short stories set in a hutong, or residential alleyway, of Beijing, China. Yu'er, her grandfather, and their eccentric neighbors experience the magic of everyday life.
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Raid of no return

a World War II tale
Presents a graphic novel retelling of the Doolittle Raid an American aerial operation to bomb Tokyo during World War II.

Ghetto brother

warrior to peacemaker
This graphic novel tells the true story of Benjy Melendez, a Bronx legend, son of Puerto-Rican immigrants, who founded, at the end of the 1960s, the notorious Ghetto Brothers gang.

Rendez-vous in Phoenix

2016
Comic book creator Tony Sandoval's autobiographical account of the period in his life when he faced many dangers to smuggle himself across the border illegally after becoming frustrated with the lengthy visa process that would allow him to enter the United States from Mexico to be with his American girlfriend.
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Threads

from the refugee crisis
2017
The author documents, in graphic novel format, her experiences while volunteering at "The Jungle," a camp of mainly Middle Eastern and African refugees in the port town of Calais, France, who are hoping to get to the United Kingdom. The author also addresses the prejudice and scapegoating arising from the political right.
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The making of modern China

2017
In graphic novel format looks at Chinese civilization from the Qing to the Ming Dynasty.
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Division to unification in imperial China

2016
In graphic novel format looks at Chinese civilization from the Three Kingdoms through the Tang Dynasty.
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Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler

2015
In graphic novel format looks at the life of German dictator Adolf Hitler.
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Safe area Gorazde

the war in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95
2001
A graphic novel based on the author's 1995-96 visits to Gorazde, one of the U.N.-created "safe areas" in Eastern Bosnia, showing the brutality and humanity that coexisted there during the Bosnian War of 1992-95.
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Boruto

Naruto next generations
"Naruto was a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He achieved his dream to become the greatest ninja in his village, and now his face sits atop the Hokage monument. But this is not his story... A new generation of ninja is ready to take the stage, led by Naruto's own son, Boruto! Naruto and his allies have the upper hand on Momoshiki until he transforms into a more powerful form. Naruto and Sasuke will have to team up to stand any chance of toppling this ferocious foe, but is Boruto holding the key to victory?!" -- Publisher description.
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