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  • American Born Chinese

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    Original Series Now Available on Disney+

    Bonus Content: Includes an interview with author Gene Luen Yang and series creator Kelvin Yu

    A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gen

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    • Author: Yang, Gene Luen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: April 04 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250891396
    • Language: English
  • Dictatorship: It’s Easier Than You Think!

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    Co-hosts of the popular podcast Gaslit Nation outline the authoritarian’s playbook, illuminating five steps every dictator needs to take to successfully amass and maintain power.

    Do you crave the power

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    • Author: Kendzior, Sarah
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: June 13 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250781000
    • Language: English
  • Match Point!

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    A debut middle grade graphic novel by Maddie Gallegos about two girls: one who hates racquetball and another who loves it–and the strong friendship that blossoms through, and often despite, the sport

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    • Author: Gallegos, Maddie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: September 19 2023
    • ISBN10: 125078414X
    • Language: English
  • Science Comics: Robots and Drones: Past, Present, and Future

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    In factories In the sky In your cars and phones In your own home Robots are everywhere And they have been for a lot longer than you might realize.

    From tea-serving robots in feudal Japan to moder

    • Series: Science Comics
    • Author: Scott, Mairghread
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: March 27, 2018
    • ISBN10: 1626727929
    • Language: English
  • American Born Chinese

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    Original Series Now Available on Disney+

    A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wa

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    • Author: Yang, Gene Luen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: 5-Sep-06
    • ISBN10: 1596431520
    • Language: English
  • In Limbo

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    A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl’s coming-of-age story–and a coming home story–set between a New Jersey suburb and Seoul, South Korea.

    Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrat

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    • Author: Lee, Deb Jj
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: March 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250252652
    • Language: English
  • This Was Our Pact

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    A 2019 Booklist Editor’s Choice
    A 2019 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year
    A 2019 Parents Magazine Best Children’s Books of the Year

    Ryan Andrews’s This Was Our Pact is an astonishing, magical-realist

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    • Author: Andrews, Ryan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: June 11 2019
    • ISBN10: 1626720533
    • Language: English
  • Science Comics: Elephants: Living Large

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    Have you herd? There’s a new volume in First Second’s STEM graphic novel series: Science Comics: Elephants!

    Did you know elephants are the world’s largest land animals? Male African elephants can reach

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    • Series: Science Comics
    • Author: Viola, Jason
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: January 01, 1970
    • ISBN10: 1250265908
    • Language: English
  • Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator to Protector

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    How well do you know our favorite furry companion? Did they really descend from wolves? What’s the difference between a Chihuahua and a Saint Bernard? And just how smart are they? Join one friendly mu

    • Series: Science Comics
    • Author: Hirsch, Andy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: October 31, 2017
    • ISBN10: 1626727686
    • Language: English
  • Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

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    “A beautiful, courageous book.”
    Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese

    A Finalist for the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prize in Young Adult Literature

    Monstrous is poignant young adult graphic memoir ab

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    • Author: Myer, Sarah
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: June 27 2023
    • ISBN10: 125026880X
    • Language: English
  • Science Comics: Birds of Prey: Terrifying Talons

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    Spread your wings with Science Comics: Birds of Prey, a new and exciting volume of First Second’s nonfiction graphic novel series

    Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a pa

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    • Series: Science Comics
    • Author: Flood, Joe
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: May 17 2022
    • ISBN10: 1250269482
    • Language: English
  • Mighty Jack

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    Jack might be the only kid in the world who’s dreading summer. But he’s got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Mad

    • Series: Mighty Jack #1
    • Author: Hatke, Ben
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: September 06, 2016
    • ISBN10: 1626722641
    • Language: English
  • Belle of the Ball

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    A 2024 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Comics

    High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crus

    • Author: Costa, Mari
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: March 21, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250784123
    • Language: English
  • Be Prepared

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    Beautifully drawn, brutally funny, brilliantly honest. Vera is such a good cartoonist I almost can’t stand it.” –Raina Telgemeier, author of Smile

    In Be Prepared, all Vera wants to do is fit in–but

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    • Author: Brosgol, Vera
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: January 01, 1970
    • ISBN10: 1626724458
    • Language: English
  • Marshmallow & Jordan

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    Alina Chau’s Marshmallow & Jordan is a middle-grade graphic novel about a disabled, sports-loving Jordan, and the magical elephant named Marshmallow who she befriends.

    Jordan’s days as star player fo

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    • Author: Chau, Alina
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: January 01, 1970
    • ISBN10: 1250300614
    • Language: English
  • The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood

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    Brian “Box” Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, he unravels how marketing that targeted children in the 1980s has shaped adults in the present.

    Powere

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    • Author: Brown, Brian Box
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: July 11 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250261406
    • Language: English
  • Science Comics: Electricity: Energy in Action

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    Get a charge out of Electricity, a new edition to the Science Comics series!

    Giant monsters are on the warpath, and it’s Menlo the mech’s job to protect the city! But when this metal marvel is shut dow

    • Series: Science Comics
    • Author: Hirsch, Andy
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: May 23, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250265843
    • Language: English
  • The Books of Clash Volume 1: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

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    Based on Clash of Clans and Clash Royale and penned by superstar graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, this first volume of this action-packed eight-volume series brings the characters from everyone’s favo

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    • Series: Books of Clash #1
    • Author: Yang, Gene Luen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: May 30 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250816262
    • Language: English
  • Ride on

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    In Ride On, this middle grade graphic novel from Faith Erin Hicks, twelve-year-old Victoria is burned out from the high-pressure world or riding competitions. Can she get back to basics and rekindle h

    • Author: Hicks, Faith Erin
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: August 16, 2022
    • ISBN10: 1250772826
    • Language: English
  • Stargazing

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    Stargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Jen Wang.

    Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She

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    • Author: Wang, Jen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: September 10 2019
    • ISBN10: 125018388X
    • Language: English
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