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By Ha, Robin2020., Balzar + Bray Call No: GN B Ha Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Graphic novel in which a South Korean girl named Chun and her single mother leave for America on vacation and end up staying after her mother announces she's getting married. Chun changes her name to Robin and tries to fit in at her local high school where she doesn't know the language. When her mother enrolls her in a comics drawing class, she begins to feel more at home in the United States.
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By Ha, Robin[2020]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: GN B HA Edition: First edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined"--Amazon.com.
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[2012]., University of Alabama Press Call No: GN B Weaver Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Lila Quintero Weaver offers a graphic novel in black and white detailing her childhood in 1961, when she and her Latino family emigrated from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Marion, Alabama, and were witnesses to the racial tension of the American south. As neither black nor white in race, Lila and her family occupied a unique place in the American south at the time, and had their own struggles against racism.
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c2007., Pre-adolescent, Rosen Classroom Books & Materials Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Series Title: Graphic biographiesSummary Note: Biography of an African American woman who spent her life fighting for civil rights.