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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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[2019]., Adolescent, Zest Books Call No: GN AME Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated comic travelogue about an American immigrant driving alone through all that's left of 'The Mother Road,' Route 66"--Provided by publisher.
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[2019]., Zest Books Call No: GN KHO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated comic travelogue about an American immigrant driving alone through all that's left of 'The Mother Road,' Route 66"--Provided by the publisher.
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-- Memories of an American from VietnamBy Pham, Thien2023., Adolescent, First Second Call No: GN-REALISTIC FAM Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic memoir chronicles the author's [life], beginning with his childhood immigration to America, where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Memories of an American from VietnamBy Pham, Thien2023., Adolescent, First Second Call No: GN PHA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic memoir chronicles the author's [life], beginning with his childhood immigration to America, where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream"--Provided by publisher.
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[2019]., Clarkson Potter/Publishers Call No: GN-REALISTIC I Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid"--Amazon.com.
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[2019]., Clarkson Potter Publishers Call No: GN B Gharib Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A graphic novel memoir of Malaka Gharib and her upbringing as an Egyptian-Filipino, coming of age in an America without internet and two different cultures in her mother and father.