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2016., Metropolitan Books Call No: GN Arab vol.2 Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents a graphic novel memoir of the author's childhood in the country of Syria. Having settled into his father's village of Ter Maaleh, Riad begins school, dedicated to becoming a true Syrian. However, as school goes on and things in the country worsen, the family strains to fit in, until finally forced to take a dramatic step to make their lives better.
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2018., Metropolitan Books Call No: GN Arab vol.3 Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Riad and his family experience difficulties in the Syrian village they call home. As Riad grows, he witnesses cruelty all around him and his parents reach their breaking points in the restrictive village, forcing them to make another big decision.
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2015., Metropolitan Books Call No: GN Arab vol.1 Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Riad Sattouf shares the story of his childhood growing up in rural France, Libya, and Syria--living a nomadic life alongside his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist, and his mother, a French student, in pursuit of the dream of a better life just out of reach.
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2022., First Second Books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press Call No: GN B PAG Edition: First edition. Availability:6 of 6 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tyler's brain is different. Unlike his friends, he has a hard time paying attention in class. He acts out in goofy, over-the-top ways. Sometimes, he even does dangerous things--like cut up a bus seat with a pocketknife or hang out of an attic window. Nobody, including Tyler, understands why he does these things until his doctor diagnoses him with ADHD. But that is just the start of his journey.
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c2000., Pre-adolescent, Lucent Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the lives and achievements of seven cartoonists who have made a major impact on society through their art and wit: Mort Walker, Chuck Jones, Charles Schulz, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Matt Groening, and Scott Adams.
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2000., Lucent Books Call No: 741.59 STE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History makersSummary Note: Discusses the lives and achievements of seven cartoonists who have made a major impact on society through their art and wit: Mort Walker, Chuck Jones, Charles Schulz, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Matt Groening, and Scott Adams.
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-- Persepholis[2007]., Pantheon Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marjane Satrapi recounts her childhood and coming of age in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution, as well as her self-imposed exile from her native country, through comic strips that reflect how her own history is tied to the history of Iran.
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By Bell, Cece2014., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel memoir of author/illustrator Cece Bell who grew up hearing impaired.
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By Bell, Cece2014., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel memoir of author/illustrator Cece Bell who grew up hearing impaired.
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By Bell, Cece[2014]., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: GN BEL Edition: Graphic novel. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for" --from publisher's web site.
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By Bell, Cece2014., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: GN B BEL Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel memoir of author/illustrator Cece Bell who grew up hearing impaired.
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By Bell, Cece2014., Amulet Books Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for" --
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By Bell, Cece2014., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: 741.5 BELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel memoir of author/illustrator Cece Bell who grew up hearing impaired.
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-- El Deafo.2014., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: GN B Bell Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Summary Note: In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. .
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-- El deafoBy Bell, Cece2014., Amulet Books Genre: Graphic novels Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for" --
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2020., Oni Press Call No: GRAPHIC NOVELS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[A] memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a poor Black child in a chaotic southern landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods during the crack cocaine boom of the 1980s. Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to solve his problems by everyone and everything around him. But fighting doesn't always yield the best results for a confused and sensitive kid who yearns for a better, more fulfilling life than the one he was born into"--Back cover.
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2020., ONI Press Call No: GN B Gill Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Author Joel Christian Gill pens a graphic novel memoir about the brutality of his youth as the child of a single mother whose restlessness forced him to become a survivor of bullying at new schools, abuse at home, and violence on the streets. Despite this, and being forced out of his home, Joel found solace in art, and vowed to live a different life.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GN STE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In a collection of personal comics that span eight years of her young adult life, author-illustrator Noelle Stevenson charts the highs and lows of being a creative human in the world"--Provided by publisher.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GN STE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In a collection of personal comics that span eight years of her young adult life, author-illustrator Noelle Stevenson charts the highs and lows of being a creative human in the world.