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Seeking Mansfield

by Stephanie Bucklin

In this sweet romance, author Kate Watson explores family, obligations, and the weight of the past. "Seeking Mansfield" is about one young girl’s journey to discover her own desires after suppressing them for so long. Sixteen-year-old... Read More

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Instrumental

by Peter Dabbene

It’s not often that one sees successful cross-pollination between the worlds of comics and music, but Dave Chisholm accomplishes just that with his graphic novel (and accompanying soundtrack) "Instrumental". Chisholm is an accomplished... Read More

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Audubon

by Peter Dabbene

The name Audubon is synonymous with ornithology, but it’s the man behind the famous wildlife paintings that’s revealed in Fabien Grolleau and Jérémie Royer’s beautiful graphic novel, Audubon: On the Wings of the World. The... Read More

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The Adventures of Kung Fu Robot

by Peter Dabbene

A robot who knows Kung Fu and loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches battles a chicken who aims to, of course, steal all the peanut butter and jelly he can find, in The Adventures of Kung Fu Robot: How to Make a Peanut Butter, Jelly... Read More

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Brik

by Peter Dabbene

The legend of the Golem is brought to modern-day Yonkers, New York, in the graphic novel "Brik", by Adam Glass, Michael Benson, and Harwinder Singh. After twelve-year-old Drew loses his grandfather to gang violence, he successfully... Read More

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Love, Retold

by Peter Dabbene

There’s been much discussion in recent years about different sexual identities, a once-controversial topic, but it’s safe to say that polyamory (romantic relationships with more than one partner) is less understood, and less widely... Read More

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Last Things

by Peter Dabbene

Marissa Moss shares the brutal experience of her husband’s deterioration from ALS, in her unflinching graphic memoir, "Last Things". Moss, a successful author of many children’s books, including the Amelia’s Notebook and Young... Read More

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This Sweet Haphazard

by Matt Sutherland

In her consistent ability to write a perfect line of poetry—and the river rose thirty-three feet above the highway and took what it wanted, and it wanted nearly everything, and left just the sidewalks—Gillian Wegener upsets the idea... Read More

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