Håkon Øvreås’s "Brown" is a touching, timeless story that captures the unbounded imagination and uncertain innocence of youth. Originally published in Norway, "Brown" has been translated into more than thirty languages and is the... Read More

Twists and turns abound in Lisa Naffziger’s teen suspense thriller "Minus", in which a college bound heroine finds her life unraveling around her. Beck is driving to the University of Chicago with her father, Gill. He seems like a... Read More

Margreet de Heer conducts a sometimes historical, sometimes personal tour of love and its many forms and definitions in her Love: A Discovery in Comics. De Heer begins by introducing seven kinds of love, with examples from Greek and... Read More

In the inspiring graphic novel "German Calendar", Olivia leaves her small Nigerian village to attend a boarding school in Lagos. She has high expectations that are based most on children’s novels, but she’s disabused of those... Read More

Everyone’s favorite pet man returns in Caitlin Major and Kelly Bastow’s graphic novel "Manfried Saves the Day". A follow-up to last year’s Manfried the Man, "Manfried Saves the Day" brings back Manfried’s owner Steve Catson and... Read More

In the form of an extended, illustrated letter to her young daughter, Teresa Wong shares the difficulties she experienced after her pregnancy in her graphic novel "Dear Scarlet". Wong sets the stage by introducing her husband and... Read More

MariNaomi continues her immersive saga of teenagers and possible alien abductions in Gravity’s Pull. The Life on Earth trilogy thus far has been a model of slowly rising action, centered on a group of teens consumed by relationship... Read More

Opera isn’t at the top of most teens’ playlists, but Kyo Maclear and Byron Eggenschwiler relate the form, and in particular the life of soprano Maria Callas, to adolescent travails in the graphic novel "Operatic". The book focuses on... Read More