Book Review
We Called Them Giants
A teenage girl encounters huge, mysterious aliens in the engrossing graphic novel "We Called Them Giants". Lori, who is used to being moved between foster families, feels hardened to the world. When she wakes to find that most of the...
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The Hidden Life of Trees
The secrets of communication and cooperation among trees and their fungal and faunal allies are revealed in the graphic adaptation of Peter Wohlleben’s memoir "The Hidden Life of Trees". Wohlleben, who worked as a forester, narrates,...
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How Could You
A college student and her friends navigate a complicated web of relationships in the graphic novel "How Could You", a fond, realistic view of early adulthood. Molly is depressed after a breakup email from Olene, who’s away in Europe...
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Space Junk
Two young people wonder whether to board the last shuttles from their doomed planet in the graphic novel "Space Junk". In a dystopian universe where worlds are abandoned after being stripped of resources, Faith and Hoshi await their turn...
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All Our Ordinary Stories
A Canadian woman learns about her family’s past in the excellent graphic memoir "All Our Ordinary Stories". Wong’s mother had a stroke in 2014, prompting a deeper investigation into the family history. Through conversations,...
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The Worst Journey in the World
"The Worst Journey in the World" is a graphic novel adaptation of Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s memoir about an ill-fated voyage to Antarctica. In 1910, Cherry-Garrard signed on as assistant zoologist on Robert F. Scott’s mission to...
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Between Two Sounds
Joonas Sildre’s graphic biography "Between Two Sounds" is about Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s lifelong quest to break new ground. In 1939, Pärt discovered an old, broken piano in his family’s new apartment. He developed his...
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Witchcraft
A single witch’s story serves as the entry point for a history of the practice in Lindsay Squire’s graphic novel "Witchcraft". Biddy Early, called Ireland’s most famous witch, practices her craft during the nineteenth century,...