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Superman Smashes the Klan volume 1
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Graded Summer - 7th/8th Grade
Great Graphic Novels
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When Dr. Lee moves his family to Metropolis, his son Tommy adjusts to the new neighborhood while daugher Roberta feels out of place, so when the evil Klan of the Fiery Cross begins a string of terrorist attacks on the city, Superman fights them, and Roberta and Superman soon learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart.
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Dennis, the son of Chinese immigrants, yearns to play video games like his friends and, upon his strict father's death, becomes obsessed with them but later, realizing how his father sacrificed for him, he chooses a nobler path.
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"Nadia Shammas and Marie Enger's Where Black Stars Rise is an eldritch horror graphic novel that explores mental illness and diaspora, set in modern-day Brooklyn. Dr. Amal Robardin, a Lebanese immigrant and a therapist in training, finds herself out of her depth when her first client, Yasmin, a schizophrenic, is visited by a nightly malevolent presence that seems all too real. Yasmin becomes obsessed with Robert Chambers' classic horror story collection...
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"After fourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak that it can bring, and what it means to be human Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, Blood of the Virgin follows an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. But without money or clout, he has no choice but to spend his days slumming it for the worst and...
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On a future Earth teeming with integrated extraterrestrial life, pregnant Nigerian-American doctor Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka is smuggling an illegal, sentient plant named Letme Live through Laguardia International and Interstellar Airport--and that's not the only thing that she's hiding. Back home in the Bronx at the New Hope Apartments, Future joins a vibrant community of human and alien immigrants in their fight for equality amidst social and political...
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OBD 2020 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List (Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table)
OBD LGBTQIA+ Pride Month - ADULT
OBD LGBTQIA+ Pride Month - ADULT
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"Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid perfectly captures the feelings of a young sojourner in America as she explores the nuances in searching for a place to belong. Baopu is a monthly serialized comic on Autostraddle, and this book includes beloved fan favorites plus new, never-before-seen comics. This one-of-a-kind graphic novel explores the poetics of searching for connection, belonging, and identity through the fictional life of a young,...