We’re starting this week with two cross-cultural memoirs that highlight the nuances of generational traumas and triumphs across borders; from storied pasts in Vietnam and Shanghai, to uncertain futures in the United States, these eclectic and diverse reflections are full of life, love, and lessons. THE MANICURIST’S DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR BY SUSAN LIEU Available for […]
Tag: graphic biography
YA Spotlight (9/27/22)
Today’s YA spotlight brings us a book that shares the stories of incredible boys throughout history—from the impacts they had, the changes they inspired, and how they dared to dream big. TEEN TRAILBLAZERS: 30 DARING BOYS WHOSE DREAMS CHANGED THE WORLD BY JENNIFER CALVERT Teen boys need role models and encouragement more than ever, and TEEN TRAILBLAZERS highlights […]
Book Buzz From Home: Nonfiction
Hello friends! I am writing to you today about an amazing new opportunity… It’s a BOOK BUZZ… And it’s from inside OUR HOMES. [Cue music from the movie Jaws.] Can you even imagine the technology required to produce such a thing? All kidding aside, we miss your faces! And we’ll assume that you miss ours. […]
Graphic Novels Galore!
Bam! Pow! Zowie! Make room on your library’s shelves for these new and forthcoming graphic novels: THE ABOMINABLE MR. SEABROOK by Joe Ollmann Two starred reviews! “Comprising 10 years of painstaking research, this graphic biography details the life of obscure writer, occultist, traveler, and bondage fanatic William Seabrook… As both a narrative and a story […]
Seeing Stars
What do these 5 books have in common? They’ve all received more than one starred review! BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer — 3 stars! “VanderMeer, author of the acclaimed Southern Reach trilogy, has made a career out of eluding genre classifications, and with BORNE he essentially invents a new one. Reading like a dispatch from a […]
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