Comics & Graphic Novels - Biography
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Tiny Dancer
$12.99 Read moreA teenage ballet dancer struggles to find her next step, and her place in the world, in this exquisite graphic memoir–a follow-up to the Sibert Honor-winning To Dance.
All her life, Siena has dreamed- Author: Siegel, Siena Cherson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1481486675
- Language: English
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The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures
$22.99 Read moreFrom ND Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds him turning an important corner in his creative journey–and
- Author: Stevenson, ND
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0062278274
- Language: English
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Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family
$17.99 Read more“A wonderful book about figuring out who we are and who we want to be when we grow up. It’s also about being an American–especially a first-generation American.” –Roz Chast
This graphic-novel debut- Author: Russo, Marisabina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1250894573
- Language: English
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Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
$22.99 Add to cartHarvey Award Nominee, Best Children or Young Adult Book
A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life–perfect for fans of American Born Ch
- Author: Ha, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0062685104
- Language: English
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Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery
$17.99 Add to cartA poignant young adult graphic memoir that follows one teen’s year abroad in Japan, as she seeks to reconcile both sides of her biracial identity.
Christine has always felt she is just half: Half Ame- Author: Mari, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 031641672X
- Language: English
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Women Discoverers: Top Women in Science
$19.99 Read moreFrom Ada Lovelace (computing) to Marie Curie (Physics and Chemistry), these exceptional women enabled the world to advance in all fields of science including space exploration (Mae Jemison), telecommu… [more below]
- Series: Nbm Comics Biographies
- Author: Pecout, Christelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1681122707
- Language: English
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Homebody
$18.99 Add to cartIn their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself. Combining traditional comics
- Author: Parish, Theo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0063319586
- Language: English
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Shame Pudding: A Graphic Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartA celebration of the wacky and wonderful Jewish grandmothers who nurtured the author as she grew from a kid struggling with anxiety and insecurity to a teen finding her own voice.
- Author: Noble, Danny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 1951491025
- Language: English
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Homebody
$26.99 Add to cartIn their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself. Combining traditional comics
- Author: Parish, Theo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0063319594
- Language: English
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Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz
$14.95 Read moreIt’s July 1941 in the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe steps forward.
“Let me take this man’s place,” he says, thereby volunteering to die in t
- Author: Vivier, Jean-Francois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: May 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1644130807
- Language: English
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Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth (New Foreword by Meg Medina)
$26.99 Add to cartNEW EDITION with a Foreword by award-winning author Meg Medina.
During a time of heated immigration debate and unrest, this book is an opportunity to hear directly from youth who are often in the headl
- Author: Writers, Latin American Youth Center
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: October 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1950807622
- Language: Spanish
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Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
$19.95 Add to cartA Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner and a Moonbeam Children’s Book Gold Award Winner, Photographic is a picture book biography of Graciela Iturbide from author Isabel Quintero and illustr… [more below]
- Author: Quintero, Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1947440004
- Language: English
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Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel
$25.43 Add to cartCreative icon, visionary, and dreamer, Stan Lee co-created many of pop culture’s most significant characters, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Avengers. This young adult edition of Stan Le
- Author: Batchelor, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: October 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1538162059
- Language: English
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A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return: Expanded Edition
$14.99 Read moreThis expanded edition of A Game for Swallows features a new, illustrated afterword, as Abirached reflects on the meaning of her memoir’s title, the graffiti that inspired it, and the future of Beirut
- Author: Abirached, Zeina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1728446139
- Language: English
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I Am Gandhi
$9.99 Read moreAdvocate for peace and nonviolent revolutionary Gandhi is the 12th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
As a young man in India, Gand… [more below]- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0593619218
- Language: English
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Grand Theft Horse
$19.95 Add to cartYummy author G. Neri returns to graphic novels with the powerful story of his cousin Gail Ruffu, who stole a racehorse in order to save it, and ended up fighting the whole racing industry for the huma
- Author: Neri, G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1620148552
- Language: English
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Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir
$18.99 Add to cart“Often quite funny . . . The layers of identity and story in the memoir and Som’s fluid approach to representing the self, feel impressively easy, unbelabored.” –Hillary Chute, The New York Times Boo… [more below]
- Author: Som, Bishakh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1951491033
- Language: English
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Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who’ve Inspired Me
$18.99 Add to cart“Unique in both format and content, this important book is a first choice to help diversify teen graphic nonfiction collections.” –Starred Review, School Library Journal
Follow the daily life of one q
- Author: Criswell, Shelby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1951491076
- Language: English
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Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
$0.00 Read moreA memoir about friendship, gender, bullies, growth, punk rock, and the power of the perfect outfit . . .
Growing up, Liz Prince wasn’t a girly girl, but she wasn’t exactly one of the guys either (as
- Author: Prince, Liz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 02, 2014
- ISBN10: 1936976552
- Language: English
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The Boy from Clearwater: Book 1
$19.99 Add to cartFREEMAN BOOK AWARD WINNER
An incredible true story in graphic novel form that lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed and fought over by many countries, through the- Author: Yu, Pei-Yun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 1646142802
- Language: English
