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In a collection of essays and personal mini-comics that span eight years of her young adult life, author-illustrator Noelle Stevenson charts the highs and lows of being a creative human in the world. Whether it's hearing the wrong name called at her art school graduation ceremony or becoming a National Book Award finalist for her debut graphic novel, Nimona, Noelle captures the little and big moments that make up a real life, with a wit, wisdom, and...

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Graphic Novels for Teens

2) Spinning

Author

Walden, Tillie

Publisher

First Second

Pub. Date

2017.

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
796.912 WALDEN 2017
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
796.912 WALDEN 2017
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A graphic memoir recounts the years Walden spent competitively figure skating, before her developing love of art and first girlfriend causes her to question the insular world of figure skating. For ten years, figure skating was Tillie Walden’s life. She woke before dawn for morning lessons, went straight to group practice after school, and spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state. Skating was a central piece of her identity, her safe...

3) Are you my mother?: a comic drama

Author

Bechdel, Alison

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

On Shelf

Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
741.5 BECHDE 2012
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Description

A graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be.

4) Passing for human: a graphic memoir

Author

Finck, Liana

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

On Shelf

Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
741.51 FINCK 2018
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Description

"In this graphic memoir, Liana Finck goes in search of that thing she has lost--her shadow, she calls it, but one might also think of it as the "otherness" or "strangeness" that has defined her since birth, that part of her that has always made her feel as though she is living in exile from the world. In Passing for Human, Finck is on a quest for self-understanding and self-acceptance, and along the way she seeks to answer some eternal questions:...

5) An age of license: a travelogue

Author

Knisley, Lucy

Publisher

Fantagraphics Books, Inc

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
741.5 KNISLE 2014
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Description

Written during a European book tour promoting her work, a cartoonist depicts the new experiences, romantic encounters, and cute cats she met as she visited historic cities across the continent.

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6) Passport

Author

Glock, Sophia

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

2021.

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Teenage Sophia lives with her family in Central America where her parents serve as foreign diplomats, but as she explores her own boundaries around honesty and deception she discovers the true nature of her parents' work.