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Teen Graphic Novels September 2019
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Spotlight: Back to School
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The Backstagers: Rebels Without Applause
by James Tynion
Short Synopsis: Transfering to an all-boys school, Jory befriends the Backstagers, the school's lowly stage crew, who are determined to put together the best show the school has ever seen while dealing with the magical underground world located under the school
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Handa-kun
by Satsuki Yoshino
Short Synopsis: Unaware of his popularity, handsome calligrapher Seishuu Handa is convinced that the admiration of his classmates is actually bullying, and every action he takes to avoid being bullied results in another student joining the ranks of his worshippers
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Gotham Academy: Second Semester. Volume 1: Welcome Back
by Brenden Fletcher
Short Synopsis: DC. Joined by a new student during a winter holiday break when everyone else is away, Olive wonders if the reckless newcomer's mischievous fun is worth the trouble, before a new semester with her friends poses more dangers and mysteries than before..
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
by Mariko Tamaki
Short Synopsis: Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: Break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further out of her control, Freddy has to wonder if it's really Laura Dean that's the problem.
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Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
by Izumi Tsubaki
Short Synopsis: Finally working up the courage to tell the boy of her dreams, Umetarou Nozaki, how she feels about him, Chiyo instead discovers that he is a popular manga artist and is recruited as his assistant, starting her life of manga making and heartache
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My Hero Academia: School Briefs Parent's Day
by Khei Horikoshi
What it is: Short stories to go along with the main "My Hero Academia" world!
Short Synopsis: The U.A. High School hero course teaches young hopefuls everything they need to become heroes. Between killer events like the sports festival and internships, there's even parents' day!
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Riverdale : All new stories. Volume one
by Brian Paterson
Short Synopsis: Learn the secrets and hidden tales from the summer before the eternal love-triangle begins. Spend some time at Archie's summer construction job and learn how it leads him to a fateful encounter with the alluring teacher, Ms. Grundy. Discover the truth about Betty's Los Angeles romance. Find out more about Veronica's mysterious life in New York, before the shocking event that would send her family scrambling. And meanwhile, there's Jughead, on the fringes of Riverdale, a witness to the terrible event that sets everything in motion: A tragedy that befalls Jason Blossom.
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New & Notable Graphic Novels
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Are you listening?
by Tillie Walden
Short Synopsis: An emotionally soaring graphic novel of friendship and grief by the Eisner Award-winning creator of Spinning traces the intimate healing bond between two young women on the run in the wake of wrenching betrayal, sexual assault and loss. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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The Avant-Guards 1
by Carly Usdin
Short Synopsis: As a transfer student to the Georgia O'Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics, former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they're going. When the school's barely-a-basketball-team unexpectedly attempts to recruit her, Charlie's adamant that she's left that life behind ... until she's won over by the charming team captain, Liv, and the ragtag crew she's managed to assemble.
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Catwoman: Far from Gotham Vol. 2
by Joelle Jones
Short Synopsis: What's a cat burglar to do? When things went bad for her in Gotham, Selina Kyle picked up stakes and moved to set up a new life in Villa Hermosa. Things went about as well as they could for an international super-criminal, particularly now that Catwoman has established herself as a major player in her new town. Too bad the past always has a way of catching up with you.
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The Batman Who Laughs
by Scott Snyder
Short Synopsis: Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the ultimate evil spawned from the Dark Multiverse. Look inside the most terrifying version of Batman ever! When Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman can't ever break ... the rule that created this insatiable villain--the Batman Who Laughs!
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Civil War II
by Brian Michael Bendis
Short Synopsis: When a new Inhuman with the power to see the future emerges, his visions drive a wedge in the Marvel universe with lasting ramifications that no one is spared from
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Mooncakes
by Suzanne Walker
Short Synopsis: Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers' bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town.
One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. Pursued by dark forces, Tam turns to Nova for help.
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Norroway : The Black Bull of Norroway Book 1,
by Cat Seaton
Short Synopsis: When the adventure-loving Sibylla receives a prophecy from a witch, she never imagined that it would be so literal, but when a giant, magical bull appears at her door to ask for her hand in marriage, she has to wonder whether he is man or monster
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Pumpkinheads
by Rainbow Rowell
Short Synopsis: Working at a pumpkin patch every autumn, two seasonal best friends organize ultimate Halloween plans to celebrate their last working year together.
Notable Author: By the award-winning author of Fangirl and the Eisner Award-winning illustrator of the Nameless City trilogy.
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