Fall 2025
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Paranoid gardens by Gerard Way
Paranoid Gardens
by Gerard Way (Adult)
 
Loo is a nurse at the most bizarre care-centre around. The staff are not entirely human, and the cases are downright unearthly. Aliens, ghosts, superheroes, and more creatures plague its hallways as both doctors and patients- and the hospital itself- seems to be somewhat self-aware. Loo believes that despite a recent failure at her job she's been given some sort of higher calling in this mysterious place, and decides to rise to the challenge. Along the way she must fight her way through corrupt staff members, powerful theme park cults, and her own personal demons and trauma to meet this challenge and discover what secrets the gardens hold.
Flip by Ngozi Ukazu
Flip
by Ngozi Ukazu (Young Adult)

Chi-Chi Ekeh has one huge problem: She keeps having crushes on rich white boys who have no idea she exists. Enter Flip Henderson, who receives Chi-Chi's video proposal to go to senior prom. But when Flip rejects Chi-Chi, what happens next is completely unexpected: Chi-Chi switches bodies with Flip. Suddenly Chi-Chi is 6'1" and cool, while Flip gets a crash course on Chi-Chi's life- that is, K-pop, hair-braiding, and being a poor kid of color at a rich white private school. With graduation looming and their body swaps lasting longer and longer, they must form the most unlikely friendship their school has ever seen. But will they survive senior year? And can they find a way back to themselves?
Cassi and the house of memories by Dean Stuart
Cassi and the House of Memories
by Dean Stuart (Juvenile)
 
Cassi loves spending time with her grandfather. His games, songs, and stories have always brought her endless joy. This visit with him, though, is different: Grandpa seems to be losing track of things, including everything from the stories they're sharing to who Cassi herself is. So when he goes missing after wandering off from his own backyard, Cassi knows she has to figure out where he's gone. What she discovers is a world filled with memories, none of them her own. Leaping from one memory to the next, she knows she's getting closer and closer to finding her grandfather- but only if she can make sure he doesn't slip away forever.
Spotlight on...
Time Travel
Ever wish you could visit the distant past or explore the far future? Time travel is one of the most popular themes in science fiction, and has expanded to romance, horror, mysteries, and many other genres. Our comics collection has time travel stories of all kinds, for all ages. Check out some of our favorites below. 
 
Looking for more? Check out Comics Plus, our digital comic book collection that offers many titles for all ages. Just visit the site, search for "York County VA" and select either the Children's or Full collections. Then enter your library card!
 
Earthdivers. :  Kill Columbus Volume one, Kill Columbus by Stephen Graham Jones
Earthdivers vol. 1: Kill Columbus
by Stephen Graham Jones (Adult)
 
The year is 2112, and it's the apocalypse exactly as expected. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of Indigenous outcasts who have discovered a time travel portal in a cave in the desert. Convinced the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own on a one-way mission to 1492 to kill Christopher Columbus before he reaches the so-called New World. As the horror of the task ahead unfolds, his actions could trigger a devastating new fate for his friends and the future.
 
Other graphic novels with Time Travel for adults:
- The Exile by Diana Gabaldon
- Octavia Butler's 'Kindred' by Damian Duffy
Cry out loud by Tara O'Connor
Cry out loud
by Tara O'Connor (Young Adult)
 
Strongheaded Nell just wants to be free to carve out her own path in life. After getting suspended from school, Nell is forced to go live with an aunt and uncle whom she's never met before. Her sense of unease quickly evolves into terror when Nell discovers that she's been chosen as the latest victim in a perilous plot that spans centuries and has left countless bodies in its wake. In this family, no one will hear you scream.
 
Other graphic novels with time travel for teens:
- Berserker Unbound by Jeff Lemire
- Extermination by Ed Brisson
Robin Hood, time traveler : a graphic novel by Benjamin Harper
Robin Hood, Time Traveler
by Benjamin Harper (Juvenile)
 
In the distant future, kid-genius Robin Hood has invented amazing time-traveling technology. Except his company only wants to use the tech to make sure history stays exactly the same. So Robin decides to take matters into his own hands, jump through time, and help people throughout the ages. Along the way the time traveler teams up with other caring kids, but with Robin's heartless boss chasing the group, how much longer can they keep up this noble quest?
 
Other graphic novels with time travel for kids:
- Blue, Barry & Pancakes: Big Time Trouble by Dan Abdo
- Team Trash by Kate Wheeler
 
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