Read the Themes of The One Book Project
With Adult Reads!
Graphic Novels
DC Women of Action
by Shea Fontana

An illustrated collection profiles the fiercest, strongest and most independent female superheroes and super-villains in the DC universe, along with the real-life women integral to their development. This lush volume is a vivid celebration of the amazing, inspirational women of DC. 
What is the Story of Wonder Woman?
by Steven Korté

Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library! Wonder Woman--DC Comics' greatest female superhero--flies onto our What Is the Story Of? list. She is a founding member of the Justice League, a goddess, and an ambassador of the Amazonian people. Wonder Woman burst onto the comic book scene during World War II. For more than seventy years, she has been fighting for equality, power, and truth with her lasso of truth in one hand and her sword in the other. Author Steve Korté shares the story of how one of the first and foremost superheroines was created, and how she came to be such a powerful feminist icon
Persepolis 
by Marjane Satrapi

 Persepolis is a funny and poignant autobiographical tale by graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi. As a child living in Iran during the 1970s and ’80s, Satrapi witnessed firsthand the tumult of the Islamic  revolution and the war with Iraq that followed. No dry history lesson, this is the story of a young girl’s day-to-day life under an oppressive, misogynistic regime. It’s sometimes horrific, but ultimately a masterful and deeply felt tale of a woman’s resilience.
The Best We Could Do
by Thi Bui

The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.
 
Also available in eBook on Hoopla
Afar
by Leila Del Duca

In a post-industrial desert wasteland, fifteen-year-old Boetema develops the ability to astral project to other planets. On her own planet, with her parents gone, she and her thirteen-year-old brother, Inotu, must cross a dangerous desert to flee a cyborg bodyguard.
 
Also available in eBook on Hoopla
One Trick Pony
by Nathan Hale

In a future where alien beings consume technology as a few humans try to preserve it, Strata, her brother, and a friend are separated from their caravan and, with a wonderful robotic horse, must fight their way back.
 
Also available in eBook on OverDrive
Also available in eBook on Hoopla

Join the One Book Reading Challenge

Register for Beanstack and challenge yourself to read and participate in the 2020 One Book Project. Access activity ideas, determine reading goals, track reading as a family, and win digital badges! Readers who read the primary title, Broad Band by Claire Evans, or one of the companion titles can pick up a FREE prize at select curbside library locations (while supplies last). Prizes include a brain teaser, airplane glider, or pinwheel.

Join Us for an Author Talk with Broad Band Author Claire L. Evans
 
The One Book Project culminates with a FREE author talk. Claire Evans, the author of Broad Band, will be joining Kern County communities virtually on October 28, 2020 at 7pm. For more information, visit KCLonebook.org.

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