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Here are our favorite manga and graphic novels for teens in high school! These titles can be found in the Teen Graphic Novel section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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Insomniacs After School
by Makoto Ojiro
Two sleepless teenagers find kinship as they escape to their school's astronomy observatory.
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Clementine
by Tillie Walden
Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own. But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys North to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement. As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival...might be each other.
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The Ghostkeeper
by Johanna Taylor
When the key to Death's Door is stolen, trapping ghosts in the land of the living, outcast Dorian Leith, who can communicate with the dead, risks everything to find the key and stop them from being consumed by a ghostly rot.
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Unfamiliar
by Haley Newsome
Young kitchen witch Planchette gets an incredible deal on a new house in a magical town. Turns out, there's a reason: it's haunted! After unsuccessfully attempting to get these unwanted ghosts to leave, she realizes the only thing to do is to help them with their problems. Along the way, she befriends a shy siren who hates being popular, a girl battling a curse, and a magically-challenged witch from a powerful coven.
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Karate prom
by Kyle Starks
In this loving homage to ‘80s teen comedies and badly dubbed kung fu films, it's love at first knockout for Don, who must punch his way through various opponents in the name of love.
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Youth Group
by Jordan Morris
When cynical, gothy Kay lets her mom talk her into joining the youth group at their church, she's prepared for the dorky sing-alongs and the cheesy slogans about dodging temptation. What she isn't prepared for is walking in on the clean-cut youth group leaders, Meg and Cortland, in the middle of a real-deal exorcism. Turns out these wholesome Christian teens are demon-hunting soldiers in a secret war that's heating up fast. Even if Kay wanted to stay on the sidelines, she doesn't have a choice--she's a "Blight," a human who demons can't possess, and that makes her a target. But Kay's in good hands with her new friends--for them, fighting literal demons is all in a Sunday's work!
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Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
This thrilling graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book takes readers back to 1938 where they will witness the creation of the atomic bomb—a story of plotting, risk-taking, deceit and genius that created the world's most formidable weapon.
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Every Day
by David Levithan
Waking up in a different body each day, A, who lives by a certain set of rules, finds the rules no longer apply when he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.
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Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
by Thien Pham
Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author's childhood immigration to America where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness, and for the American dream.
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Hungry Ghost
by Victoria Ying
After the sudden death of her father, 16-year-old Valerie Chu, who is hiding an eating disorder from her friends and family, reevaluates her life, her choices and her own body as she tries to find the strength to seek help.
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Be That Way
by Hope Larson
Sixteen-year-old Christine keeps a journal of an eventful year of her life in mid-90s Asheville, North Carolina, which she records through prose and illustration.
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The Rema Chronicles: Realm of the Blue Mist
by Amy Kim Kibuishi
While searching for the truth surrounding her father's death, Tabby Simon is unexpectedly led to Rema, a distant world of magic and beauty, where she discovers she is destined for something far greater than she ever could have imagined.
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Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom
by Whit Taylor
Harriet Tubman did something exceptionally courageous: She escaped slavery. Then she did something impossible: She went back. She underwent some thirteen missions to rescue around seventy enslaved people, using and expanding a network of abolitionists that became known as the Underground Railroad.
This modern account of her trip to save her brothers is detailed and authentic. Illustrated with care for the historical record, it offers insight into the life and mind of Tubman, displaying her as a woman with an unshakable desire to break the chains of an unjust society.
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Crumbs
by Danie Stirling
Ray, a young seer struggling with her powers, discovers first love and friendship in her town's magic bakery.
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World Class: a Graphic Novel
by Jay Sandlin
Life's a pitch for teen football star, Adrian "Colombian Cannon" Molina. With his powerful shot, he seems a shoe-in for the European junior league. When a Regents United elite prep school scout offers him a full scholarship, the news seems too good to be true. Adrian's celebration is short lived thanks to his meeting with team star, Titan Evans. Titan is everything Adrian is not; rich, powerful, and connected. Despite that, Titan sees the Colombian Cannon as a threat to his domination on the pitch. Hallway brawls, threatening notes, and constant bullying from Titan and his cronies consume Adrian's new life along with crippling anxiety attacks thanks to the fear of losing his spot on the team.
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The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor
by Shaenon K. Garrity
After she saves a man from drowning, Haley wakes up in a pocket universe that appears as a gothic estate and helps three brothers whose job it is to protect her world against a penultimate evil.
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The Shadow Threat
by Claudia Gray
Zahn is one of Krypton's elites: wealthy, privileged, a future leader. Sera is one of Krypton's soldiers: strong, dedicated, fearless. Their rule-bound society has ordained that their paths should never cross. But groundquakes are shaking the planet's surface. Rebellious uprisings are shaking the populace. Zahn and Sera must join forces to investigate the hidden dangers truly threatening Krypton. In the process, they form a bond that will endure past the end of the world.
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Poison Ivy : Thorns
by Kody Keplinger
Even though Pamela Isley spends most of her time caring for a few small plants and does not trust other people, when cute goth girl Alice Oh comes into her life she starts to open up, but the dark secrets from home could destroy the one person who ever cared about Pamela, or as her mom called her, Ivy.
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Supergirl Adventures : Girl of Steel
by Evan Dorkin
As she gets accustomed to life on Earth Supergirl teams up with Superman and the Justice League, fulfilling her desire to help the world by confronting some of the world's most notorious opponents like General Zod, Lex Luthor, and Darkseid.
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You Brought Me the Ocean
by Alex Sanchez
Jake Hyde yearns for the ocean and is determined to leave his hometown in New Mexico for a college on the coast, and while his family and friends encourage him to stay, he must deal with his secrets of being gay and some strange new blue markings on his skin giving him a glow when he touches water.
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