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10 best books like 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente (Wilfred Santiago): Harvey Pekar's Cleveland, Houdini: The Handcuff King, Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth, Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, The Sons of Liberty #1, Dawn Land, The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!, Return of the Dapper Men
| Author | Harvey Pekar |
| ISBN | 1603090916 |
A lifelong Cleveland resident, Harvey Pekar (1939-2010) pioneered autobiographical comics, mining the mundane for magic since 1976 in his ongoing American Splendor series. Harvey Pekar''s Cleveland is sadly one of his last, but happily one of his most definitive graphic novels. It combines classic...
Houdini: The Handcuff King
| Author | Jason Lutes |
| ISBN | 0786839023 |
Harry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so 80 years after his death. This is a snapshot of Houdini's life, centering on one of his most famous jumps. As Houdini prepares for a death-defying leap into the icy Charles River in Boston, biographer Jason...
| Author | Jay Hosler |
| ISBN | 0809094762 |
An accessible graphic introduction to evolution for the most science-phobic reader
Illustrated by the brilliant duo Kevin Cannon and Zander Cannon, this volume is written by the noted comic author and professor of biology Jay Hosler. Evolution features the same characters introduced...
| Author | G.B. Tran |
| ISBN | 0345508726 |
A superb new graphic memoir in which an inspired artist/storyteller reveals the road that brought his family to where they are today: Vietnamerica
GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) his family’s history. Born and raised...
| Author | James Sturm |
| ISBN | 0786839015 |
Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1905? 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction. He made a point of writing his own historyand...
| Author | Alexander Lagos |
| ISBN | 0375856706 |
Forget everything you thought you knew about America's early days-history packs a punch in this full-color, two-fisted, edge-of-your-seat adventure!
Graphic novels are a revolution in literature, and The Sons of Liberty is a graphic novel like no other. Visual and visceral,...
| Author | Joseph Bruchac |
| ISBN | 1596431431 |
Ten thousand years ago, in what would one day be known as North America, Young Hunter set out on an epic quest to overcome the Stone Giants who were terrorizing his people. Pitted against creatures of legend, Young Hunter journeyed to the innermost heart of his own humanity, even meeting the very gods...
| Author | Margarita Engle |
| ISBN | 0805077065 |
A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet.
Born into the household of a wealthy slave owner in Cuba in 1797, Juan Francisco Manzano spent his early years by the side of a woman who made him call her Mama, even though he had a mama of his own. Denied an education, young...
| Author | Jonah Winter |
| ISBN | 0375837388 |
In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made Sandy Koufax such an amazing baseball player. We learn that the beginning of his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was rocky, that he was shy with his teammates, and experienced discrimination as one of the only Jews in the game....
| Author | Jim McCann |
| ISBN | 1932386904 |
Welcome to Anorev, a world in between time, where children have played so long it’s almost become work, machines have worked so long they have begun to play and all the clocks have stopped at the same time. This is how this land has remained, until 314 dapper-looking gentlemen rain down from the sky and...
Ivy, a teenager from a small town, longs to leave and pursue her dream of becoming a painter. But life isn't easy when you never know the right thing to say. After beginning a long-distance relationship with a kindred spirit, Ivy gets a glimpse of freedom too good to pass up. Only while trying to escape her...
| Author | Ray Fawkes |
| ISBN | 1934964662 |
From visionary cartoonist Ray Fawkes comes one of the most original and thought-provoking graphic novels of all-time! A unique and poetic narrative, One Soul takes the experiences of 18 individuals and weaves them into the spiritual journey of a lifetime. Gracefully flowing from character to character,...
| Author | Barry Lyga |
| ISBN | 0547423152 |
SHRRRRRRRIPPPPPPP.
Nighttime. Castleton.
It's dark and murky out when "the Rip" tears open the fabric of reality--and it's even darker when Ryoko Kiyama falls through it and into a strange and unusual world.
But Ryoko soon finds that he's the strange and unusual one.
This...
| Author | Rick Geary |
| ISBN | 1561636053 |
The fourth entry in Geary's chronicling of famous XXth century murders tackles the extremely controversial case of Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Geary delves into his most political case yet in this series, however, all his favorite elements are there: the murders are...
| Author | Geoffrey Canada |
| ISBN | 0807044490 |
Long before President Barack Obama praised his work as “an all-encompassing, all-hands-on-deck anti-poverty effort that is literally saving a generation of children,” and First Lady Michelle Obama called him “one of my heroes,” Geoffrey Canada was a small and scared boy growing up in the...
John's Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon
| Author | Doreen Rappaport |
| ISBN | 0786808179 |
This book is a wonderful introduction to John Lennon and the Beattles for kids who have never heard of them or wonder what they are about. Part of my niece and nephew is there musical education and they can name all 4 members of the band and songs too.
I thought the art was amazing and it fit so well...
| Author | Ben Katchor |
| ISBN | 0375421149 |
Ben Katchor (“The creator of the last great American comic strip.”—Michael Chabon) gives us his first book in more than ten years: the story of the fantastical nation of Outer Canthus and the three people who, in some way or another, inhabit its shores.
Emile Delilah is a young...
Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean
| Author | Sarah Stewart Taylor |
| ISBN | 1423113373 |
Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, a graphic novel written by Sarah Stewart Taylor and illustrated by Ben Towle, tells the story of Amelia Earhart's historic crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.
Earhart developed a love of flying at a very young age...and she wasn't about to let any man get...
The Cooperstown Casebook: Who’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques
| Author | Jay Jaffe |
| ISBN | 1250071216 |
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, tucked away in upstate New York in a small town called Cooperstown, is far from any major media market or big league stadium. Yet no sports hall of fame's membership is so hallowed, nor its qualifications so debated, nor its voting process so dissected.
Since...
Gandhi: A Manga Biography
| Author | Kazuki Ebine |
| ISBN | 0143120247 |
The life of a true twentieth-century hero told in a vibrant graphic novel format.
Through his quietly powerful leadership and influential use of nonviolent resistance in India's struggle against the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi became one of the most revered figures of the modern era. While history...
Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations, and Other Nonsense
| Author | Corinne Mucha |
| ISBN | 0981973361 |
Annie has just started high school and she’s a mess. Her older brother told her that her freshman year will strongly affect the rest of her life, and if that’s true her future is looking grim: she’s a loser at sports, is jealous of everyone, and has totally fallen in love with her best friend’s older...
Flip Flop Fly Ball: An Infographic Baseball Adventure
| Author | Craig Robinson |
| ISBN | 1608192695 |
How many miles does a baseball team travel in one season?
How tall would A-Rod's annual salary be in pennies?
What does Nolan Ryan have to do with the Supremes and Mariah Carey?
You might never have asked yourself any of these questions, but Craig Robinson's Flip Flop Fly Ball will make you...
