Castle Waiting, Vol. 2
10 best books like Castle Waiting, Vol. 2 (Linda Medley): Grimoire Noir, Snow, Glass, Apples, Gender Queer, Friends With Boys, Ladycastle, Sleepless, Vol. 1, Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, The Eternal Smile: Three Stories, The War at Ellsmere, The Stone Heart
Bucky Orson is a bit gloomy, but who isn’t at fifteen?
His best friend left him to hang out with way cooler friends, his dad is the town sheriff, and wait for it―he lives in Blackwell, a town where all the girls are witches. But when his little sister is kidnapped because of her extraordinary...
Author | Neil Gaiman |
ISBN | 1472262913 |
A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran.
A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever...
Author | Maia Kobabe |
ISBN | 1549304003 |
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography...
Author | Faith Erin Hicks |
ISBN | 1596435569 |
After years of homeschooling, Maggie is starting high school. It's pretty terrifying.
Maggie's big brothers are there to watch her back, but ever since Mom left it just hasn't been the same.
Besides her brothers, Maggie's never had any real friends before. Lucy and Alistair don't...
Author | Delilah S. Dawson |
ISBN | 1684150329 |
When the King and all the men of the castle die, it’s time for the women to knight up.
When King Mancastle and his mighty vassals ride off on a crusade, the women left behind are not at all put out—that’s a lot less armor polishing to do. Of course, when the men get themselves eaten by a dragon...
Author | Sarah Vaughn |
ISBN | 1534306846 |
I love going to a book store or library and seeing staff picks. Very often, there are great stories on display there. I was looking around my library and the past few times in there I say this story by staff at the BCPL. I picked it up. It was a good story.
This is a fantasy story in a Kingdom with magic....
Author | Tony Cliff |
ISBN | 1626721556 |
We're so pleased to be publishing a second volume of Delilah Dirk's adventures (and we love this one even more than the first).
This volume is especially awesome because it gives us the set-up of a main character who's basically 100% awesome -- having to go back to her home and deal with her parents,...
The Eternal Smile: Three Stories
Author | Gene Luen Yang |
ISBN | 1596431563 |
Meet Duncan.
Charming and brave, he's the Princess's favorite—and he's on his way to winning the throne. But lately, the walls of reality in Duncan's kingdom are wearing a little thin...
Meet Gran'pa Greenbax.
Nothing seems to satisfy this greedy old frog's longing for a pool full...
Juniper is the newest scholarship student at the prestigious Ellsmere Academy. She soon finds herself labeled a "special project," harried by stringent standards, and in the novel position of being someone's nemesis.
Luckily for Jun, she has an ally in the quirky Cassie, who tells her the...
Author | Faith Erin Hicks |
ISBN | 1626721599 |
Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City: deep conflicts within the Dao nation are making it impossible to find a political solution for the disputed territory of the City itself.
To complicate...
Author | Ted Naifeh |
ISBN | 1929998597 |
Courtney Crumrin is back in a new adventure that pits her against the town's most powerful warlocks and witches, the Coven of Mystics! When the night things of Courtney's community start causing trouble, it's up to the girl to find out why. The coven blames the hobgoblin initially but quickly turns its...
Author | Jeremy Whitley |
ISBN | 1450768075 |
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A black princess who fights her own battles and flys on a dragon? Yes, please!
The graphics are very reminiscent of a Cartoon Network special with dialogue that's just as witty. These comics are a godsend for any woman of color who wants to see herself in the role of heroine...
Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Vol. 1
"I spent all my time wondering 'what if,' then one day I woke up and I was 33." She's not that bad-looking, but before she knew it, Rinko was thirty-something and single. She wants to be married by the time the Tokyo Olympics roll around in six years, but...that might be easier said than done! The new series...
Author | Hazel Newlevant |
ISBN | 1549303058 |
When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her home town of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new...
Author | Max de Radiguès |
ISBN | 1772620351 |
It all begins with a relationship update on social media. Summer vacation is about to begin, and Simon discovers the change just as his supposed girlfriend leaves to spend two months in a seaside village. Determined to find out what went wrong, Simon decides to hitchhike 350 miles to find her. With just...
Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Vol. 2
"What if I had done this..." "What if I could just.." After years spent spinning these what-if tales, Rinko woke up to find herself a 33-year-old woman with rusty romantic instincts. Even at that age, she doesn't know her next move. She doesn't even know what kinds of relationships are acceptable anymore....
Author | John Allison |
ISBN | 1684152224 |
Head back to school with Esther, Susan, and Daisy in this collection of shorts and bonus material from Eisner-nominated series Giant Days.
Featuring “universally beloved” terror Desmond Fishmen, the magic of London at Christmastime, off-beat music festivals, and an extra-special...
Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 4: Two Ships in the Night
High adventures on the high sea is back! With her crew restored from their run-in with her treacherous brothers, Raven is ready to reclaim what was stolen from her.
But when a night of revelry takes a turn and the crew is taken unawares, will they be able to fight off an invasion and keep their ship...