Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
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Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band―if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing...
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| ISBN | 1603094504 |
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| ISBN | 1891830600 |
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| ISBN | 0307378144 |
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Shuri, Vol. 1: The Search For Black Panther
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| ISBN | 1302915231 |
The world fell in love with her in Marvel’s Black Panther. Now, T’Challa’s techno-genius sister launches her own adventures — written by best-selling Afrofuturist author Nnedi Okorafor and drawn by Eisner Award-nominated artist Leonardo Romero! T’Challa has disappeared, and everyone...
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| ISBN | 1328810151 |
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| Author | Hope Larson |
| ISBN | 1416935851 |
August 31, 5:15 PM, French Hill, Nova Scotia: A girl named Tara is running. She runs through her nice neighborhood and up a road to the burned ruins of what was once a beautiful house--her family's house.
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| Author | Tony Medina |
| ISBN | 1620142635 |
Alfonso Jones can’t wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school’s hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his best friend, Danetta, know how he really feels about her. But as he is buying his first suit, an off-duty police officer mistakes a clothes hanger for a gun,...
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| ISBN | 1626723184 |
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| ISBN | 1419735853 |
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| ISBN | 1401223826 |
The first title from the original webcomics imprint of DC Comics!
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Le jour où sa mère est morte, Meursault a remarqué qu'il faisait très chaud dans l'autobus qui le menait d'Alger à l'asile de vieillards, et il s'est assoupi. Plus tard, dans la chambre mortuaire, il a apprécié le café que lui offrait le concierge, a eu envie de fumer, a été gêné par la violente...
The Sleep of Reason: An Anthology of Horror
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Referencing a classic Haida oral narrative, this stunning full-colour graphic novel documents the tragic story of a leader so blinded by revenge that he leads his community to the brink of war and destruction. Consisting of 108 pages of hand-painted illustrations,
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| 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...
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
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| ISBN | 1620105861 |
In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and JR Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBT+ world! Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience...
| Author | Blue Delliquanti |
| ISBN | 1945820306 |
Yarrow is a young chef determined to make her mark on the cutting edge of cookery with her insect-based creations. Though her enthusiasm is infectious, it rubs some of her fellow cooks the wrong way, especially Chanda Flores, Yarrow's personal hero and executive chef of an exciting new restaurant....
| Author | John Allison |
| ISBN | 1684152828 |
After discovering a mysterious device, Jane and Heather decide try their hand at documentary filmmaking... in another dimension!
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Strange Fruit
Southern Trees bear a strange fruit.
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.
Black body swinging in the southern breeze.
Strange fruit hanging from the Poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant South.
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth.
Scent...
