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Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Drama by Raina Telgemeier My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am so thrilled that there is a female protagonist who loves theatre and isn’t dying to be onstage. Callie is a great role model for pre-teens and teens alike as she is the master of her own learning of stagecraft in order to help…
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Nightschool: The Weirn Books Vol. 1 by Svetlana Chmakova
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1 by Svetlana Chmakova My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have to admit that this is the first Manga I’ve ever read, although I’m an emerging fan of the graphic novel format. The artwork varies with the characters’ emotions from mysterious and flirtatious, to outraged and scary. The colour…
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
I really enjoyed the tone of Satrapi’s writing….a combination of harsh truth and the quirky humour of a young teenager. Whether Satrapi has written this memoir as a young woman or older, she remembers accurately what it was like to appear fundamentalist in her public life but to be a rebellious teenager in her personal…
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Skim by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
Skim by Mariko Tamaki My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was actually first turned on to Mariko and Jillian Tamaki when I read Hiromi Goto’s young adult novel Half World, which was nominated in Ontario for a White Pine award. I just can’t get enough of Tamaki’s style of elegance and simplicity in her…
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Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 4 of 5 stars Brian K. Vaughan has written the graphic novel that may be my entry point into adult graphic novels that will keep me hooked. The characters are likeable but deeply flawed. If the story had kept to the main plot of Alana and…
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Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
“>Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think my favourite thing about the main character, Maggie, is that her personality is so well-developed. Before the ghost is even introduced we find out that: she’s the only girl with 3 brothers, her Dad has a new job, and her…
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