Speak: The Graphic Novel
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.39
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
The modern classic Speak is now a graphic novel. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what yo…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel
"Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity. If you're tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel
"The school board banned one of Maya Angelou's books, so the librarian had to take down her poster. I fished it out of the trash. She must be a great writer if the school board is scared of her."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel
"You'd be shocked at how many adults are already dead inside, walking around with no clue, waiting for a heart attack or cancer to finish the job. When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. It's the saddest thing I know."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel
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1. Spinning
By: Tillie Walden
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Poignant and captivating, Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir, Spinning, ca… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
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"I never ignored the fact that I was attracted to them. I had known I was gay since I was 5. Now I was almost 12. A teacher's aide had shown me how to hold your sleeve when you put your jacket on. I s…"-Tillie Walden, Spinning
2. In Real Life
By: Cory Doctorow , Jen Wang
3.81
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role-playing game where she spends most of … read more
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- teen
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"– Here, take this. It'll give you a boost. – You spent 90 gold on this?? – 90 gold is nothing when you're the baddest bitch in the virtual universe."-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life
"– I understand the world can be cruel place and there are people out there counting on naive kids like you to take advantage of. Don't just think because it's video games people can't get hurt."-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life
"Most of the people you see going to work today are LARPing (live-action role playing) an incredibly boring RPG (role-playing game) called "professionalism" that requires them to alter their vocabular…"-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life
"When I was an activist in the 1980s, ninety-eight percent of my time was spent stuffing envelopes and writing addresses on them. The remaining two percent was the time we spent figuring out what to p…"-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life
3. The Prince and the Dressmaker
By: Jen Wang
4.35
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Paris, at the dawn of the modern age: Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his par… read more
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- fiction
- graphic novels
- comics
- young adult
"I'm a prince who likes dresses."-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker
"This job won't love you back, you know."-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker
"You're a secret, which means I'm a secret!"-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker
"Don't work too hard. This job won't love you back, you know."-Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker
4. Anya's Ghost
By: Vera Brosgol
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Anya could really use a friend. But her new BFF isn't kidding about the "Forever" part. Of all t… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
"Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have."-Vera Brosgol, Anya's Ghost
"You may look normal like everyone else, but you're not. Not on the inside."-Vera Brosgol, Anya's Ghost
"I could lose myself forever in that dark hair and those sweet love handles."-Vera Brosgol, Anya's Ghost
"Oh, Anya! Let's have an intense spiritual relationship for no believable reason!"-Vera Brosgol, Anya's Ghost
5. This One Summer
By: Jillian Tamaki , Mariko Tamaki
3.69
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It's their getaway, th… read more
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- teen
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
"Don't worry about any of this stuff, okay? It's all just adult junk that doesn't mean anything."-Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer
6. Lighter Than My Shadow
By: Katie Green
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toa… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- mental health
7. Through the Woods
By: Emily Carroll
3.94
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
"you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... but the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods
"Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to …"-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods
"But the worst kind of monster was the BURROWING KIND. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from …"-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods
"I married my love in the springtime, but by summer he'd locked me away. He'd murdered me dead by the autumn, & by winter I was naught but decay. It's cold where I am and so lonely, but in loneliness …"-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods
8. Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)
By: Alice Oseman
4.49
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about l… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
"Una parte de la intimidad consiste en confiar en alguien lo suficiente como para renunciar a una parte de ese control. Y eso, a veces, es muy difícil. Pero es importante que recuerdes que, si Nick y …"-Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)
9. The Magic Fish
By: Trung Le Nguyen
4.51
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it mig… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
"To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost"-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish
"The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?"-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish
10. Sheets (Sheets, #1)
By: Brenna Thummler
3.84
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen year old in charge of the family laundry bu… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
"patience is the thread of healing."-Brenna Thummler, Sheets (Sheets, #1)
11. Hungry Ghost
By: Victoria Ying
4.01
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
12. The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
By: Renée Nault
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us. Offred is a Handmaid in… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- feminism
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
13. Almost American Girl
By: Robin Ha
4.22
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
A teen graphic novel memoir about a Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transpla… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- contemporary
"But now that I am finally leaving, I see everything through rose-colored glasses"-Robin Ha, Almost American Girl
14. Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy
By: Faith Erin Hicks
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Flamer
By: Mike Curato
4.32
Format: 366 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more
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- teen
- graphic novels
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
16. Are You Listening?
By: Tillie Walden
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Bea is on the run. And then, she runs into Lou. This chance encounter sends them on a journey th… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Everyone everything has potential for magic. You just gotta be standing somewhere in the world and in the body that lets you see it."-Tillie Walden, Are You Listening?
"Mom. It's too hot out. Can't we skip today? We could walk twice tomorrow...' 'We have to, Lou. We have to move every day, even when we don't want to."-Tillie Walden, Are You Listening?
"When something horrible happens, or something amazing...really, anything that's big, it makes you feel like mountains could shatter, or the sky could disappear...you know what I'm talking about? Well…"-Tillie Walden, Are You Listening?
17. A Guest in the House
By: Emily Carroll
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
18. In Limbo
By: Deb J.J. Lee
4.18
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home stor… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- mental health
- comics
- contemporary
19. When I Arrived at the Castle
By: Emily Carroll
3.69
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
"A castle, a killer, and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood." Like many before her tha… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
20. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- contemporary
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
21. Displacement
By: Kiku Hughes
4.29
Format: 283 pages, Paperback
A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japa… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- fiction
- young adult
"A memory is too powerful a weapon."-Kiku Hughes, Displacement
"But when a community comes together to demand more, when we do not let trauma stay obscured but bring it up to the surface and remember it together, we can make sure it is not repeated."-Kiku Hughes, Displacement
22. The Girl from the Sea
By: Molly Knox Ostertag
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first lov… read more
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- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
"Sometimes plans must change, my love."-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea
"*creepy ghost whispers* morgan... THAT'S IT SHE'S DEAD"-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea
"Sometimes you have to let your life get messy. That's how you get to the good parts"-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea
23. Bloom
By: Kevin Panetta
3.91
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
"Jeez! Why is my family manhandling me at this wedding?"-Kevin Panetta, Bloom
"Maybe just...Don't try to be what you think you should be. Be what you love."-Kevin Panetta, Bloom
"Got 'em! Comfortable shoes! Oh my God. They're like pillows. I hate high heels."-Kevin Panetta, Bloom
"...what does he think is going to happen? An angel will just fall from the sky?"-Kevin Panetta, Bloom
24. To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
By: Fred Fordham
4.40
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
"He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me."-Fred Fordham, To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
25. The Giver: Graphic Novel
By: P. Craig Russell
4.25
Format: 185 pages, Hardcover
Now in graphic novel format, Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic story of a young boy discov… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
26. Speak: The Graphic Novel
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.39
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
The modern classic Speak is now a graphic novel. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what yo… read more
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- teen
- graphic novels comics
- feminism
- graphic novels
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- mental health
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
"Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel
"Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity. If you're tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel
"The school board banned one of Maya Angelou's books, so the librarian had to take down her poster. I fished it out of the trash. She must be a great writer if the school board is scared of her."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel
"You'd be shocked at how many adults are already dead inside, walking around with no clue, waiting for a heart attack or cancer to finish the job. When people don't express themselves, they die one pi…"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel
27. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
By: Jason Reynolds
4.31
Format: 208 pages, None
Jason Reynolds's Newbery Honor, Printz Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning, #1 New York Tim… read more
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- teen
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
28. Every Day: The Graphic Novel
By: David Levithan
3.66
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A graphic novel adaptation of the groundbreaking, beloved New York Times-bestselling novel about a … read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
29. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
4.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- teen
30. Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel
By: Ned Vizzini
3.14
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The groundbreaking story by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini that inspired the Tony-n… read more
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- teen
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- young adult
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
31. Bloom Part II
By: Kevin Panetta
3.77
Format: None pages, None
Ari and Hector are in love. It's been over a year since the end of the first book and Ari is st… read more
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- young adult
- comics
- fiction
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