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Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
HL 310L
Physical Desc
267 pages : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Heartbreakingly honest and quietly funny, this #ownvoices graphic novel from a debut creator is a refreshingly real exploration of mental health, cultural differences, and the trials of middle school. Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school--and then there's Viola. Viola is Livy's anxiety brought to life, a shadowy twin that only Livy can see or hear. Livy tries to push back against Viola's relentless judgment, but nothing...
Author
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
430 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime...
3) Global
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-old Sami, from a village along the Bay of Bengal, and fourteen-year-old Yuki, from Northern Canada, strive to protect their homes from the encroaching damage brought on by climate change.
4) Far Arden
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
382 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet Army Shanks -- crusty old sea dog and legendary brawler of the high Arctic seas! He's got just one mission: to find the mythical island paradise known as Far Arden, which lies hidden (so they say) in the wintry oceans of the far North. But there's more than just water standing between Shanks and his goal: he'll have to contend with circus performers, adorable orphans, heinous villains, bitter ex-lovers, well-meaning undergraduates, and the full...
Author
Publisher
HighWater Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (vi, 287 pages) : chiefly color illustrations, color map
Language
English
Description
Presents a graphic novel anthology written and illustrated by authors and illustrators of North American Indigenous descent, offering their perspectives on the last 150 years of North American history.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 230L
Physical Desc
289 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"What if you can leap tall buildings and defeat alien monsters with your bare hands, but you buy your capes at secondhand stores and have a weakness for kittens? Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks brings charming humor to the trials and tribulations of a young, female superhero, battling monsters both supernatural and mundane in an all-too-ordinary world"--Publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (183 pages) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
The largest and most comprehensive book of James Stokoe's art ever published! Featuring art and never-before-published work and comics!
This deluxe hardcover artbook showcases the work of inimitable comics creator James Stokoe, who has drawn some of the most visually meticulous and surreal illustrations in modern comics, featuring some of his bestselling illustrations from works such as Orc Stain, Aliens: Dead Orbit, Wonton Soup, well-known cover...
Author
Publisher
HighWater Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
10th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
40 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Governor-General's Award-winning writer David A. Robertson comes this special edition of the timeless graphic novel that introduced the world to the awe-inspiring resilience of Betty Ross, and shared her story of strength, family, and culture. A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years...
10) The Wendigo
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
GN 560L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic retelling of a story by Algernon Blackwood, a group of hunters in 1910 Canada encounter a mysterious and deadly creature called the Wendigo.
11) Dreamer
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 580L
Physical Desc
118 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is...
Author
Series
Bigfoot boy volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
GN 500L
Physical Desc
100 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Another weekend at Grammy's, another weekend of Rufus using his magic totem to transform himself into Bigfoot Boy! But when you're big, hairy and loud, it's hard to keep your powers a secret, especially when there are trickster ravens that want the magic for themselves. You won't want to miss this second rrrawesome adventure of Bigfoot Boy and his friends!
13) Alterations
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
237 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A semi-autobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about a Canadian-Chinese boy who feels invisible at home and in school but longs to stand out"--
14) Stealing home
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
HL 430L
Physical Desc
111 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sandy Saito looks back to his childhood in 1940s Vancouver, when he was eight years old. He's a happy kid: he goes to school, reads comic books and is obsessed with baseball -- especially the Asahi baseball team, the pride of the Japanese-Canadian community. Then the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor -- and everything changes. The kids Sandy used to play with every day now call him names and chase him from the playground. He and his family are no longer...
Publisher
HighWater Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Physical Desc
vi, 287 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics/Skybound Comet
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
180 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a machine boy falls to earth, his heart is awoken for the first time. As he learns to be human, he struggles to override his own programming and become a hero, from rising stars Tri Vuong and Irma Kniivila. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Machine Boy! When Machine Boy falls from the sky into the domed city of Mega 416, he leaves a wake of destruction in his path... until Karate Grandpa is able to turn on his heart. Now, Machine Boy wants...
17) Pemmican wars
Author
Series
Girl called Echo volume 1
Publisher
Highwater Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
HL 500L
Physical Desc
47 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Echo Desjardins, a 13-year-old Métis girl adjusting to a new home and school, is struggling with loneliness while separated from her mother. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee's history class turns extraordinary, and Echo's life will never be the same. During Mr. Bee's lecture, Echo finds herself transported to another time and place--a bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairie--and back again to the present. In the following weeks, Echo slips back and...
Author
Series
Girl called Echo volume Vol. 4
Publisher
HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage & Main Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
HL 540L
Physical Desc
47 pages : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the fourth volume of A Girl Called Echo, Echo Desjardins resumes her time travel and learns more about Métis history in Canada, including the 'road allowance' land set aside by the crown, and the former community known as 'Rooster Town' in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She also witnesses the trial of Louis Riel in Regina, Saskatchewan."--
19) Louis undercover
Author
Publisher
Groundwood
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
GN 830L
Physical Desc
153 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"[M]eet Louis, a young boy who shuttles between his alcoholic dad and his worried mom, and who, with the help of his best friend, tries to summon up the courage to speak to his true love, Billie"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
202 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"On a journey to uncover her family's story, Spotted Fawn travels through time and space to reclaim connection to ancestors, language, and the land--creating a path forward in this essential graphic novel. In the dreamworld she bears witness to a mountain of buffalo skulls. They stand as a ghostly monument to the slaughter of the Plains bison to near extinction-- a key tactic to starve and contain the Indigenous People onto reservations. On this path,...