WEEK 11: NUTRITIOUS BOOKS/ GRAPHIC NOVELS

For class this week I read, Hey Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka.  Below are 3 other books to fit this week’s theme

Book Title: Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Grade Interest: 9 and up

Publication Date: February 10, 2015

Keywords: graphic novel, best friends, coming of age, high school

Summary: coming of age graphic novel about 2 best friends navigating the world after high school. Done in black and white with a blue wash

Why I chose it: the cover intrigued me…loved that it features a realistic looking drawing of two friends.

Where I found it: Boston Public library shelf

Book Title: Glitter Kiss by Adrianne Ambrose

Grade Interest: 9-12

Publication Date: January 15, 2013

Keywords: teen girls, graphic novel, magic

Summary: A teenage girl looking for a boyfriend befriends a “witch” and evokes magic through her lip gloss and any boy who kisses her undergoes a strange fate if they aren’t loyal to her.

Why I chose it: looked different from the other graphic novels on the shelf

Where I found it: Boston Public library shelf

Book Title: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Grade Interest: 6-12

Publication Date: July 16, 2019

Keywords: Graphic novel, Japanese Americans, Japanese internment camps, World War II, survival.

Summary: Author and activist George Takei’s memoir of his life as a five-year-old boy in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.

Why I chose it: I saw George Takei speak at the ALA conference in DC this year and I was captivated with his story.  The artist was also at the conference which made me want to see the illustrations as well.  Would be a great book to tie in with a history lesson.

Where I found it: I first heard about it at the conference.