Young Adult Graphic Novels Book List
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki – GRAPHIC TAM
The day they got together was the best one of Freddy’s life, but nothing’s made sense since. Laura Dean is popular, funny, and SO CUTE … but she can be really thoughtless, even mean. Their on-again, off-again relationship has Freddy’s head spinning — and Freddy’s friends can’t understand why she keeps going back. |
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The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi – GRAPHIC B SAT
Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming–both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. |
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Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker – GRAPHIC WAL
Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers’ bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town. One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. |
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Almost American Girl by Robin Ha – GRAPHIC B HA
For as long as she can remember, it’s been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up in the 1990s as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn’t always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation— following her mother’s announcement that she’s getting married—Robin is devastated. |
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The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang – GRAPHIC WAN
Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. He puts on daring dresses at night and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia―the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion! |
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I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Media – GRAPHIC MED
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 buys his first suit, an off-duty police officer mistakes a clothes hanger for a gun, and he shoots Alfonso. |
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Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol – GRAPHIC BRO
Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who’s been dead for a century. |
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This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki – GRAPHIC TAM
Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach every summer. It’s their getaway, their refuge. Rosie’s friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had. But this summer is different. |
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Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson – GRAPHIC AND
From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless–an outcast–because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on an art project, she can finally face what really happened that night. |
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Nimona by Noelle Stevenson – GRAPHIC STE
Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren’t the heroes everyone thinks they are. |
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Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer – GRAPHIC MEY V.1
When rogue packs of wolf-hybrid soldiers threaten the tenuous peace alliance between Earth and Luna, Iko takes it upon herself to hunt down the soldiers’ leader. |
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On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden – GRAPHIC WAL
A crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures throughout the deepest reaches of space, painstakingly putting the past together. As new member Mia gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. Soon, though, Mia reveals her true purpose for joining their ship—to track down her long-lost love. |
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Spinning by Tillie Walden – GRAPHIC B WAL
It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world is still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. |
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Kiss Number 8 by Colleen A. F. Venable – GRAPHIC VEN
Amanda can’t figure out what’s so exciting about kissing. It’s just a lot of teeth clanking, germ swapping, closing of eyes so you can’t see that godzilla-sized zit just inches from your own hormonal monstrosity. All of her seven kisses had been horrible in different ways, but nothing compared to the awfulness that followed kiss number eight. |