Monday, May 24, 2010

New Graphic Novels

American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture.




Scott Pilgrim (1-5) - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Twenty-three-year-old Scott Pilgrim has the perfect life playing guitar in a rock band and dating a cute high school girl until he meets Ramona Flowers, an unforgettable rollerblading delivery girl whose seven evil ex-boyfriends Scott must defeat if he wants to win her love.


Castle Waiting - Linda Medley
A series of linked stories, presented in graphic novel form, that follow the adventures of the people who take refuge in the castle vacated by Sleeping Beauty after she leaves with the prince.



Mercury - Hope Larson
A necklace that reportedly has the power to find gold serves as a link between Tara Fraser, a teen who is facing the angst of living with relatives and being the new girl in school after her home burns down, and Josey, a distant relative who lived in Tara's house over one hundred years earlier and fell in love with Asa Curry, a mysterious man who claimed to be a gold dowser.

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