Gaiman, N. (1995). The Sandman (Vol. 2): The Doll’s House. New York: DC Comics.
Recommendation source: The second volume of a Graphic Novel I previously enjoyed
Reading level: Grades 10-12
Brief summary: This second installment of the Sandman Graphic Novels is just as excellent as it’s predecessor. The themes of this series are slightly more mature and [...]
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The Sandman (Vol. 2): The Doll’s House – Neil Gaiman
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The Sandman (Vol. 1): Preludes and Nocturnes – Neil Gaiman
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Gaiman, Neil. (1995). The Sandman (Vol. 1): Preludes and Nocturnes. New York: DC Comics.
Recommendation source: A librarian at the Warwick Public Library
Reading level: Grades 10-12
Brief summary: An excellent graphic novel intended for an older audience. In this first volume, the reader is introduced to a variety of characters that are suffering because Dream has been [...]
Death Note (Volume 2) – Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata
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Ohba, Tsugumi & Obata, Takeshi. (2005). Death Note (Volume 2). San Francisco: VIZ Media LLC.
Recommendation source: The following volume of a previous item choice that I enjoyed
Reading level: Grade 9+
Brief summary: Light is learning more about the uses of the Death God’s notebook and he is truly testing the limits of it’s power. He knows [...]
Death Note (Volume 1) – Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata
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Ohba, Tsugumi & Obata, Takeshi. (2005). Death Note (Volume 1). San Francisco: VIZ Media LLC.
Recommendation source: I watched the anime videos and enjoyed it so the novelization seemed to be a good place to find my first manga.
Reading level: Grades 9+
Brief summary: Light Yagami is a star pupil in Japan, always coming in at the [...]
American Born Chinese – Gene Luen Yang
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Yang, Gene Luen. (2006). American Born Chinese. New York: First Second.
Recommendation source: Classmates from LSC 531, book promotions project
Awards: 2007 Printz award
Reading level: Grade 7+
Brief summary: American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang, a Chinese-American boy trying to fit in at his predominantly white school. Intelligent,
creative, and extremely funny, this book will [...]
