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3) 12 days
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"When Jackie's ex-lover Noah dies, she decides the best and quickest way to get over the love of her life is to hold a personal ritual with Noah's ashes. Jackie consumes the ashes in the form of smoothies for 12 days-- hoping the pain will subside with her profound reaction to Noah's death"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Maggie falls in love with another girl at Camp Bellflower, an all-girl summer camp in Appalachia, her savant-like expertise at the camp's rifle range is what keeps her going through a summer of heartbreak and self-discovery.
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Parrish's emotionally loaded, painted graphic novel is a visual tour de force, always in the service of the author's themes: navigating queer desire, masculinity, fear, and the ever-in-flux state of friendships. -- Amazon.com summary.
9) Bingo love
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Take a trip through time with Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray as they fall in love at church bingo in 1963, break up because of pressure from their families, and reunite nearly fifty years later!"-- cover page 4.
Series
Cosmoknights volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"For this ragtag band of space gays, liberations means beating the patriarchy at its own game."-- cover page 4.
11) Apsara engine
Author
Publisher
The Feminist Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In trans illustrator Bishakh Som's debut work of fiction, questions of gender, the body, and existential conformity are explored over the course of eight speculative and graphic short stories"--
12) Body music
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in the languid, European-like neighborhoods on Montreal, Body Music is a beautiful and moving meditation on love and desire in its varied forms between women, between men, between women and men and gender non-conformists alike all varying in age and race. In twenty-one separate vignettes, Body Music is an exhilarating and passionate graphic novel about what it means to fall in love, and what it means to be alive. -- back cover.
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Spring comes to the supernatural town of Blitheton, which can only mean one thing: It's time for the annual mermaid festival! Werewolf barista Julie meets one of her girlfriend Selena's friends, but as per usual, things take a turn for the worst. Why does everything seem to go wrong for Julie and Selena? Is the universe conspiring against them, or is it something more sinister? More importantly, will their relationship survive once it starts taking...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The number of flower arrangements adorning Class Black continues to grow as the amount of assassins leaving its ranks continues to rise. Tokaku has defended Haru from all murderous attempts, but the weight of victory sits heavily on them both. Now Haru and Tokaku must face Shuto Suzu and discover a way to disarm the bomb she's attached around Haru's neck. Will the duo find the right password in time or has their luck finally run out in the face of...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Leo s the hottest senior at Princess Andromeda Academy, and her adoring fangirls have one goal: beat her in a road race and win the chance to date her! Unfortunately for them, the only thing Leo loves more than breaking hearts is her faithful motorcycle, Bethany. But when a mysterious girl named Vega takes Bethany away, Leo finds her heart may have been stolen, too."-- cover page 4.
16) Waves
Author
Publisher
Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"After years of difficulty trying to have children, a young couple finally announce their pregnancy, only to have the most joyous day of their lives replaced with one of unexpected heartbreak. Their relationship is put to the test as they forge ahead, working together to rebuild themselves amidst the churning tumult of devastating loss, and ultimately facing the soul-crushing reality that they may never conceive a child of their own."-- cover page...
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl. Then one night, Morgan is saved from...
Series
Moonstruck volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In the little college town of Blitheton, fantasy creatures live cozy, normal lives right alongside humans and werewolf barista Julie strives to be the most normal of all. But all heck breaks loose when she and her new girlfriend Selena go on a disastrous first date that ends with a magician casting a horrible spell on their friend Chet. Now its up to the team of mythical pals to stop the illicit illusionist before its too late!
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Charlie Lamonte is thirteen years old, queer, black, and questioning what was once a firm belief in God. So naturally, she's spending a week of her summer vacation stuck at an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp. As the journey wears on and the rhetoric wears thin, she can't help but poke holes in the pious obliviousness of this storied sanctuary with little regard for people like herself -- or her fellow camper Sydney."-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
The Lion Forge, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This essential Jane's World collection debuts twenty years after Jane Wyatt first appeared in Paige Braddock's trailblazing comics strip about a young lesbian woman making her clumsy way in the world and the friends who help (or hinder) her along the journey. The Eisner-nominated Jane's World was the first syndicated comic strip with a lesbian main character to appear in many major newspaper markets. This new volume collects the most quintessentially...
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