NYT - Paperback Graphic Books | Santa Fe Public Library

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#1 on the Paperback Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 18 week(s).

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Catrina and her family move to Bahía de la Luna, a small town on the Northern California coast, hoping that the cool, salty air will help her little sister, Maya, who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Cat is not happy about leaving her friends, and becomes even more upset about the move when a neighbor informs the sisters that the town is inhabited by ghosts, and that Dia de los Muertos -- a time of year when ghosts reunite with their loved ones -- is...

2) Drama

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Telgemeier, Raina

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#2 on the Paperback Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 179 week(s).

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Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi, she's a terrible singer. Instead she's the set designer for the stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage...

3) Smile

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Telgemeier, Raina

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#3 on the Paperback Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 240 week(s).

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From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself. Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after girl scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with the on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of...

4) March: Book one

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Lewis, John

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#4 on the Paperback Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 66 week(s).

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eComic, Graphic Novel

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Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall. Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. Now, his own comics...

5) Love is love: a comic book anthology to benefit the survivors of the Orlando Pulse shooting

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#5 on the Paperback Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"The comic book industry comes together to support the survivors and honor those killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. Writers and artists from across the globe have created exclusive new material expressing their sorrow, compassion, frustration, and hope, all inspired by the tragic events. In doing so, they celebrate the victims, survivors, and their families while also spreading a message of peace and inclusion."--Page...

6) Fun home: a family tragicomic

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Bechdel, Alison

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#6 on the Paperback Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. It has been on the list for 50 week(s).

7) Persepolis

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Satrapi, Marjane

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#7 on the Paperback Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 81 week(s).

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Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and...