This Year, A Witch by Zoey Abbott. A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, 2025. 9781665956024. The little girl narrating this tale is done with cute costumes! She’s ready to be a witch! And this is amazing because of the bright colors in […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Jazzy The Witch In Broom Doom by Jessixa Bagley
Jazzy The Witch In Broom Doom by Jessixa Bagley. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025. 9781665922326. 232pp. Includes an author’s note and an excerpt of the next book in the series. Jazzy’s moms and granny are very excited […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Motherlover by Lindsay Ishihiro
Motherlover by Lindsay Ishihiro. Iron Circus Comics, 2025. 9781638991465. 307pp. Motherlover is the story of two moms becoming friends and then falling in love. Alexis is a single mother who just moved home with her daughter; she seems terrible at […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Low Orbit by Kazimir Lee
Low Orbit by Kazimir Lee. Top Shelf, 2025. 9781603095525. 336pp. Azar lives in Vermont with her mother, in an apartment inside a house where her friend Tristan and his father Shannon also live. Azar’s father is still in New York […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Field by Dave Lapp
The Field by Dave Lapp. Conundrum Press, 2024. 978772620948. 552pp. In the book’s first episode, young David Lapp, inspired by his friend Edward, draws dirty pictures and puts them on the edge of the vocabulary board in Ms. Lewis’s class. […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Lion Dancers by Cai Tse
Lion Dancers by Cai Tse. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024. 9781665927739. 299pp. including a note from the creator at the end. The book opens two years ago at the Twelfth Asian International Lion Dance Championships, where the […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Spectators by Brian K Vaughan and Niko Henrichon
Spectators by Brian K Vaughan and Niko Henrichon. Image, 2025. 9781534331211. 344pp. After Val is killed in a Manhattan movie theater, her spirit emerges into the black-and-white world where those who haven’t moved on can do nothing more than observe. This isn’t […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Free Piano (Not Haunted) by Whitney Gardner
Free Piano (Not Haunted) by Whitney Gardner. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025. 9781665938136. 252pp. The end of the book includes notes on the Prophet-5 keyboard, a Hall of Fame, and some early sketches. Margot likes making songs […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Saint Catherine by Anna Meyer
Saint Catherine by Anna Meyer. 23rd Street, 2025. 9781250364371. 362pp. Includes “Extras” at the back: a note from the author plus photos and more. Catherine never skips Mass. Never! Her mom always reminds her to go. But she’s kind of […]
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Graphic Novel Review: R.U.R. The Karel Capek Classic by Katerina Cupová
R.U.R. The Karel Capek Classic by Katerina Cupová, translated by Julie Novàková. Rosarium Publishing, 2024. 9788986614687. 264pp. Includes a sketchbook at the end. I’ve tried to read translations of Capek’s 1920 play, R.U.R., a few times (it’s famous for introducing […]
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