Young Adult

Any Empire
by Nate Powell
Named one of the best graphic novels of the year by The AV Club, Comic Book Resources, Complex, and Graphic Novel Reporter!
"The most prodigiously talented graphic novelist of his [generation] ... Powell's exceptional visual-storytelling gift transforms a potentially obvious antiwar parable into …

Essex County
by Jeff Lemire
This critically-acclaimed graphic novel was recently chosen as one of Canada Reads’ Top 5 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade! It is also the winner of the American Library Association’s Alex Award, the Doug Wright Award, and the Joe Shuster Award. And here's a brand new printing!
"A …

Essex County (Vol 1): Tales From The Farm
by Jeff Lemire
JEFF LEMIRE'S ESSEX COUNTY IS THE:
-- WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION/YALSA "ALEX AWARD" -- THE PRIZE THAT RECOGNIZES ADULT BOOKS WITH SPECIFIC TEEN APPEAL!
-- WINNER OF THE SHUSTER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CARTOONIST (WRITER/ARTIST)!
-- WINNER OF THE DOUG …

Essex County (Vol 2): Ghost Stories
by Jeff Lemire
"Indy book of the year!" -- Blair Butler, G4tv / Attack of the Show
"Ghost Stories is truly inspired work ... This is the second volume of a trilogy that firmly establishes Lemire as one of the premier storytellers in the graphic arts ... the best graphic novel of 2007." -- Steve Duin, The …

Essex County (Vol 3): The Country Nurse
by Jeff Lemire
Named one of the year's Top 10 Graphic Novels by Booklist!
"This is the comics medium at its best." -- Booklist (starred review)
"The power of Lemire's hushed, deliberately paced storytelling is in his black-and-white linework: raw, scratchy and sometimes minimalist, it conveys a lot with a …

The Homeland Directive
by Robert Venditti and Mike Huddleston
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Named one of the year's best graphic novels by CNN, Complex, IFC, School Library Journal, Library Journal, and USA Today!
"A great, paranoid read for the modern age." -- Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
"Venditti’s cat-mouse thriller demands edge-of-your-seat …

Incredible Change-Bots One
“This pocket-sized volume is to The Transformers what Avenue Q is to Sesame Street -- a mocking, fawning, idiotic, adoring paean to a pop culture phenomenon inseparable from the artist’s person. Although allegory without substance, all action and no moral, it’s delightful fluff.” -- Library …

Incredible Change-Bots Two
"Hilarious. Brown's drawings have a charming crudeness to them, and the book gives the impression of a couple of kids playing with their toy robots, making 'bew! bew! bew!' noises and spouting absurd dialogue. It's also really clever, though. Incredible Change-Bots is a parody by someone who …

Super Spy
by Matt Kindt
ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS OF THE YEAR!
NOMINATED FOR THE EISNER AWARD (Best Graphic Album: Reprint)!
"This is a rip-roarin' yarn set in Europe during WW2 about spies and assassins crossing paths -- sometimes with lethal consequences. Fifty-odd short tales are all connected, telling …

Super Spy (Vol 2): The Lost Dossiers
by Matt Kindt
"Clever and formally audacious." -- Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter
"Kindt’s fluid outlines, thick swatches of color fill-in, sleek figures, and predominant subdued duotone coloring effectively conjure the ambiguous living hell that crushes the characters’ zeal while it forces them to go …

Swallow Me Whole
by Nate Powell
--WINNER OF THE 2009 EISNER AWARD FOR BEST NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL!
--NOMINATED FOR THREE 2009 EISNER AWARDS INCLUDING BEST GN & BEST CARTOONIST!
--WINNER OF THE 2008 IGNATZ AWARD FOR "OUTSTANDING DEBUT"!
--ONE OF YALSA’S "GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS"!
--FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK …

That Salty Air
by Tim Sievert
Named one of the year's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth by Booklist!
"An amazing, strong, well-paced graphic novel about relationships and what we must be do to keep them on course while we are submerged in the complexities of life." -- Booklist (starred review)
"Not since Bryan Lee …

The Underwater Welder
by Jeff Lemire
Pressure. As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood. As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from …

Upside Down (Book 1): A Vampire Tale
A TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB BOOK!
Harold is a friendly young vampire —but he loves candy so much, the dentist might have to pull his teeth! Now, what if he and the dentist, plus a couple friendly bats, all get caught up in the evil plots of the local witch? It’s a wild magical romp for all ages, …







