Fashion High Graphic Novel (Breaking Up)5 reviews Aimee Friedman GRAPHIX, 2007 A fine story of breaking up and getting together comes to life in the graphic novel format. + Well-drawn characters and a good story + Courtesy of Teens Read Too This black and white graphic novel tells of a junior in a school noted for its trendy student body. Chloe's looking forward to a year of romance and adventure - but her experiments with love and friendship result in disaster, especially when she keeps an unexpected romance hidden from her friends. ...             Janes in Love (Minx)1 review Cecil Castellucci Minx, 2008 The same Janes! Janes in Love picks up where the last book left off. Our Janes are still creating wonderful pieces of art to enliven the community. This time around, the Janes are all in love and not sure what to do about it. In the midst of all the hormones, the Janes are deterred in their artistic efforts and ...             Blankets128 reviews Craig Thompson Top Shelf Productions, 2003 A coming of age story sure to tug on your heartstrings. + Great read to share. + A Beautiful Book Full of Wonder and Truths + Nice Coming of Age Story             One Hundred Demons21 reviews Lynda Barry Sasquatch Books, 2005 Superbly written and a visual treat to boot! + a work of artistic genius + how the truth revealed transforms + Required Text + unexpected             Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody4 reviews Mike Dawson Bloomsbury USA, 2008 Not just for Queen fans! + A great read!! + Engaging, Humorous Comic Book Saga + Really enjoyed this             Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Edition 001)92 reviews Alison Bechdel Mariner Books, 2008 Rich and impressive - doesn't feel skimpy like other graphic novels + Great Book, Worth Reading + The complexities of identity + Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic             The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures24 reviews Phoebe Gloeckner Frog Books, 2003 An inspiring work of art + Very Good Book + good book + The Truth Shall Scare You Silly + I Wish I Could Have Read This When I Was Seventeen             The Freddie Stories: With the Great Marlys! and Sister Maybonne23 reviews Lynda Barry Sasquatch Books, 2002 Tragic, Poetic + Gets real without being a total downer...the magic is there. + my favorite of the lynda barry canon + What a great and scary place the world is... + Recognize greatness in whatever form it takes             The New York Four2 reviews Brian Wood Minx, 2008 Something for the geek in all of us + Four stars for New York Four The New York Four is a book that is actually worthy of the title graphic "novel." The story and characters are as complex and interesting as in any prose novel or movie. Riley Wilder is a shy introvert, a feature which her parents have actually fostered because her wild and unruly older sister ...             Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age4 reviews Viking Juvenile, 2007 Middle School May Have Made Me What I Am Today... + Unjustly Lambasted? ...but only in opposition and it sure felt like hell going through it. I bought this book to leaven the whole experience of my daughter applying to public middle schools here in Brooklyn. (The process is a little different in NYC - lots of choices, lots of stress about where you'll be accepted, ...             The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)329 reviews Bill Watterson Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005 It's What's Inside That Counts + NOT 1 DENT!!!! + excellent product + Awesome book for a Calvin and Hobbes fan + brilliant!             It's So Magic5 reviews Lynda Barry Harper Perennial, 1994 I loved this book and here's why... + Namaste Leenda Namaste!! + Lynda Barry is funk queen of the galaxy + I Love Lynda Barry! + So good so good!             The Complete Persepolis31 reviews Marjane Satrapi Pantheon, 2007 A masterpiece + insider's look + Great Book + Persepolis + AMAZING, UNIQUE BOOK             Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag2 reviews Ariel Schrag Touchstone, 2008 Love love love these books + Beautiful, rough, brutal, honest, awkward I'd already read Ariel Schrag's POTENTIAL, so I knew how astoundingly talented she is -- how painfully honest and beautifully hilarious her work is. When I was finally able to get my hands on a copy of her first two graphic novels, I tore through them in an afternoon, then slumped over on my couch, ...             Ghost World: the Special Edition64 reviews Daniel Clowes Fantagraphics Books, 2008 Ghost World - special edition hardcover (2008) + Please enter a title for your review + really interesting Great fun Annotations to the comic (front and back covers included!), the out of print screenplay for the Ghost World film Artwork for the cd soundtrack, and for the Enid doll. Also, some Enid cartoons and all that a fan of the comic (originally printed in Eightball) and film could want ...             The Best American Comics 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))9 reviews Houghton Mifflin, 2007 Better than 2006 + Editorially solid, graphically beautiful + Appropriate title Two things caught my attention scanning through the Best American Comics of 2007. The first was that it was edited by the multitalented Chris Ware and the second was a story by Gilbert Hernandez about a gigantically breasted woman. The later will get my attention every time. I found the 2006 Best ...             Girl Stories5 reviews Lauren Weinstein Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2006 Superb + Laugh Out Loud! I bought this for my 12-year-old daughter for xmas. Started leafing through it this afternoon and ended up reading it cover to cover. Well-written, funny, and nicely drawn. I highly recommend this book for middle school aged kids. It deals with adolescent issues without crossing into heavy ...             Bone: One Volume Edition100 reviews Jeff Smith Cartoon Books, 2004 a bone-tastic series + Excellent, but with New Age overtones. + I could not put it down. this series is full of action,laughs and sadness. i rate it 5 stars. i enjoyed the character becaue they are funny and curious. i think jeff smith is an awesome author because i can understand what he is writing about such as war is dangerous and lying gets you nothing but trouble. i think ...             The Complete Peanuts 1969-197011 reviews Charles M. Schulz Fantagraphics Books, 2008 More Please! + Last of the golden decade + "Woodstock is glad that he tastes terrible with cranberry sauce" + Snoopy becomes "Head Beagle" in more ways than one! + "How can you remember someone you can't forget?"             Rhymes With Orange: A Cartoon Collection5 reviews Hilary B. Price Andrews Mcmeel Pub, 1997 The Price is Right + ha ha hee hee ho ho ho! + Cartoons for Generation X- + The Best Comics Around! + Quirky and funny