The year is 1965, and it is a dangerous time for Jews in the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, Rabbi Rafael Grossman travels to the area to investigate reports of Jewish persecution for himself. Despite being welcomed as a guest by the Soviet government with the caveat that he maintains a strict schedule, the rabbi slips away to embark on a secret journey. Armed but nothing with an address and a partial idea of what he is walking into, he’s unaware that what he is about to encounter will irrevocably alter the way he interacts with humanity. Inspired by true events, this Eisner-nominated graphic novel captures a snippet of Jewish perseverance during an overlooked era when a different type of Holocaust, a spiritual Holocaust, was happening in the USSR.
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Vol 2: Clashing Colors
Ashley has grown up a little bit and has a better suit thanks to her adoptive parents. She can mix and match some paint colors to blend up to three at a time, mixing her superpowers into a cocktail depending on what the situation calls for. But, her scummy bio dad knows her secret identity, and he keeps calling her from jail blackmailing her to break him out or risk having her secret exposed. Trying to push him from her mind, Ashley thinks she needs a fantastic moment prove herself to the Teen Titans so they'll let her on the team. 
Illustrated by Ignacio Di Meglio, colored by Ezequiel Cataldo, lettered by Chas! Pangburn
As if being a teen boy isn’t hard enough, add being a wolf shapeshifter to the mix. Cam Banter has no idea what is happening to him. Suddenly, it is harder to control his anger. He’s struggling on and off the court. And, his aggressive dad is not helping! Instead, he encourages Cam to make people do what he wants and show people who he is - a Banter. Cam’s basketball coach notices the struggles and tries to help Cam. After all, he's a shifter too.  Carina and Ana attend a high stakes dance school in Bucharest, Romania, where if you aren’t good enough, if your body is taking up too much space, if you were hurt too long, if you don’t do better, you will lose all you ever wanted. Carina puts all she is into dance. Ana puts all she is into Carina. Ana's roommate, Sara, is possibly the best dancer the school has ever had, but she's infatuated with her teacher. Each practice or missed practice exposes the flaws of the unrequited relationships. Perhaps the next dance will be the one that gets them to understand who they are, their potential, and their dreams.
Kai is the daughter of the famed general who defeated Gumiho, the evil fox demon who killed many men. General Song has trained his daughter in martial arts, which is not customary, but he knows his enemies are great in numbers and he wants all his children to be ready. Assassins do come, and Kai protects her mother and fighters for the house. Later, Kai even joins the investigation forces under her father’s command, but with her first moonblood comes a life-altering reveal — Kai learns the secret to her birth and her mother’s upbringing, as well as the truth behind her father’s heroic battle against Gumiho, and it changes her life forever.
 Vol 2: The ghost and the stolen dragon
Booklist starred review Sara's Rating: 10/10 Suitability Level: Grades 3-6 Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1 Publisher: JY (Yen Press) Publication Date: October 15, 2024 ISBN: 9781975311261 (Hardcover) Tags: Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Graphic Fiction, Fantasy, Magic, School Life, Yen Press 
Illustrated by Sana Takeda
Milly and Billy try to wrestle with their new found powers as demons, and their parents continue to be closed off and provide no answers to their heritage nor in how to do anything. One day, The twins are re-visited by the posessed doll of their neighbor they thought they killed, but the spirit that accompanies her is a murdered girl from across the country. Rather than ask their unhelpful parents, the twins become detectives for spirits and embark on the trip themselves to enact some sort of revenge plot that embroils the entire family further into dark plans with a whole host of evil beings. 
Vol 1: The Silver Eyes, adapted by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley, illustrated by Claudia Schröder
Ten years after a kid named Michael went missing at a local pizza parlor owned by her father, Charlie and her childhood friends are back in her hometown to honor the memory of their friend and help celebrate the scholarship Michael’s parents set up in his honor. Several of the (now) young adults decide to try and find what’s left of the restaurant, which was boarded up, and a shopping mall built up around it. On the first night, everything's fine. The second night, however, as a larger group decides to walk down memory lane, things start to get weird and some of the horrors of their childhood start to come back and revisit them. 
During a school trip to the beach, a friend group is shaken up when two of them give into their feelings and become a couple. Amber and Nico lose themselves in each other and completely and forget their friends. Slumber parties stop. Hanging out stops. When the friend group speaks up, Amber and Nico escape further into each other and into a dream world where everything is peaceful -- until Nico wants to return, and Amber doesn’t. In her anger, Amber turns their dream world into a nightmare, putting her remaining friendship at risk.
Illustrated by Ryan Cody
It’s the eve of Ea’s Day but Gilgamesh is not up for celebrating. It’s also the one day each year he trades places with Death himself to fulfill the order of souls to reap. Despite dreading the task, Gil must endure in exchange for his immortality -- or must he? While he devises a way out, Marduk, god of gods, is deciding to end all involvement with mankind. Various entities from Mesopotamian mythology and their personal entanglements are portrayed in the story, delighting readers with lusty interludes and action packed battles. |
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