Monroe Free Library

From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first love.

Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that...

"High school can be a stressful time for many young people. The change means a new commute, new friends, new courses...new teachers. For Shino Oshima the change could have meant an opportunity to blossom into adulthood. Unfortunately, things go wrong on her first day - she fails to even say her name during her homeroom introduction. From then on Shino is a part-mute part-stuttering mess. Ostracized and afraid she struggles to find her place in this...

Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! 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 on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to...

Teenage life has so many problems! Supercharged hormones, overnight pimples and social anxiety... to name a few. Sometimes Lily wishes she could get the process of growing up over and done with. Well, be careful what you wish for. One night, Lily borrows a witchy Halloween costume, complete with an antique amulet that's said to have magic powers. And soon discovers that fast-forwarding her life only creates a whole new set of challenges.

"Lily soons finds out that going on a school camping trip comes with more than a few challenges. Bunking with an eclectic bunch of girls, hiking chop-busting trails, figuring out her crush's mixed signals... Even the toughest Girl Guide might wish she'd stayed home, doing her toenails and eating cupcakes. To make matters worse, just when Lily thought she'd seen through all its lies once and for all, her tormentor is back with a vengeance. Surely,...