Here are some new titles that Middle School readers will like. . . Rachel Cohen has discovered her love for photography, but now she must leave school. The Nazi regiment is threatening to take over France and in order to survive she must change her name and go into hiding. This is a graphic novel originally written in French and translated into English. Follow the adventures of a wizard, a barbarian, a paladin and an elf as they step out of their world through a gateway that takes them to the mysterious world called middle school. This is a humorous adventure that will keep you laughing. A magical summer where two girls become friends and find a safe space where they can hide from their parents and the hardships they face at home. This adventure stories will take you in a quest with Faryn Liu and her friends as she searches for the island of the immortals and proves she is worthy of being the Heaven breaker, the Jade Emperor's warrior. Amada can't wait to visit her father at Harlem and meet his side of the family. But will New York fulfill her expectations? Is there a deeper connection than blood to the people she calls family? Follow Fort Fitzgerald and his friends as they uncover the magical creatures and fight to keep their world safe. This is a series filled with adventure and magic.
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Check out the new additions to the continuing story of our favorite ninja and his friends. We have vols. 6 and 7 of the 3 in 1 editions. We also have three novels on some of our favorite characters and their adventures. Kakashi's Story by Akira Higashiyama narrates Kakashi's last mission before becoming Hokage. Sasuke's Story by Shin Towada takes us along on Sasuke's journey to untangling mysteries of the past and toning for his past wrong doing. Sakura's Story by Tomohito Ohsaki takes us along Sakura's travels as a medical ninja as she takes care of the children that suffered because of the Great Ninja War. Her story connects with Sasuke's as she goes on an investigation to find out who is behind the strange attacks in Konoha. Next Generation. . .Naruto has achieved his goal - becoming a hokage. Now follow the adventures of his son, Boruto. Izuku always wanted to be a hero but he didn't have powers so he couldn't go to Hero Academia; until he met his hero and inherited his powers. Now Izuku is at the academia and on his way to becoming a true hero. Follow Izuku and his friends on their adventures as they fight against evil. Our library has the first 7 volumes and will continue to acquire more during the years. Here is a trailer of the anime adaptation from AnimeLab. Sawako is a shy girl and misunderstood by her classmates. Her name resembles the name of a ghost in a horror story and people are scared of her. She doesn't have any friends but all this changes when she goes to high school and meets Shota, Ayane, Chizuru and Ryu. This story is a story about friendship and love. Follow Sawako and her frineds as they go through high school, experience new feelings and discover what their dreams are. Here are the library we have the first 7 volumes and we will continue to add more during the years. There is an anime adaptation of this manga. Here is a trailer from NIS America. Naruto is training to become a ninja and dreams of becoming the hokage of his village someday. His friend, Sasuke turns to away from the village to seek revenge on his parents' death but even if he has turned to evil, Naruto never loses hope of finding and bring him back home. This manga is divided in two parts as it takes readers through the different stages of Naruto's life. The anime adaptation is very popular. At our library we have the first 15 volumes of the manga and will continue to acquire more volumes. Follow Naruto on his journey into become a great ninja. Here is a trailer of the anime adaptation from AnimeLab We know how popular comics, manga and graphic novels are among our students which is why we are building a section dedicated to these genres. Here are some of the new titles we have acquiered: The Comic BookEven though comics, graphic novels and manga were not first created with teens in mind, these publications have been popular with people all ages since their very beginnings. In the United States, the first comic appeared in the New York World in 1895. Outcault's "Hogan's Alley" which was a "single-panel humor cartoon" started the inclusion of comic strips in newspapers (Petty, n.d., The Pioneer (1883-1938), Victorian (1828-1883), and Platinum(1883-1938) Ages section, para. 1). However, it is in 1938 with Action Comic # 1 where we see Superman for the first time and it is with this comic that the comic book industry official begins (Petty, n.d., The Golden Age 1938-1949 section, para. 2). Soon after, other superheroes were born: Captain America, Wonder Woman, The Human Torch, Batman, among others. Superhero comics were very popular, specially during WWII. The Birth of the Graphic Novel Once the war was over, superhero stories suffered a decline and crime, horror and science fiction genres replaced them. These stories were considered a bad influence for teens due to their explicit and gruesome content. This resulted in the creation of the Comics Code Authority which regulated the content that was published, thus banning the comics these people considered bad for society. Due to this restriction, superheroes regained their popularity (Petty, n.d., The Atomic Age 1949-14956 section, para. 7-11). The Comics Code Authority didn't just place superheroes back in the front lines, it also made way to the creation of the graphic novel. The banning and restrictions in comic storylines paved the way for the Underground Comix group that self-published their works on all the topics that the Code banned. "The creative freedom afforded by Underground Comix and changes in distribution that allowed material without the Comics Code seal of approval to find an audience, opened the door for the graphic novel to emerge. The term 'graphic novel' was popularized by Will Eisner's 1978 short story collection, A Contract With God" (The National Coalition Against Censorship, 2006, p. 3). Comics and the graphic novelIn 1961, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby at Marvel Comic introduced the Fantastic 4 to the world. Soon after, Spider-Man, X-Men, Thor, Hulk and Iron Man made their debut. In the meantime, the graphic novel became stronger and in the 1990s with the reprint of Neil Gainman's Sandman and Art Spiegelman's MAUS: A Survivor's Tale (Petty, n.d. The Modern Age CA. 1980-Present section, para. 3-4). Comics and graphic novels continue to evolve and have retained their popularity among teens. In the 1990s we see many classics turned into graphic novels targeted to teens and by the 21st century we have authors like Gene Luen Yang and Kazu Kibuishi publishing original stories about teens in this new literary form. Manga But comics and graphic novels are not the only forms of story-telling that combine images with text that are popular among teens. The Japanese comic better known as manga are very popular. There is a debate on when did manga originate. Some state that "[t]he earliest examples of pre-manga artwork that influenced the development of modern Japanese comics are commonly attributed to Toba Sojo, an 11th century painter-priest" who would make animal scroll paintings (choju giga) satirizing Buddhist priesthood. These drawings didn't include words but they did show a sequence of events and they were read from right to left (Aoki, n.d., Section Toba's Choju giga: Telling Stories with Scrolls, para. 1-2). Even if there is no consensus on that front, many agree that Katsushika Hokusai's (1760-1849) manga made him the "ancestor of manga" even though his publication was not really considered a manga (in the modern sense) because it was a drawing manual for his students (History of Japanese Manga Comics, Development of Manga section, para. 3). Japan had a long tradition of telling stories through drawings, however, the idea of telling a narrative story using sequential images was something Japan adopted from the western culture in the 19th century (History of Japanese Manga Comics, Manga-Japanese comics section, para. 1, Aiko, n.d. Political Satire: Kibvoshi to The Japan Punch section, para. 2). Between 1857 and 1887 European and American comic style magazines began to be published in Japan. Charles Wirgman (British journalist) created The Japan Punch and George Bigot (French art teacher) created the Toba-e magazine for Europeans and Americans residing in Japan, however, many Japanese read these magazines and artists began to merge their traditions with some western characterisitics (Aiko, n.d., Political Satire: Kibyoshi to The Japan Punch section, para. 2-3). Manga, just like comics, were used by government as propaganda during WWII and were also censored when they criticized government and the society of the time. But censorship didn't last long for manga either, and soon this storytelling form gathered forces and continued to grow. After WWII Japan went through a reconstruction process that left many families struggling economically. People could not afford to buy manga so new trends were born in order to make them accessible: kami-shiba which was a traveling theater that told stories using drawings; the kashi-bonya which were rental libraries where people would pay a small fee to have access to a vast collection of manga (this trend is the father of the manga cafes in Japan) and the publication of akabon (red books), these cheaper, small-sized manga used red ink to add tone to the black and white drawings gave people the opportunity to read their favorite manga (Aoki, 2016, Post-War: Red Books and Rental Libraries section, para. 3-6). Osa mu Tezuka (1929-1989) was one of the artists that flourished in the res book market. He revolutionized manga by drawing big eyes to highlight the expression of emotions and through the creation of compelling stories for different ages. Now-a-days, manga are very popular, not just in Asia but also in Europe and America. There are manga for all age groups but they are especially popular among young adult readers. Their stories are complex, fresh, daring and -just like YA fiction - their protagonists face challenges that will help them define who they are and what is their place in the world they live in while they challenge the status quo. Reference Action Comics 1 [digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1 Aoki, D. (n.d.). Early Origins of Japanese Comics. About.com. Retrieved from http://manga.about.com/od/historyofmanga/a/mangahistory1.htm Aoki, D. (2016, May 31). History of Manga – Manga Goes to War: Comics in Pre-War, World War II and Post-War Japan 1920-1949. About.com. Retrieved from http://manga.about.com/od/historyofmanga/ a/mangahistory2.htm History of Japanese Manga Comics. (n.d.). Japanese Gallery. Retrieve from http://www.japanesegallery.co.uk/default.php?Sel=manga&Submenu=4 Manga café [digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://moshmoshjapan.blogspot.com/ Petty, J. (n.d.). A Brief History of Comic Books. n.p.: Heritage Auction Galleries.Retrieved from https://www1.heritagestatic.com/comics/d/history-of-comics.pdf Spider-Man 1st Issue [digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.popartuk.com/childrens/spider-man-1st-issue-ppr40094-art-print.asp The National Coalition Against Censorship The American Library Association & The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. (2006). Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/ content/oif/ifissues/graphicnovels_1.pdf The Stonekeeper [digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/Stonekeeper-Amulet-1-Kazu-Kibuishi/dp/0439846811 Tobae [digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Georges_Ferdinand_Bigot Note: I wrote this article as a Libguide project for one of my MS Drexel courses and I decided I wanted to share with you so I'm posting it here with very minor changes. - Vilmarie Torres, Librarian |
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