Y Graphic Novels

A Family Secret
Eric Heuvel
GN Y FAM

While searching his Dutch grandmother's attic for yard sale items, Jeroen finds a scrapbook which leads Gran to tell of her experiences as a girl living in Amsterdam during the Holocaust, when her father was a Nazi sympathizer and Esther, her Jewish best friend, disappeared.

subjects: Holocaust - Jewish, Holocaust Survivors, Nazis, Jews, Grandmothers, Graphic Novels

Cirque du Freak: The Graphic Novel
Darren Shan
GN Y CIR

Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

subjects: Vampires, Spiders, Best Friends, Freak Shows, Conduct of Life, Horror Comic Books

Good Neighbors: Kith (Part 2)
Holly Black
GN Y GOO

While sixteen-year-old Rue Silver travels into the faerie realm to find her mother, faerie creatures are entering the human world and wreaking havoc, forcing Rue to ponder where her loyalty should lie.

subjects: Fairies, Identity (Psychology), Missing Persons, Magic, Supernatural

Honey and Clover, Vol. 6
Chica Umino
GN Y HON

Takemoto and Hagu face life-altering choices as the approach of graduation forces them to make plans for the future.

subjects: Art Students, College Students, Triangles (Interpersonal Relations), Friendship, Man-Woman Relationships

Honey Hunt
Miki Aihara
GN Y HON

Life's not easy when you're living in the shadow of your famous parents. Can shy Yura, the daughter of an award-winning composer and a world-renowned actress, find the courage to step out on her own now that her super-celebrity parents are getting divorced? The media is abuzz when word gets out that Yura's mega-famous parents are splitting up. Already accustomed to the daily pressure of being the child of celebrities, Yura explodes in a frustrated rant against her parents--and her heated words end up being broadcasted live on national TV! When a powerful talent scout hears her impassioned declaration, he offers to represent her. The door to showbiz is now flung open for this timid wallflower--will she try to become an actress in her own right?

subjects: Bashfulness, Children of Celebrities, Teenage Girls

Jyu-Oh-Sei
Natsumi Itsuki
GN Y JYU

In 2436 A.D., young twins Thor and Rai are living on the space colony Juno. Their entire lives are turned upside down when one day their parents are murdered, and then they are kidnapped and ushered to the forsaken "planet of the beast king" by unknown masked men.

subjects: Science Fiction Comic Books, Graphic Novels

Kimi Ni Todoke = From Me to You
Karuho Shiina
GN Y KIM

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character--jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor--she's mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary facade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that--she's about to make some enemies too!

subjects: Teenage Girl, Friendship

Runaways: Dead Wrong
Terry Moore
GN Y RUN

Dissent erupts within the ranks of the Runaways, a diverse group of kids who have rebelled against their super-villain parents, when soldiers from the planet of Majesdane attack in an effort to capture Karolina Dean, who they claim has done a great wrong to their race.

subjects: Runaways (Fictitious Characters), Science Fiction Comic Books, Los Angeles (Calif.)

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 4
Nagaru Tanigawa
GN Y MEL

Haruhi Suzumiya, an eccentric, outspoken high school girl, founds a new club, The Sos Brigade, in order to aid in her search for aliens, time travelers, and Espers.

subjects: High School Students, Parapsychology

Vampire Knight, Vol. 8
Matsuri Hino
GN Y VAM

Yuki finds her hallucinations becoming more vivid after trying to recall her past and is locked in her dorm room for attacking Zero, until vampire Kaname comes for her.

subjects: High Schools, Vampires, Horror Comic Books