Tag: empowerment
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Teeth pain: a great analogy for teen years
Smile, written and Illustrated by Raina Telgemeier is an autobiographical comic book about the author’s years of suffering through orthodontist reconstruction after knocking out her front teeth at age 12. This isn’t the type of book I would not have picked out – aimed at a more middle grade level and dealing mainly with teen…
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Deeply bonded and tearing each other apart a passionate biography of the Bronte sisters
Brontë, by Manuela Santoni in a biographical graphic novel of the Bronte siblings. The elegant lines on the cover immediately drew me in, and I just had to read the title to know this was a comic I had to read. What is the story about? This is a dark comic, gothic and melancholic and…
Sholm Pearly 