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Store Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm and Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

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Browse Books: Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Mental Illness

Breaking Faith By E. Graziani Cover Image
Breaking Faith (Paperback)
By E. Graziani
$14.25
NOT AVAILABLE
Breath Like Water By Anna Jarzab Cover Image
Breath Like Water (Prebound)
By Anna Jarzab
$22.80
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Disturbed Girl's Dictionary By Nonieqa Ramos Cover Image
Disturbed Girl's Dictionary (...
By Nonieqa Ramos
$20.80
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Girl Against the Universe By Paula Stokes Cover Image
Girl Against the Universe (...
By Paula Stokes
$20.80
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Four Weeks, Five People By Jennifer Yu Cover Image
Four Weeks, Five People (Prebound...
By Jennifer Yu
$20.80
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Quiet Kind of Thunder By Sara Barnard Cover Image
Quiet Kind of Thunder (Prebound)...
By Sara Barnard
$24.50
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Weight of Our Sky By Hanna Alkaf Cover Image
Weight of Our Sky (Prebound)
By Hanna Alkaf
$22.80
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Home Home By Lisa Allen-Agostini Cover Image
Home Home (Prebound)
By Lisa Allen-Agostini
$20.80
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One Way or Another By Kara McDowell Cover Image
One Way or Another (Prebound)
By Kara McDowell
$21.80
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Verona Comics By Jennifer Dugan Cover Image
Verona Comics (Prebound)
By Jennifer Dugan
$20.80
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All the Things We Do in the Dark Lib/E By Saundra Mitchell, Kelly Pruner (Read by) Cover Image
All the Things We Do in the Dark...
By Saundra Mitchell, Kelly Pruner (Read by)
$49.99
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Rules of Rain By Leah Scheier, Ina Marie Smith (Narrated by) Cover Image
Rules of Rain (MP3 CD)
By Leah Scheier, Ina Marie Smith (Narrated by)
$29.99
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Disability Pride Month

  • Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You By Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The War That Saved My Life By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Cover Image
  • Brilliant Bea: A Story for Kids with Dyslexia and Learning Differences By Shaina Rudolph, Mary Vukadinovich, Fiona Lee (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Fight + Flight By Jules Machias Cover Image
  • The Black Book of Colors By Menena Cottin, Rosana Faria (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Show Me a Sign (Scholastic Gold) By Ann Clare LeZotte Cover Image
  • Out of My Heart By Sharon M. Draper Cover Image
  • All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism By Shaina Rudolph, Danielle Royer, Jennifer Zivoin (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Ellen Outside the Lines By A. J. Sass Cover Image
  • The Reckless Kind By Carly Heath Cover Image
  • I Talk Like a River By Jordan Scott, Sydney Smith (Illustrator) Cover Image

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Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American By Laura Gao, Laura Gao (Illustrator) Cover Image

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American (Paperback)

By Laura Gao, Laura Gao (Illustrator)
$14.99

Messy Roots is a masterpiece of memoir storytelling, with delightful depictions of family, the heartbreaking truths and difficult journeys of adolescence, the messiness of identity and of self-exploration, and even hilarious meme references strewn throughout, making this a pleasure to read from start to finish. My heart both ached and rejoiced the whole way through! Gao’s memoir spans exploration of identity in its many forms and the beauty of one’s heritage, but also grounded things in the present by interspersing truths on the horror that Asian Americans during the racism that clouded the covid pandemic.
I'm in love with Laura Gao's storytelling, who’s writing and artwork positively bursts with personality. I can't wait for everyone, young adults and adults alike, to devour this beautiful work like I did.
(Graphic Novel, Ages 14+) - Reviewed by Isabel


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