Montana Kane
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With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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"Most kids grow up in an normal home, attend an boring school, and go on to lead average livesbut Harmonys not your typical kid. Harmony grew up in a government-funded lab, being poked and prodded by doctors who believed the trait that gives her telekinetic abilities might hold the key to curing the incurable. And while things started off innocently enough, Harmony finds herself backed into a dangerous corner when the military moves in with a merciless...
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Pénélope Bagieu never thought she'd publish a graphic memoir. But when she dusted off her old diaries (no, really--this book is based on her actual diaries), she found cringe-worthy, hilarious, and heartbreaking stories begging to be drawn. In Layers, Bagieu reflects on her childhood and teen years with her characteristic wit and unflinching honesty. The result is fifteen short stories about friendship, love, grief, and those awkward first steps...