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Little Women

author: Alcott, Louisa May, Alcott, Louisa M, Louisa May Alcott, Deanna Mcfadden
An abridged version of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of four sisters growing up in 1800s New England; and contains over 400 vocabulary words and definitions, synonyms and pronunciation for each word, and discussion questions.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 204
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1300

Tyranny

author: Fairfield, Lesley
Anna records her struggles with anorexia--which she personifies as Tyranny, her tormentor--in her journal, and describes her efforts to overcome her deadly enemy through strength of character.
741.5
year: 2009
copies: 8
call number/section: 741.5
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Legend Of Chun Hyang

author: Yoshimoto, Ray
Presents a fantasy adventure based loosely on the Korean folktale of a commoner woman who was married to a nobleman and was able to withstand the tyranny and oppression around her.
741.5
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: young women [X], martial arts, comic books, strips, etc [X]

Instant Teen

author: Fukushima, Haruka
Thanks to the miracle nuts that transformed Natsumi from a normal elementary school girl to a top supermodel, she is experiencing photo shoots in exotic locations.
741.5
year: 2005
copies: 4
call number/section: 741.5
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Strangers In Paradise

author: Moore, Terry
A collection of comics that continue the story of Katchoo, a beautiful young woman with a shady past, and her best friend, Francine, as they search for love and acceptance.
741.5
year: 2023
copies: 5
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: lesbians, young women [X], high schools, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels, romance, interpersonal relations, homosexuality

The Complete Strangers In Paradise

author: Moore, Terry
Katchoo and Francine, two young women who have been friends since school-time, share a house.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc [X], young women [X]

Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey

author: Butler, Nancy
A graphic novel adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Northanger Abbey, " set in England, in which innocent young Catherine Morland, fresh from the country, enters into Bath society with dreams and fantasies sparked by her love of gothic romance novels, which makes it difficult for her to distinguish between fact and fiction when she meets dashing Henry Tilney.
741.5
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: austen, jane, young women [X], books and reading, comic books, strips, etc [X], cartoons and comics, graphic novels, england

Descendants Of Darkness

author: Matsushita, Yoko
While on vacation at a Hokkaido hot springs resort, Asat Tsuki and company meet a pack of talking animals who serve the Queen of Snow and they are asked to help find their missing queen before she is captured and eaten by a prowling dragon.
741.5
year: 2006
copies: 9
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: death, young women [X], vampires, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels, dragons, fantasy fiction

Nosatsu Junkie

author: Fukuyama, Ryoko
Umi, who thinks he can only get away with posing as a female model for another year, wants to work for the Heki brand one last time, but the photographer Ikue wants Naka to be their model, which puts a strain on Umi and Naka's relationship yet again.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: fashion, models (persons), young women [X], comic books, strips, etc [X], cartoons and comics, sex role, graphic novels

Blood Song

author: Drooker, Eric
Follows a young woman forced to flee from the soldiers who have invaded her forested island home and killed her people, to her arrival on a urban island, where she witnesses similar abuses.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: fiction, young women [X], war and society, stories without words, bildungsromans, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels

Aya Of Yop City

author: Abouet, Marguerite
In the late 1970s on the Ivory Coast, a group of young woman learn to rely on one another to deal with life's changes, including Adjoua, who does not know for sure who is the father of her baby, Bintou, who is falling in love with a sneaky man, and Aya, who feels as if her friend may be taking advantage of her helpfulness.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: young women [X], man-woman relationships, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels, cartoons and comics, c?te d'ivoire

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