Laura Dean is popular, funny and SO CUTE … but she can be really thoughtless, even mean. The day they got back together was the best one of Freddy’s life, but nothing’s made sense since. Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)Īll Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her. Illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell. Awards and HonoursĢ020 Eisner Award–Best Publication for Teens (Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh)(Finalist)įiction (Graphic novel Young adult) Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

She decides to turn her anger into action and is faced with two choices: join activist Ivy, who’s campaigning to make the neighborhood a better place to live, or join her anarchist friend Joker, who plans to take down Gotham one corporation at a time. And when Gotham’s finest drag queen, Mama, takes her in, it seems like Harley has finally found a place to grow into her most “true true” with new best friend Ivy at Gotham High.īut when Mama’s drag cabaret becomes the next victim in the wave of gentrification that’s taking over the neighborhood, Harley gets mad. She’s not worried, though–she’s battled a lot of hard situations as a kid, and knows her determination and outspokenness will carry her through life in the most dangerous city in the world. With just five dollars and a knapsack to her name, fifteen-year-old Harleen Quinzel is sent to live in Gotham City. Publisher’s Synopsis (from Penguin Random House Canada website) Is she MTB with Gilly? Or is Berry her true soul mate? Only time (or 304 pages) will tell.įiction (Graphic novel Young adult) Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass

Both personality quirks quickly come into play when the soccer team boos the premiere of her disco performance, which-in a roundabout way-introduces her to her new BFF, Berry, and she soon after meets the girl of her dreams, Gilly.įalling quickly into that age-old trap of ignoring the best friend for the new crush, Anne soon becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events, and quickly finds herself wrapped up in a love triangle she never expected. Recently relocated to middle-of-nowhere Greenville and starting at a new school, Anne has a tendency to A) fall in love quickly, deeply, and effervescently and B) fly off the handle in the face of jerks. In this modern reimagining of Anne of Green Gables, Anne is an ABBA-loving singer/actor/writer of disco-operas, queer, Japanese-American who longs to be understood for her artistic genius. Publisher’s Synopsis (From Disney Books website) Los Angeles: Melissa de la Cruz Studio/Hyperion, 2022.

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