David Small
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A graphic novel set in the 1950s that features the coming-of-age story of thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt whose mother runs off with another man so his father moves them to a small, run-down town in California. There Russell experiences bullying, peer pressure, and sexual curiosity. When his father abandons him, a Chinese couple take him in and try to help Russell as he enters into manhood.
3) Paper John
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A good-hearted fellow who lives by the sea in a paper house and makes paper boats for the village children comes up against the devil in a life or death situation which can be salvaged only by his skill with paper folding.
7) Bloom
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Bloom was an extraordinary fairy with wonderful magical skills, but the inhabitants of her glass kingdom could only see the muddy mess she left behind everywhere she went. When Bloom leaves the fussy kingdom she isn't much missed until the glass of the castle begins to crack. And when an ordinary girl named Genevieve comes asking Bloom for help, they realize it will take both of them to save the kingdom.
9) Elsie's bird
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Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.