New comics and non-fiction books in July as well as news on young adult books, July 11, 2024

Pierce’s The protector of the little ones The series will be adapted as a graphic novel. Tortall has made a new rule that allows women to train as knights, and Keladry will be the first to benefit. She knows it will be a lot of work, but the challenge that worries her is not the work of a page. It is Lord Wyldon who does not believe that women should have the right to become knights. As a training master, he has too much influence – and the consequences for Keladry are not small. She will be forced to undergo a year-long test that none of her male colleagues have ever undergone. But Kel will fight until she succeeds.

Dorian Leith sees ghosts, but no one in town believes him. But Dorian doesn’t just see ghosts. He’s there to listen to their problems and give them access to the afterlife.

For the townspeople, it’s all just a joke. The only people who believe in him and his abilities are his grandmother, who helps him earn a living through work (she’s dead, by the way), and the owner of a local bookstore. For Dorian, this is not a curse. It’s his destiny.

When the key to Death’s Door is lost and all the ghosts are locked out of the afterlife, the ghosts beg Dorian to take action. Only he knows their problem, which means only he knows how to solve it and find the key. If they can’t get to the afterlife, they will be consumed by the rot.

Dorian wants to help them, but he will need help himself to achieve this. Can he convince the people in his real life about the ghosts? About their need for help? Or will all Are you struggling with the effects of ghost rot whether you’re alive or trying to find an afterlife?

Despite the passage of Title IX, which allowed women to play in more professional sports, women were routinely underpaid and poorly treated compared to their male counterparts. This book is about how the women who played on the U.S. women’s national soccer team fought for equal pay and treatment through their union and by working with the men’s team (and this contract, which gave them equal pay, didn’t come about until 2022!!!).

Combine reading this book with Karen Blumenthal’s fantastic Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America.

In 1990s Angola, in the midst of a civil war, a neighborhood power outage leads a teenage boy and a teenage girl to strike up a conversation in a backyard. The darkness provides the two with an opportunity to share some of their most vulnerable stories and feelings, creating a bond stronger than electricity itself.

This is a translation from Portuguese and one of the few comics for teens that is available in translation (that would be a great topic for a newsletter, right?).

Philo is not a good student, and it’s not because he doesn’t have any skills – they’re, um, too good – but because he’s just unmotivated. But he’s about to graduate and his lack of ambition is catching up with him.

Atlas is a model student and the polar opposite of Philo in almost every way. When the two work together on a group project, things go awry when Philo’s magic sends them far from home. Can they overcome their differences and return before it’s too late?

Knisley started this comic series online and told the story of a house cat named Linney. Linney is dramaticto say the least. This book contains the original webcomics and offers readers a hilarious look into the world of a cat who has a whole lot to say.

Kay’s mother forces her to join the church youth group. Kay is not looking forward to the clean “fun,” especially since she has about as little to do with youth groups as you can imagine.

But when Kay learns that her peers and the leaders of the youth group are taking part in an exorcism, her perspective changes. A war is brewing. A secret war. The youth group prepares for battle.

As much as Kay wants to stay out of all this, she can’t help it. She doesn’t have the power that her peers have, and in this war, that means she’s a target. Now she has to put her trust and her time in the hands of her youth group, in this comic compared to The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina And Buffy the Vampire Slayer.