Recommended Reads From AHS Library
This week I’m featuring comics and graphic novels. You can get them from Albany Public Library through Hoopla Digital. Hoopla also has e-books, videos and music, but its collection of comics and graphic novels is great. Even better, the titles are always available - no waitlists! You can check out up to six items per month.
Set up your Hoopla account here: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ You’ll just need your email address and library card number. You can use Hoopla in your browser, or download the Hoopla app from the App Store or Google Play to use it on your mobile device. Still need a library card? Get one here: https://guides.aclibrary.org/accounts. Please contact me at criemer@ausdk12.org if you have any questions or need more recommendations.
Ms. Riemer
Skyward, by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett
In a future time, Earth’s gravity has become a fraction of what it is today and everyone has adjusted to low-g life. Not everyone is happy about it - as Willa discovers when she stumbles upon a dangerou plot to bring gravity back.
Runaways, Vol 1: Pride and Joy, by Brian K.Vaughan and Adrian Alphona
Six teens are shocked to discover their parents have been lying to them. Their parents aren’t superheroes, they’re supervillains - and they never let the teens know they had powers of their own.
They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott
Actor and activist George Takei recalls his experience as a child in Japanese internment camps during World War 2, and how those experiences affect him today.
Birding Is My Favorite Videogame, by Rosemary Mosco
This collection of humorous science comics takes a look into the natural world. Among other things, it includes animal dating profiles, defense mechanisms, and a surprisingly cute explanation of the difference between venomous and poisonous animals. It proves that nature’s detailed graphics, global availability and regular release of new content make it the world’s best videogame.
The Life and Times of America Chavez, by Gabby Rivera and Joe Quiñones
America is a former Young Avenger who now leads the Ultimates. When she heads off to college, she has to contend with monsters and strange cults before she can even get to her classwork.
Death Wins A Goldfish: Reflections From a Grim Reaper’s Yearlong Sabbatical, by Brian Rea
Death is notified by the Human Resources Department it has to use up all of its vacation days. This is the journal of everything Death learned and did during its one year hiatus.