New Books

Graphic Novels - Now located adjacent to the YA collection

Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei

From the publisher: In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through the lens of the Chinese zodiac.

Location: Graphic Novels

Call number: N 7349 .A5 A2 2024

Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi with Joann Sfar, Mana Neyestani, Pascal Rabaté, Patricia Bolaños, Paco Roca, Shabnam Adiban, Lewis Trondheim, Winshluss, and many more

From the publisher: Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, returns to graphic art with this collaboration of over 20 activists, artists, journalists, and academics working together to use comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran to depict the historic uprising, in solidarity with the Iranian people and in defense of feminism.

Location: Graphic Novels

Call number: HQ 1735.2 .S28 2024

Ole's Oasis: Fiction

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

From the publisher: Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

Location: Ole's Oasis

Call number:  PR 6108 .A39 L54 2024

The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten

Location: Ole's Oasis

Call number: PS 3558 .A4763 W66 2024