This book completely changed my view of trees, which I'd always taken for granted. It blew my mind and made me feel so grateful for the quiet but crucial role they play in our lives.
A STUNNING NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL, BRILLIANTLY ADAPTED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
A Top Ten Graphic Novel of 2024-American Library Association
From "veritable tree whisperer" (WSJ) and internationally celebrated author Peter Wohlleben comes the long-awaited graphic novel adaptation of one of the most beloved books of our time. "Wohlleben has listened to trees and decoded their language. Now he speaks for them." (NYRB)
Filled with breathtaking illustrations and scientific facts about the forest and the flora and fauna who call it home-this eye-opening book will delight readers young and old.
You've heard the phrase "immigrants built the country" -- and this graphic memoir makes that statement clear, with specificity, humor and poignancy. Absolutely trailblazing and unforgettable.
Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam.
After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as Thien's mom and dad look for work. Potato chips are an indulgence that bring Thien so much joy that they…
I’m a writer, too – and I know how difficult it is to weave a patchwork quilt full of memorable characters, depict their arcs and to leave the reader at the end of the story feeling moved and satisfied. I felt for Joe (and his friends!) and wanted the best for all of them. Fell's contagious sense of humor helped immeasurably with this.
Using disco witch magic was a funny, clever but very moving way to have the characters combat the horrible plague of AIDS. Belief can help us make it through anything, even in the worst of times. It felt so different and invigorating to have that belief not be the traditional religion that we’ve seen so many times.
It's 1989, and Joe Agabian and his best friend Ronnie set out to spend their first summer working in the hedonistic gay paradise of Fire Island Pines. Joe is desperate to let loose and finally move beyond the heartbreak of having lost his boyfriend to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The two friends are quickly taken in by a pair of quirky, older house cleaners. But something seems off, and Joe starts to suspect the two older men of being up to something otherworldly. In truth, Howie and Lenny are members of a secret disco witch coven tasked with protecting the island-and…
1983: The state-of-the-art mall Dandelion Crossing opens to excited shoppers in a rapidly changing suburb. Is the mall an eyesore — or a blessing?
Fourteen stories take center stage as the Christmas season gets underway. There’s Nathan, a gay arcade manager who forges a tentative friendship with a Vietnam veteran; and Ellen, an elderly widow who ventures to the New Wave mall salon to receive a perm from a stylist she’s never met. There’s Carol, a timid waitress who suspects a little boy has been physically abused; and Enrique, an ex-con and aspiring chef who falls for a helpful bookstore clerk.
Dandelion Crossing shows how people of various ages, races, and backgrounds live, love, struggle, and survive during this tumultuous era of Reagan's America — a flashy age of pastel leg warmers and neon MTV.
