2026 Youth Media Awards
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Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Fact-Finders Rainforest from DK Children and Cats with Jobs Volume 2 from Seven Seas Entertainment.
Rodeo Hawkins and the Daughters of Mayhem | Review
The powerful protectors of the multiverse are hot on the heels of the last Sidney Poblocki in existence, and only a mischievous inter-dimensional girl gang can save him in this wild adventure.
My Sister the Werebeast | Review
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Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, who died yesterday at the age of 86, was inspired by the actions of anti-slavery crusaders. Two graphic novels tell the story of her bold refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman, and why she was passed over in favor of Rosa Parks for a historic test case.
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