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Imbalance (Avatar: The Last Airbender Comics #6)
★★★☆☆ Not as good as the previous ALTA graphic novels by Gene Luen Yang but still contains the signature political and moral themes.
The Hidden Witch (The Witch Boy #2)
★★★★☆ The second book in The Witch Boy graphic novel series. A wonderful world of queer witchcraft, deep friendships, and healing inherited family traumas. This second instalment focuses on themes of isolation, bullying, and adolescent angst.
The Rift (Avatar: The Last Airbender Comics #3)
★★★★★ I’ve given every one of the ATLA graphic novels 5 stars but this one is probably my favorite. Made me cry in the subway. Too good.
The Search (Avatar: The Last Airbender Comics #2)
★★★★★ JUST SO FUCKING GOOD IN EVERY WAY I’M SO FUCKIN SHOOKK MAN. Like there’s beautiful art, so wonderful and charming and concise and smartly designed panels for maximal fun storytelling and pay-off.
The Promise (Avatar: The Last Airbender Comics #1)
★★★★★ PURE MASTERY in storytelling through text and image, makes concepts of colonialism, industrialisation, sovereignty, geopolitics, and cultural heritage somehow SUPER accessible for kids
American Born Chinese
★★★★★ Three apparently unrelated tales come together with an unexpected twist, in a modern fable that is hilarious, poignant and action-packed. American Born Chinese is an amazing rise, all the way up to the astonishing climax--and confirms what a growing number of readers already know: Gene Yang is a major talent.
