What Did You Eat Yesterday? Volume 3 by Fumi Yoshinaga.Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks.Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year by Ramsey Beyer.

The Graveyard Book Volume 2 by Neil Gaiman, P.

The Graveyard Book Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman, P.

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang.

Displacement: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley.

Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks.Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Box Brown.The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew.Wonderland by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew.Remembrance of Things I Forgot by Bob Smith.Basic Research Methods for Librarians by Ronald R.The World of Ice & Fire by George R.R.City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett.Information Technology Project Management by Kathy Schwalbe.Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher.The Reference Interview Today: Negotiating and Answering Questions Face to Face, on the Phone, and Virtually by Dave Harmeyer.How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Friendship, Theft & Musical Theatre by Marc Acito.Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.Welcome to Night Vale: The Investigators.The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Animated.The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Live Action.Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).Ah well! Hopefully 2016 will be more productive. That was not only true for 2015, but also for reading and seeing films in general. I’d said that in 2014 that it was a hectic year in terms of school and tracking fell to the wayside a bit. I know I missed a lot ofÂ graphic novels when you count the collected editions (since I read a fair numberÂ for review purposes in serialized formats), as well as for the various zines I’ve read. (One of 6,000 books recommended on year gone by, another tracking of books and movies and such for the year. When she tries to have the series banned from their Oklahoma town’s library, the high school freshman decides to stand up against censorship and maybe even against being bullied himself in this graphic novel celebrating our freedom to read. My book talk: Neil misses his best friend and their mutual love for Ravenchilde books when Danny’s Bible-thumping mom sends him to military school for reading a fantasy book. Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher. Welcome, AtoZers – got a banned book story to share?īook info: Americus / written by MK Reed art by Jonathan Hill.

This graphic novel has belligerent book-banners, the same bullies from junior high, a courageous youth librarian, Neil’s intro to punk rock, and excerpts from fantasy books that readers will wish were real. Neil’s freshman year won’t be the same without his best friend Danny whose ultra-religious mom banishes him to military school for reading an Apathea Ravenchilde book and stating his personal beliefs. “ Freedom to read is every American’s right!”

Little Fish by Ramsey Beyer