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A Love Story to Sink your FANGS into

14 Apr

For readers who enjoyed reading, the brilliant webcomic, Sarah’s Scribbles, by Sarah Andersen, I recommend reading Fangs, her graphic novel about two different mythical creatures who fall in love with each other.

A relationship between a vampire and a werewolf, at first, may seem unlikely. In this story you learn that in love you must compromise. Throughout their story you see their many difference but also, their similarities. I guess it’s true what they say when in love “opposites attract.”

I highly recommend this cute love story. It gets a four star rating in my books to recommend! You can borrow Fangs and several Sarah’s Scribbles Collections in print from BCCLS Libraries. The Sarah’s Scribbles collections are also available from Hoopla.

Written by:
Michelle Vallee
Circulation Assistant

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Read a Banned Book: This One Summer

30 Sep

Summer is over but if you want to enjoy a graphic novel about a coming of age story then you should read This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki. The story begins with two friends who meet each other every summer in a small beach town. The best friends Rose and Windy are like two inseparable sisters. They have many adventures down by the beach. They always look for distractions to ignore the drama that they both have in their everyday life. They learn that life is hard and full of many sorrows. The two girls learn that there is more to life than just boys and candy. They both begin to understand the meaning of becoming older and the value in real friendships. I highly recommend this graphic novel. I would rate it five out of five stars! 

Banned Books Week runs from September 27-October 3, 2020, this annual event celebrates the freedom to read. It draws attention to censorship by highlighting works that have been targets of removal in libraries and schools. You can read more about Banned Books Week from the American Library Association. Despite This One Summer winning several awards including The Caldecott Honor the year before, in 2016 the Office of Intellectual Freedom listed This One Summer as one of the top 10 Banned Books. It was “challenged because it includes LGBT characters, drug use and profanity, and it was considered sexually explicit with mature themes.” Celebrate your freedom to decide and read what you feel is appropriate for you and your family today!

Review Written by:
Michelle Valle
Circulation Assistant

Banned Book Week Information by:
Aimee Harris
Head of Information and Digital Services

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