Author: Eileen Gonzalez

Kamiya Seizaburo wants nothing more than to train as a warrior and avenge his family. The hitch? He’s really a girl disguised as a boy so that Okita Soji, a renowned swordsman, will teach her all he knows! But it’s not long before Soji discovers her secret — and then what?

Hana and Kenichi are thrown together on a single, safe island after their families — and much of the rest of 19th-century East Asia — are destroyed by an unknown attacker. Despite their mutual distrust, they must work together if they are to survive and keep their new home safe.

The cheerleaders are the most popular girls at Christina and Megan’s middle school — so naturally, they want to join! But cheerleading is no picnic, especially when you’re the only non-white kids in school. Christina and Megan will have to figure out if popularity is worth more than their friendship.

This comic is so cute I can’t even. Annie has no interest in being a cheerleader, but if she wants a shot at a college scholarship, she needs an extracurricular. Bebe is the squad’s rising star and a trans girl whose parents don’t fully support her transition. Can they both find acceptance, love, and support as part of their high school cheer team?

Ehwa grew up socially isolated thanks to snobbish villagers who shunned her single mother. As a result, Ehwa doubts she will ever find love. It isn’t until her mother takes a second chance on love that Ehwa starts to think there might be someone out there for her, too. The Color of Earth is the first of a trilogy.

Being yourself is no easy task when you don’t fit into any of society’s neat boxes. Prince found that out at an early age, when she wasn’t “feminine” enough to fit in with the girls and not “masculine” enough to fit in with the boys. Only with the wisdom of maturity (and the help of the punk community) was she able to confidently make a place for herself in a world that constantly told her she didn’t belong anywhere.

Tonatiuh turns to an ancient format — a pre-Columbian-style codex — to tell the story of Juan, an undocumented young man fighting for better pay and working conditions. Though the risks of speaking up are great, the consequences of staying silent are far worse.

Based on the DC Comics heroine, Unearthed follows a young Jessica Cruz as she struggles to hide the fact that she is undocumented from her friends. But after her father is arrested, she will have to learn — with help from school friend John Stewart — how to stand up for those who need her. Stunning artwork and emotional storytelling really set this book apart.

The Banks women are exceptional thieves and have been for half a century. Now, they are faced with the possibility of a score so enticing that it will take three generations to pull off the ultimate heist!

The husband-and-wife team of Tobin and Coover bring us the best, most adorable thief in the world: Bandette, an ingenious teenager who, with the help of her dog and her friends, can steal anything. But can she outwit an assassin determined to eliminate her? (Of course she can, but please read to find out how!)

Picking up where the second season of Star Trek: Discovery left off, this series sees Spock trying to rejoin Starfleet in order to prevent treaty negotiations between the Federation and the Klingons from falling apart.

Ever wanted to see the completion of that original five-year mission? Of course you have! This multipart series has the crew confronting not just the usual set of bizarre aliens, but also their own uncertainty about going home and what the end of their mission will bring.

Elise and Dagmar would have sworn that they were happy with their lives and relationships — until they met, and love bloomed. As the women’s affair grows, Elise begins to realize that she may not like the path she has chosen after all.

In 1963, Hazel and Mari meet at a bingo hall. It’s love at first sight, but their elders forbid the romance, and Mari is sent away to get married. Decades later, after they have had families of their own and watched them grow up, pure chance enables the women to find one another and give their love a second chance to shine.

Sophie’s family expects her to be a great witch, but Sophie isn’t very good at magic and isn’t getting the support she needs to do better. When she befriends Lir, an amnesiac water dragon, Sophie sees in him a chance to finally improve her magic skills. But is she willing to jeopardize Lir’s future to secure her own?

Magic and blacksmithing are supposed to be two different disciplines. But when Greta, a blacksmith’s apprentice, finds a lost tea dragon, she finds herself becoming more and more involved in learning how to care for the beautiful creatures, how to make a good cup of tea, and how to be friends with Minette, who knows plenty about both dragons and tea.

Reporter Elena Abbott has already lost her husband to the occult. Now, she has a chance to destroy those dark forces, but she has to go through a virtual army of corrupt police officers and politicians to do it.

In 1887, intrepid reporter Nellie Bly got herself committed to the New York City Mental Health Hospital, an institution notorious for abusing its patients and imprisoning women who were not mentally ill at all. Her work drew attention to the way society ignores and mistreats both the mentally ill and women in general. She wrote a book about her experiences, which has now been adapted into graphic novel form.

Can’t forget this classic! Haruhi is attending the elite Ouran on a scholarship. When she breaks an expensive vase belonging to the school’s host club, she must pose as a boy and join said club to work off the debt. It’s a goofy, romantic, and occasionally touching saga about how the other half lives.

It took Lewis a while to figure out who he was, but now he is a happy adult and wishes to share the benefits of his hard-earned wisdom with his teen self — who doesn’t want to listen. Sometimes funny and sometimes painful, this memoir reflects on the difficulties trans teens face while reminding readers that it is entirely possible to survive those years and turn out okay.