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From an article by Brigid Alverson, SLJ May 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools and workplaces. With libraries, bookstores and comic shops mostly off-limits as well, readers are turning to online sources, and publishers and creators have responded with free comics and related resources. Here's a look at those offerings. Informational comics about COVID-19 Just for Kids: a Comic Exploring the Coronavirus (NPR) is based on interviews with experts and drawn by Malaka Gharib, author of the graphic memoir I Was Their American Dream. Print and fold it into a mini comic;versions are available in Chinese and Spanish. Comics for Good (Weiman Kow) is a website that publishes a new COVID-19 comic every week.  Each includes an introduction to the coronavirus and comics on topics such a hand washing, masks, and staying home. comicsforgood.com COVID-19 Myths, Debunked (Whit Taylor and Allyson Shwed) tackles some of the misinformation around the coronavirus. thenib.com/cov...

May 2020 SLJ by Mahnaz Dar Need to keep your comics-loving kids and teens occupies?  These free webcomics promise to eat up hours of time. Middle Grade Audrey's Magic Nine (themagicnine.com) This webcomic centers on a Black orphan adopted by a well-meaning but clueless suburban white couple. Written by Michelle Wright and illustrated by Courtney Huddleston, Francesco Gerbino, and Tracy Bailey. Breaking Cat News (breakingcatnews.com/past-reports) House cats Elvis, Puck and Lupin report on such breaking news stories as "The people are missing!" and "There's a box with a towel inside it on the kitchen table" in Georgia Dunn's hilarious webcomic. Cucumber Quest (cucumber.gigidigi.com/129-2) In GiGi D.G.'s video gamesque tale, adorable Cucumber the bunny and his sister Almond go up against a series of baddies. A vibrant palette, nonstop action, and a bizarre cast of friends and foes. Ozy and Millie (ozyandmillie.org) Two anthropomorphic fo...

JULY 8, 2020 Annika Voss Riveted by Simon Teen I Killed Zoe Spanos  by Kit Frick Anna Cicconi is looking for a fresh start with her summer job as a nanny in the Hamptons. What she finds instead is a community on edge after the disappearance of Zoe Spanos, a local girl who has been missing since New Year’s Eve and to whom Anna bares an eerie resemblance. So when Zoe’s body is found and Anna is charged with manslaughter, something doesn’t entirely add up and Martina Green, teen host of the  Missing Zoe  podcast, is determined to find out the trut h Girl Unframed b y Deb Caletti Sydney isn’t entirely excited to spend the summer with her film-star mother, who prizes her beauty and male attention above all else. Sydney’s fears rise when she discovers her mother’s involvement with Jake, a dangerous art dealer with shady connections. To make matters worse, Jake’s eyes seem to follow Sydney everywhere and behaviors that once seemed like misunderstandings begin to fee...

There will be outstanding books hitting shelves in this second half of the year. But why don’t we dream about 2021 today a little bit and take a peek at some of the YA already slated for the new year? Descriptions are from Amazon - they all sound amazing. A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson  (1/19) When Noa closes his eyes on Earth and wakes up on a spaceship called Qriosity just as it’s about to explode, he’s pretty sure things can’t get much weirder. Boy is he wrong. Trapped aboard Qriosity are also DJ and Jenny, neither of whom remember how they got onboard the ship. Together, the three face all the dangers of space, along with murder, aliens, a school dance, and one really, really bad day. But none of this can prepare Noa for the biggest challenge—falling in love. And as Noa’s feelings for DJ deepen, he has to contend not just with the challenges of the present, but also with his memories of the past. However, nothing is what it seems on...