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3 YA graphic novels that highlight the timelessness of teenage themes this autumn

Among the flood of titles aimed at the high-school set this fall, a few stand apart for their unorthodox stories, deft artwork and potent themes.
Source: Meghan Collins Sullivan

It's evident that 2021 has been a bumper year for graphic novels aimed at the high-school set. Among the flood of titles competing for youthful eyeballs, though, a few stand apart this fall for their unorthodox stories, deft artwork and potent themes.

Though their settings range — from a post-industrial Massachusetts town to a series of deliberately unnamed cities in Central America — Sophia Glock's , Huda Fahmy's and Kel McDonald and Jose Pimienta's express similar cares and concerns. Their

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