Other cultures (YA comics)

Authors from different places offer different perspectives and different ways of telling stories and can give us insights into other cultures.

In this list, we're presenting comics and graphic novels that were written by authors from other parts of the world, and there are a fair few memoirs detailing the authors' personal experiences too.

Updated August 1, 2024
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Wellington City Libraries Youth team at Wellington City Libraries
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The magic fish
Nguyen, Trung Le
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library . Kirkus Reviews . Booklist . Publishers Weekly In this gorgeous debut graphic novel, fairy tales are the only way one boy can communicate with his Vietnamese immigrant parents. But how will he find the...
Boxers
Yang, Gene Luen
Paper Book
Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. As the Library of Congress's fifth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. His graphic novel American Born Chinese, a...

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