I decided to solve the dilemma of what will I choose between Social Networking, 24/7 Reference, and Public Speaking, by not attending any of them but rather to attend a session on the mysteries of manga. (Manga are the Japanese comic books, for those of you who don't know). I buy the collection for the YA room (and adult manga as well for the adult graphic novel collection). I know that the teens love it and I love buying it for them. As a reader, however, I just can't get into it and so I wanted to know more about it. Plus, I was especially intrigued by this panel because a 13 year old was part of it and was going to explain what she liked about manga.
Robin Brenner, the YA librarian from Brookline who is a graphic novel guru, first gave the history of manga, including a brief history of Chinese and Korean comics. There are also different genres of manga for males and females (specifically shonen are for boys and seinen are for men, while shojo are for girls and josei are for women). Next her teen colleague, Leah, shared some insights and gave some suggestions. (For instance, James Patterson's YA series, Maximum Ride, is now a manga series). We also asked Leah what she looked for and for some title suggestions. I wanted to know if she read other types of comics or graphic novels, and she said no, that she generally preferred manga.
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