Liz Prince’s graphic memoir Tomboy (Zest, $15.99) is a validation for any girl who’s ever struggled with traditional gender roles. Though she has always felt secure in her female identity, Liz simply doesn’t like “girlie” things. The graphics are simple and sparse, but perfectly complement the complexity and confusion of growing up as a girl in America, and of trying to figure out what that gender entails. The book is funny and heart-felt, and it’s impossible not to root for the hard-to-define heroine as she makes her way through a culture obsessed with categorizing people. Ages 13-18. Courtney Burtraw