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1) Laika
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
205 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is the journey of Laika, the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth's first space traveler. With the blending of fact and fiction, this story intertwines three compelling lives. Along with Laika, there is Korolev, a driven engineer at the top of the Soviet space program and Yelena, the lab technician responsible for Laika's health and life.
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of pictures drawn by different artists. Various award-winning artists present their own verison of the classic joke, from Marle Frazee's chicken who is searching for a luxury "coop," to Mo Willems's chicken who confesses his motives to a police officer.
3) Foiled
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aliera is a star at fencing, but at school no one notices her--until her new lab partner Avery begins flirting with her. Aliera's mother just bought her a foil from a garage sale, and it has a strange jewel attached to the hilt. Will Aliera's first date be ruined when magical creatures try to steal her foil?
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
144 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel interpretation of "Jack and the beanstalk," Jack is a born schemer who climbs a magical beanstalk in the hope of exacting justice from a mean giant and gaining a fortune for his widowed mother, aided by some friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
180 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Garfield Logan has spent his entire life being overlooked. Even in a small town like Eden, Georgia, the 17-year-old with green streaks in his hair can't find a way to stand out--and the clock is ticking. Senior year is almost over. If Gar doesn't find a way to impress the social elite at Bull Creek High School, he will never know what it's like to matter. Gar's besties, Stella and Tank, don't understand why he cares what other people think, and they...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
77 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan.
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