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Author
Series
Saving Sunshine volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. It's even harder when you're constantly fighting your sibling--and Zara and Zeeshan really can't stand each other. During a family trip to Florida, when the bickering, shoving, and insults reach new heights of chaos, their parents sentence them to the worst possible fate--each other's company! But when the twins find an ailing turtle, it presents a rare...
2) Two brothers
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twin brothers Omar and Yaqub may share the same features, but they could not be more different from one another. And the possessive love of their mother, Zana, stirs the troubled waters between them even more. After a brutally violent exchange between the young boys, Yaqub, "the good son," is sent from his home in Brazil to live with relatives in Lebanon, only to return five years later as a virtual stranger to the parents who bore him, his tensions...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Activist-academic Meg John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. A kaleidoscope of characters from the diverse worlds of pop-culture, film, activism and academia guide us on a journey through the ideas, people and events that have shaped queer theory. From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
142 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's election time, and that's bad news for Spider Jerusalem, the journalist who's returned to a bleakly funny future world from self-imposed exile. On one hand, there's incumbent President and Jerusalem's old bete noire, the Beast; on the other, smiling, vacuous Gary Callahan.
5) Lost boy
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
123 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of a deadly car accident in the remote Wyoming wilderness, a young boy escapes as the sole survivor. Stranded, freezing and without anyone around to help him, he struggles to stay alive as he attempts to find his way back to civilization."--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir." --
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
139 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, determined to expose the misdeeds of a president that sent professional assassins after him, is diagnosed with a deadly brain infection as he and his crew of assistant investigators follow the trail of corruption.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
131 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Having removed one President from office, only to make an instant mortal enemy of the new incumbent, Spider Jerusalem continues to investigate the death of his friend, campaign director Vita Severn. With the help of his filthy assistants, Spider discovers that the truth leads right to the top.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
140 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Time is running out for outlaw reporter Spider Jerusalem and his assistants. Forced into hiding by a crazed and vengeful president, the three media renegades must now find a way to wage a guerrilla news war against the psychotic Commander-in-Chief"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Transmetropolitan volume 1
Publisher
Vertigo/DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
142 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
One-time journalist Spider Jerusalem, secluded in his house in the mountains, is called back to his natural, and hated habitat: the City. Filled with noise, filth, energy, and stories, the City throbs and convulses with life. For anyone who can maintain his sanity, it's a writer's paradise. For Spider, it's also the inferno.
Author
Series
Heartstopper volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Nick and Charlie are in love. They’ve finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick’s house. He wants to take their relationship to the next level... but can he find the confidence he needs? And with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The year is 2112, and it's the apocalypse exactly as expected: rivers receding, oceans rising, civilization crumbling. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of Indigenous outcasts who have discovered a time travel portal in a cave in the desert and figured out where everything took a turn for the worst: America. Convinced that the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own--a reluctant linguist named Tad--on...
13) Duel
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sixth grader Lucy is brand-new to middle school, and when her older sister GiGi--the undisputed queen bee of eighth grade--humiliates her in the cafeteria, Lucy snaps and challenges her to a fencing duel."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Vertigo
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
In this volume, Jerusalem targets three of society's most worshipped and warped pillars: politics, religion, and television. When Spider tries to shed light on the atrocities of these institutions, he finds himself fleeing a group of hitmen/kidnappers in possession of his ex-wife's frozen head, a distorted creature alleging to be his son, and a vicious talking police dog.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
136 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Prepare to be shocked as Spider Jerusalem takes us on another tour of the city's underbelly, turning over stones and generally stirring up wasp's nests. This story sees Spider, Channon and Yelena on the trail of a vicious gang of killers who are targeting the genetically "unclean".
16) Essex County
Author
Series
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
510 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the award-winning trilogy of graphic novels set in an imaginary version of the author's hometown, and reveals the problems and issues the families within the community face.
17) Misfit mansion
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Despite her monstrous appearance, Iris has never felt like she belongs in a mansion filled with kelpies and gorgons and unicorns. She longs to find a family. Unfortunately, she and her housemates are trapped in a "foster home for horrors" run by former paranormal investigator Mr. Halloway. So, when a human boy named Mathias breaks the house's sealing spell, Iris and her companions are set free upon the town of Dead End Springs. What Iris doesn't...
18) Dracula
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The 19th-century novel Dracula was such a seminal work that it influenced the horror novel genre and many other parts of popular culture as well. While readers may think they know this story through movies and books that followed its publication, they'll be surprised at how gripping the true Bram Stoker tale is, especially in enthralling graphic novel form. Stoker's haunting words and the unnerving images of illustrator Anthony Williams transform...
19) Snow and sorcery
Author
Series
Cardboard kingdom volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The kids of the Cardboard Kingdom go on a new adventure! This time, they are in search of new friends--but what they discover is a lot more like enemies... It's winter break in the Cardboard Kingdom, and kids from the town across the park want to play together! But according to the evil Sorceress, not just anyone can join the kingdom... So it's not long before the two communities spiral into battle. Will the Sorceress realize the error of her ways...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
149 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of Vita Severn's assassination, Spider goes looking for answers with two jaw-dropping interviews: one with the sitting President, 'The Beast', a venal, vicious scumbag who believes that absolute order is the best for everyone and one with his Presidential challenger, 'The Smiler', who believes in nothing.
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