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Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2018].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through...
Author
Publisher
Random House Graphic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First Random House Graphic edition.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Turtle is smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935 and money—and sometimes even dreams—is scarce. So when Turtle's mother gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle heads off to Florida to live with relatives. Florida's like nothing Turtle's ever seen before, though. It's full of ragtag boy cousins, family secrets to unravel . . . and even a little...
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
137 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A creature with tons of teeth and way too many butts is stealing the Bad Guys one by one.--Provided by Publisher.
24) Class act
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--Provided by publisher....
25) The good earth
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Series
Language
English
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Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer prize-winning novel of a China that was now in a contemporary classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In the Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the...
26) Roller girl
Author
Language
English
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Description
Astrid signs up for roller derby camp, but her best friend Nicole chooses dance. While making new friends and struggling with a new sport, Astrid fears she is losing Nicole.
27) The Bad Guys
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys ... and they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are tired of being the villains. Mr. Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' first good mission. They are going to break two hundred dogs out of the Maximum Security City Dog Pound. Will Operation Dog Pound go smoothly? Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys? And will Mr. Snake please stop swallowing Mr. Piranha?!...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party's predicament in the Sierra Nevada...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
127 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Korean War correspondent Marguerite Higgins, who risked her life in dangerous situations to provide eyewitness accounts of many of the major events of the war.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to Penguin Classics in a stunning Graphic Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island...
31) Coraline
Author
Language
English
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Description
When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
©2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award and finalist for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: the prize-winning children's author depicts a childhood from hell in this searing yet redemptive graphic memoir. One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transformed into a virtual mute. A vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a bloody boot, the fourteen-year-old boy had...
33) Bleach
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Shonen jump graphic novel ed.
Physical Desc
v : chiefly ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old high school student Ichigo Kurosaki has martial arts skills and the ability to see ghosts, and his life is about to change when he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a soul reaper and protector of innocents.
34) Major Impossible
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869, he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition-- ten men in four boats-- to float through the Grand Canyon. Ten explorers went in, but only six came out....
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
This edge-of-your-seat page turner recounts the adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, the first American pilots to fight in WWI for the French military, and how they went down in history with other legendary flying aces, like the Red Baron and his Flying Circus.
36) Salt magic
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Vonceil's older brother, Elber, comes home to their family's Oklahoma farm after serving on the front lines of World War I, things aren't what she expects. His experiences have changed him into a serious and responsible man who doesn't have time for Vonceil anymore. He even marries the girl he had left behind.
Then a mysterious and captivating woman shows up at the farm and confronts Elber for leaving her in France. When he refuses to leave...
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
171 page : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The Bad Guys find themselves sixty-five million years in the past where they must avoid being eaten by dinosaurs, fix their broken time machine, and get back home before an evil alien destroys the world.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
124 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, officially bringing the United States into World War II. A new generation of pilots were recruited to fly bombing missions for the United States, and from that group, volunteers were requested for a dangerous secret assignment. For the first time in American history, Army bombers would be launched from an aircraft carrier.
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: As told through a mix of comics, doodles, and journal entries, it's Victor Starspeeder's third year at Jedi Academy! It's also his first year EVER without his sister, Christina. Plus, things at Jedi Academy are... weird. After last year's security breach, Principal Marr has been demoted and replaced with Commander ZC-04, a big, scary droid. There's a curfew, new regulations, and everyone is on edge. But when Victor and his friends...
40) The kite runner
Author
Language
English
Description
Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot...
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