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Author
Series
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
504 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Saga is the story of Hazel, a child born to star-crossed parents from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war. Now, Hazel's fugitive family must risk everything to find a peaceful future in a harsh universe that values destruction over creation."
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
91 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Babymouse discovers her own special talent--ice skating--she is courted by a famous Olympic coach, and soon finds her dreams of getting a medal spiralling out of control.
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Fountas & Pinnell
I
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A boy and a mouse take a bumpy sea journey to the majestic expanses of the Antarctic, where they see the sights and meet new friends.
Author
Series
Bone (Jeff Smith) volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First Scholastic edition.
Physical Desc
132 pages : chiefly color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The adventure starts when cousins Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of Boneville and later get separated and lost in the wilderness, meeting monsters and making friends as they attempt to return home.
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 5
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
187 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has stolen the Mother Stone. With it, the Elf King forges new amulets that will give him the power to invade and destroy the nation of Windsor. Emily and her friends lead the soldiers of the Cielis Guard in a fight to stop him, but Max stands in their way. And when she seeks information from the Voice of her Amulet, she discovers that the Voice is much more sinister than she ever could...
46) Sunny side up
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the groundbreaking and award-winning sister-brother team behind Babymouse comes a middle-grade, graphic-novel memoir. Following the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, 'Sunny Side Up' is at once a compelling 'problem' story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world" --
48) Ride on
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Victoria has always loved horses. But riding in competitions is high stakes, high stress, and shockingly expensive. And even though Victoria's best friend Taylor loves competing, Victoria has lost her taste for it. After a heartbreaking fight with Taylor, Victoria needs a new start--at a new stable. A place where she doesn't have to worry about anything other than riding. No competition, no drama, no friends. Just horses. Edgewood Stables seems ideal....
Author
Series
Astonishing X-Men volume 2
Publisher
Diamond [distributor]
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
320 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Olympians volume 4
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
76 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hades: Lord of the Dead tells the story of the great God of the Underworld and one of the most famous of all Greek myths: Hades' abduction of Persephone and her mother's revenge. Be prepared to see a new side of Persephone in this dynamic adaptation of the story of the creation of the seasons.
51) Saving Sunshine
Author
Series
Saving Sunshine volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
52) The blue lotus
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Tintin and Snowy, aided by the Sons of the Dragon, find professor Fang Hsi-Ying in an opium den where he is being held prisoner.
54) Illegal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life, the same journey their sister set out on months ago. But Ebo refuses to be left behind in Ghana. He sets out after Kwame and joins him on the quest to reach Europe. Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every...
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Collected
Language
English
Formats
Description
"How many hours are in a day when you don't spend half of them watching television? When is the last time any of us really worked to get something we wanted? How long has it been since any of us really needed something that we wanted? The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe causing the dead to rise...
56) Swim team
Author
Language
English
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2023 Youth Media Award Winners
DAML Black History Month - Youth
Golden Dome 2023-2024
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24
DAML Black History Month - Youth
Golden Dome 2023-2024
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24
Formats
Description
"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help."--
57) Brave
Author
Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard... Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social...
Author
Series
Olympians volume 6
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
76 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A latest entry in the best-selling series focuses on the goddess of love and combines accessible graphic illustrations with thoroughly researched storytelling to recount her dramatic birth from the sea foam, her role in the Trojan War and more.
59) New kid
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
Author
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
133 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. These three ground-breaking researchers were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology--and to our own understanding of ourselves."--Provided by publisher.
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