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1) Locker hero
Author
Series
Misadventures of Max Crumbly volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Questioning his resolve to attend public school after being homeschooled when he is targeted by a bully, Max aspires to become like his favorite comic book heroes and finds an unexpected opportunity to be the hero his middle school needs
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
With her own Iron Man suit, Riri Williams makes her debut as Ironheart, but waiting in the wings for her is a list of criminals looking to destroy Tony Stark's legacy, her first villain, and super-teams looking to recruit her
Author
Series
Dog Man volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dog Man, the newest hero from the creator of Captain Underpants, is still learning a few tricks of the trade. If only the Chief would throw him a bone every once and a while...Dog Man needs to dry up the drool, dust away the dander, and roll out of the refuse if he's going to impress the Chief, and he needs to do it fast! Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Can the canine crime biter unleash justice...
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Thea Sisters are five fun, lively students at Mouseford Academy on Whale Island, who want to be real, live journalists, just like their hero, Thea Stilton. Between classes, friendships, crushes, and some bizarre mysteries to solve, they find life to be a never-ending adventure!
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
"Nothing about Saitama passes the eyeball test when it comes to superheroes, from his lifeless expression to his bald head to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking guy has a not-so-average problem-- he just can't seem to find an opponent strong enough to take on! Every time a promising villain appears, he beats the snot out 'em with one punch! Can Saitama finally find an opponent who can go toe-to-toe with him and give his life...
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Big Nate Wright is president of P.S. 38, the after school cartooning club. When he doodles his observations in his cartoon notebook: "Mighty Jefferson Middle School always wins," Nate decides it's time to go from zeroes to heroes! Will Nate crack under the pressure of the "Ultimate Snowdown"? Or lead P.S. 38 to its biggest victory ever?
Author
Series
After-school superstars volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Third-grader Vera, a budding artist who loves every minute of her after-school comic-book camp, searches for a way to get her mother's permission to attend the camp's final field trip to Comic-Con
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Steven Universe: Art & Origins is the first book to take fans behind the scenes of the groundbreaking and boundlessly creative Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe. The eponymous Steven is a boy who--alongside his mentors, the Crystal Gems (Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl)--must learn to use his inherited powers to protect his home, Beach City, from the forces of evil. Bursting with concept art, production samples, early sketches, storyboards,...
Author
Series
Captain Underpants volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
George and Harold have really done it this time--they've created a monster! She's faster, smarter, and more evil than anything the world has seen before--she's Wedgie Woman! With the help of her horrible robots and her horrendous hairdo, Wedgie Woman is on a mission to take over the world, and she'll give a whopping wedgie to anyone who stands in her way--including Captain Underpants
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robby creates his own comic strips so he can freak out his friends and family, but now his favorite character Dr. Maniac, a villain with a wicked grin and evil superpowers, is on the loose in the real world!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A lot is changing for Cici. Her parents are separating, her wacky abuela is moving in, and on her tenth birthday, she wakes up with fairy wings! Cici's new magical powers let her see people as they truly are. But what she learns about her friends and family isn't always easy to accept. She has only one day to decide whether to keep her wings. When Cici wishes life could just be normal again, will she choose to believe in the power of fairies?"--Page...
12) Lunch Money
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school
Author
Series
Misadventures of Max Crumbly volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza after taking a late night tumble through the vents at South Ridge Middle School--and he was completely surrounded by three ruthless criminals! Will Max be shredded to bits like mozzarella cheese on the hard and crunchy pizza crust of doom? Can his friend and sidekick, computer whiz Erin, help get him out of this sticky situation alive?"--Page 4 of cover...
14) Peanuts classics
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
Collection of popular daily comic strips plus 92 pages of Sunday full-color features. All grades
Author
Series
P.U.R.S.T. adventure volume 1
Publisher
Kids Can Press Ltd
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As the top cat at P.U.R.S.T (Pets of the Universe Ready for Space Travel), Sergeant Fluffy Vandermere takes his job very seriously. He has devoted his life to keeping space pets--and the world--safe from alien domination. And he does it all from his desk at P.U.R.S.T. headquarters. But this isn't another day at the office. There's been a security breach! Aliens have invaded headquarters! Hostages have been taken! Well, no one messes with P.U.R.S.T.--not...
Author
Series
Adventure time volume 8
Publisher
KaBOOM!
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When everyone in the Land of Ooo wakes up with no knowledge of how to cook, Princess Bubblegum tasks Finn and Jake to get to the bottom of the memory problems
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After he falls into Scarecrow's trap, Batman is fitted with a helmet that slowly releases a fear-inducing gas, leaving him terrified of everything around him--even Robin and Nightwing, who are trying to save him
Author
Series
DC Comics Secret Hero Society volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"My name is Bruce Wayne, and I'm the new kid (UGH) at Ducard Academy. I can't say for certain, but I think something fishy is going on. There's a gang of clowns roaming the halls, a kid named Bane wants to beat me up, and the guidance counselor, Hugo Strange, seems really, well, strange. At least I have two new friends -- Clark and Diana are kinda cool, I guess. We're going to solve this case no matter what, even if I have to convince Alfred to let...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Koichi and his "friends"--Kazuho, a.k.a. Pop Step, and the mysterious Knuckleduster--have teamed up to protect their neighborhood (unofficially of course). But even petty criminals with Quirks can be dangerous, and taking them on shows Koichi that he'd better not underestimate them. Sizing up the opposition is important, especially when some of the villains are definitely out of Koichi's league and more sinister threats lurk in the shadows --
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Persepolis is the story of Marjane Satrapi's childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming -- both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland
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