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Author
Series
Pocket peaches volume 1
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Peaches and her pals Mango and Pogi all live in a cozy town called Pocketon. When a new cat, Taro, moves in, Peaches is on a mission to befriend her. The only thing is, Taro loves all things spooky and Peaches does not. Can Peaches find a way to become friends despite their differences
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Betty and Veronica, the most famous BFFs in all of comics, team up for a Battle of the BFFs reality show to prove that their friendship will survive under any hardship. Betty & Veronica: Best Friends Forever is a fun and engaging full-color story celebrating the power of friendship.
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
""I love comics. Comics is (Comics ARE?) a perfect language, robustly evolving and expanding like any other living language," writes Phoebe Gloeckner in her Introduction to The Best American Comics 2018. This year's collection includes work selected from the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics language today." -- Back cover
Author
Language
English
Description
"In expanding the story of Kim and her friends, the authors pay tribute to Black sisterhood through portraits of shared, yet deeply personal experiences of Black hair care. From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointment to healing family rifts, the stories are brought to life through beautifully drawn characters and different color palettes reflecting the mood in each story."--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"After many lonely years, Abby's just gotten married. She met her new husband--a recently widowed dentist--when he arrived in town with his young daughter, seeking a new start. Although it's strange living in the shadow of her predecessor, Abby does her best to be a good wife and mother. But the more she learns about her new husband's first wife, the more things don't add up. And Abby starts to wonder ... was Sheila's death really by natural causes?...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
The Incredible Hulk, exiled into outer space, becomes enslaved on the planet Sakaar which is ruled by the Red King, and eventually becomes the gladiator known as Green Scar, uniting his fellow fighters to start a revolution to help change their world
11) Flamer
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance."--Page [4] of cover
Author
Series
Bone (Jeff Smith) volume 5
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
©2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fone and Smiley Bone encounter complications in the form of Rock Jaw, an enormous mountain lion, and baby animals orphaned by rat creature attacks as they journey through the wilderness with a lost rat creature cub they are returning to the mountains
Author
Series
Fables (Bill Willingham) volume 11
Publisher
Vertigo/DC Comics
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
The free Fables face more surprises from their adversary, while fighting for their homeland
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2006, ©2005
Language
English
Description
Mark Grayson is just like most everyone else his age. The only major difference being that his dad is the most powerful superhero on the planet! And, Mark seems to be inheriting his father's powers! This work lets you see Mark thwart super-villains, alien invasions, and all sorts of craziness, as he gets the hang of all this super-heroing stuff
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The classic New Mutants (Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Mirage, Karma, Magik, and Cypher) join together with a few new friends (Chamber, Mondo) to seek out their missing member and share the good news - a mission that takes them into space alongside the Starjammers!"--Provided by publisher
17) Do a powerbomb
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lona Steelrose wants to be a pro-wrestler, but she's living under the shadow of her mother, the best to ever do it. Everything changes when a wrestling obsessed necromancer asks her to join the grandest pro-wrestling tournament of all time, which is also the most dangerous!"--Back cover
18) Chasing echoes
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Malka, the black sheep of her family, finds out that her quirky and estranged relatives have made elaborate plans to leave the States and reunite in Poland to finally investigate their Jewish roots...and she wasn't invited. After managing to guilt her way onto the trip as the self-appointed Keeper of the Family Archives, it becomes clear that everyone brought more baggage than suitcases. When confronted with their reflection in the ruins of their...
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Alexis develops a crush on Emma's brother, she decides to approach this new feeling in her usual organized manner by conducting research and developing a plan
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly, a client publisher of Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the visual richness and cinematic structure of the Hollywood Musical, Blame this on the Boogie chronicles the adventures of a Filipino American girl born in the decade of disco who escapes life's hardships and mundanity through through the genre's feel good song and dance numbers. Ayuyang explores how the glowing charm of the silver screen can transform one's reality, shaping their approach to childhood, relationships, sports, reality...
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