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Summary: Robin is possibly the most maligned of all comic book heroes, and is often considered to be a mere sidekick. The Boy Wonder is seen by many as standing in the shadow of the Dark Knight. This book aims to change such opinions.'
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 1991
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROBGrant, Alan
Summary: A new collection featuring the legendary 1990s Batman epics "The Return of Scarface" and more! This new collection of 1990s Batman tales includes the legendary story "The Return of Scarface," one of DC's most vindictive villains made famous from the Batman: The Animated Series. This volume also includes the first appearance of the Gotham Gargoyle, and a run of stories in which the Dark Knight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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Summary: Retells in graphic novel format Stevenson's story about David Balfour who, after being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GrantSummary: When all of Batman's greatest foes break out of Arkham at once, he must face them all in single combat, and the last enemy he must battle is the deadliest, the mysterious and mighty Bane, who engineered the breakout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATSummary: Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR HAMCumming, Alan
Summary: Determined to keep their dads safe on their trip to France, two dogs disguise themselves and follow along.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CUMAgran, Rick.
Summary: A pumpkin tells its life story, from seed to flower to jack-o-lantern and back to seed again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Handprint Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC AGRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC AGRGratz, Alan
Summary: "December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRAGratz, Alan
Summary: Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRAGratz, Alan
Summary: Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Gratz 2013Gratz, Alan
Summary: It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with their violence and book-burning is hard enough--but when he is asked to find out more about "Projekt 1065" both his and his parents' lives get a lot more dangerous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Gratz 2016Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GRAGratz, Alan
Summary: Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GRACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Gratz 2017Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRASummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007