Thompson, Craig
Summary: "Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 THOShiga, Jason
Summary: Overview: Chocolate or Vanilla? This simple choice is all it takes to get started with Meanwhile, the wildly inventive creation of comics mastermind Jason Shiga, of whom Scott McCloud said "Crazy + Genius = Shiga." Jimmy, whose every move is under your control, finds himself in a mad scientist's lab, where he's given a choice between three amazing objects: a mind-reading device, a time-travel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2010
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Summary: Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2008
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Summary: Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi, she's a terrible singer. Instead she's the set designer for the stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix/Scholastic 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC TELSilverberg, Cory
Summary: "A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identities, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Much more than the "facts of life" or "the birds and the bees," Sex Is a Funny Word opens up conversations between young people and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.9071 SILDavis, Jim
Summary: "Be it ever so crazy, there's no place like home -- especially at the Arbuckle asylum. Fashion fiascos abound! Dim-wittedness and drool rule the day! There's so much bizarre behavior from Jon and Odie that sometimes Garfield even seems normal. Of course, that delusion doesn't last for long. Soon, the quirky cat is conversing with a sock puppet and deflating a puffer fish (as well as an ice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine 2017
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Summary: Salem Hyde just isn't like other kids. For one thing, she's stubborn, independent, and impulsive. For another, she's a witch. Salem acts first and thinks later - which means most of her thinking involves coming up with excuses! Good thing she's been assigned an animal commpanion, Lord Percival J. Whamsford III. This over-anxious cat doesn't like Salem calling him Whammy, and Salem doesn't like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2013
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Summary: Three fictional stories, told in graphic novel format, about soldiers in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War who were aided by combat dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2013
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Summary: School's out for summer and Yotsuba's out of her mind! She's new in town-- and could very well be new to planet Earth--with no knowledge of the world around her. Some of her experiences include drawing, swimming, and catching a frog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ADV Manga 2005
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Summary: Hilo and his friends learn more about Hilo's past while they battle robots that were buried underground on Earth a thousand years ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC WINFerris, Emil
Summary: "Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines. As the precocious Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her beautiful and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MYToriyama, Akira
Summary: As the cosmic battle between Goku and Vegeta continues, Goku is forced to use the dangerous Kaio-ken technique. But Vegeta reappears, changing himself into a 50-foot ape with superpowers, including energy strong enough to explode mountains. As Goku lies with his ribs shattered, his and earth's only hope is the genki-dama, the "spirit bomb" powered by the chi of all living things on the planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Comics 2001
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1 available in Young Adult Manga, Call number: YA FIC TORCariello, Sergio
Summary: Retells the stories of the Bible in graphic novel format, including the stories of Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Jonah, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David C. Cook 2010
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Summary: "When Crocodile's evildoing is exposed, the rebellion that will destroy Alabasta just might be averted ... But the Baroque Works will do everything in their power to make sure that doesn't happen--even if they have to kill Princess Vivi! The Straw Hats are in for the fight of their lives to keep this evil Croc from getting his way!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2009
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Summary: "With all the Officer Agents defeated, only Crocodile and his final plan to destroy the palace stands in the way of peace. While Luffy battles it out with the evil Croc in the royal tombs, Vivi and the rest of the Straw Hats have to find the bomb before it blows up the capital--with everyone in it!"--Cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Manga, Call number: YA FIC ODADavis, Rob
Summary: Vera lives in the cruel world of Grave Acre. Her mother is the Weather Clock, the megalomaniacal Prime Minister of Chance. Her father is a can opener. Charting Vera's childhood, the second part of Rob Davis' trilogy takes us from her home in Parliament to suicide school, and from the Bear Park to the black woods that lie beyond. In the present day, Vera and Castro Smith are determined to see...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Selfmadehero 2017
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Summary: As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber ... at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, Luffy sets off in search of the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world ... Luffy and team must figure out a way to get their ship, the Merry Go, to sail up - the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2014
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Summary: "Ideal for independent readers, this full-color graphic novel introduces children to an inquisitive pig named Baloney and his friends Bizz the bee, Peanut the horse, and Krabbit the grouchy rabbit."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grupo Anaya 2020
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Tuva struggles with how to become a teenager, friendship, and falling in love with another girl in this graphic novel set in Norway.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippo Park 2023
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Summary: A battle is looming at Camelot Middle School--a battle of the bands, that is! Artie, Wayne, and Percy enter the talent show seeking fame and fortune. But only one of them plays an instrument: Percy. And he plays the tuba. Their only hope of winning is finding the long-lost "Singing Sword," the fabled instrument of awesome power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC CAMKim, Julie J.
Summary: Searching for their missing grandmother, two Korean children follow tracks into a fantastic world filled with beings from folklore who speak in Korean. Includes translations and information about the folkloric characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KIMVaughan, Brian K.
Summary: "Thanks to her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana, newborn baby Hazel has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies, and alien monstrosities, but in the cold vastness of outer space, the little girl encounters her family's greatest challenge yet: the grandparents. Collects SAGA #7-12"--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc.
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VAUBennett, Brit
Summary: Generación tras generación, la comunidad negra del pueblo de Mallard, en Luisiana, ha intentado aclarar el tono de su piel favoreciendo los matrimonios mixtos. Las inseparables gemelas Desirée y Stella Vignes, con su color níveo, sus ojos castaños y su cabello ondulado, son un buen ejemplo de ello. Tan distintas y tan iguales, decidieron huir juntas del diminuto pueblo creyendo que también...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literatura Random House 2021
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Summary: A graphic, crime noir novel on a New York detective-cum-novelist who answers a wrong number. A double- barreled investigation, one from the perspective of the detective, the other from that of the novelist. Adapted from Paul Auster's City of Glass by the creators of Maus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador