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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low expectations when his parents send him on a class trip to Europe.
At first, he's right. He's stuck with the same girls from his middle school who love to make fun of him, and he doesn't know why his...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
123 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
With Draw a Comic!, you'll learn to create and print your own comic books! Follow these simple steps to sketch out your story ideas and ink a comic page. Learn which art supplies are best for drawing comics-- you can use a pen, brush, or eve a computer. With the help of a photocopy machine, you can even self-publish your own comics and share them with your friends!
3) Coraline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The autobiography of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime, and how she defied state censorship. When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's...
6) Fix a car!
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
269 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Seamlessly toggling between past and present, this funny graphic memoir follows a queer Chinese American's immigration to Texas where she just wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why she is attracted to girls.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
National Book Award-winner Neal Shusterman and acclaimed artist Andres Vera Martinez present a multidimensional exploration of the Holocaust, delivered through surreal visions and a textured canvas of heroism and hope.
Prepare yourself for an unforgettable journey into impossible and wondrous things that never happened, set against a backdrop of impossible, unthinkable things that did. Brilliant storytelling plunges readers into one of the darkest...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life. Perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes...
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
3-in-1 ed., VIZ Media omnibus ed.
Physical Desc
552 p. : chiefly ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
From a secret lair in the city of Dublith, a group of outcasts kidnaps Alphonse to find the alchemical secrets of his creation. It's up to Ed (and a certain housewife) to go into the Devil's Nest and rescue his brother. But the criminals of the Devil's Nest aren't exactly human either.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, Kaepernick Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
132 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"High school star athlete Colin Kaepernick is at a crossroads in life. Heavily scouted by colleges and MLB as a baseball pitcher, he has a bright future ahead of him as a highly touted prospect. Everyone from his parents to his teachers and coaches are in agreement on his future. Colin feels differently. This touching graphic memoir explores the story of how a young change maker learned to find himself and never compromise. How the right decision...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
258 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Debut author Misty Wilson chronicles her seventh-grade experience as the only girl on her town's football team in this empowering graphic memoir about teamwork, friendship, crushes, and touchdowns"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"14-year-old Enola Holmes wakes on her birthday to discover that her mother has disappeared from the family's country manor, leaving only a collection of flowers and a coded message book. With Sherlock and Mycroft determined to ship her off to a boarding school, Enola escapes, displaying a cleverness that even impresses the elder Holmes. But nothing prepares her for what lies ahead... Book One in the series includes three thrilling mysteries: The...
18) Drama
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of 'Moon Over Mississippi,' as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Adolf Hitler's Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a fugitive. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party's evil agenda,...
20) Dracula
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Since its original publication in 1897, Dracula has spoken aloud some of our deepest cultural anxieties: fear of sexuality, xenophobia, homophobia, and distrust of The Other. Award-winning writer Alexander Chee places these fears in today's context in a fascinating new introduction to the Restless Classics edition, gorgeously illustrated by Kaitlin Chan. One of the most culturally recognizable and pervasive characters ever written, Stoker's Count...