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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
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
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
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
Punch up! (Sterling) volume 1
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Young orphan Pitch has big dreams of traveling to the city and competing in the Wide Plains Fighting Tournament. He also harbors a secret wish--to be trained by aging competitor Sonny Chan. Can Pitch make it in a big city filled with unsavory types that want to do him harm? And is Emperor Jayson, host of the fighting tournament, one of those people? Will Sonny decide to act decent . . . for once?"--Amazon.com
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
14) 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
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
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
Series
Clementine (Tillie Walden) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Clementine and her new friends are rescued by an island community led by an enigmatic doctor called Miss Morro, but just as Clementine's scars are finally beginning to heal, she discovers dark secrets that threaten to tear her new life apart. Can Miss Morro be trusted? What about the rest of the islanders? And just how far will Clementine go to protect the ones she loves?"
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Deciding a new haircut will give her the boost she needs, Karen is devastated when the hairstylist cuts her hair all wrong and wonders if she will ever get back to feeling like her usual confident self
20) Match point!
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Rosie Vo is at odds with her dad. He pushes his racquetball hobby on to her to the point that she dreads ever spending time with him. Thankfully, new kid Blair moves to town and becomes fast friends with Rosie. She's cool, a great listener, and even better, the best distraction from the tension Rosie feels at home. Rosie's convinced Blair is the answer to all her dad-problems. If only Blair could be the racquetball genius Rosie's dad has always wanted!...
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