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1) Lo & behold
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With her life recently turned upside down, 12-year-old Addie is uncomfortable in her own skin until the world of virtual reality sparks her imagination and leads to an exciting new project, a new friend, and to reconnecting with who she's always been."--
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"See here four more strange and sad stories of the critically lauded horror-adjacent anthology series, ICE CREAM MAN. See here a tetrad of tales featuring people for whom the world spins unevenly. See here nougat, licorice, nonpareils, and other oddly named confections. See here, see here!"--Provided by publisher
Author
Series
Yakuza's guide to babysitting volume 3
Publisher
Kaiten Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A guardian angel of vengeance. Kirishima has grown accustomed to being a babysitter, the distance closing between his and Yaeka's hearts. But just as he finds himself being changed by Yaeka's innocence, tragedy strikes...and reignites a fire inside him. Will this unexpected turn of events bring the two closer together, or will this be the catalyst to reawaken the Demon of the Sakuragi family?
Author
Series
Run on your new legs volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Kikuzato finally meets Doujima, the first para-athlete--and adult--he's ever looked up to. But it turns out Doujima shares a complicated history with Kikuzato's prosthetist, Chidori. Meanwhile, Kikuzato's middle school friend Takegawa reminisces over the past after he's told to quit the soccer club, and the track-and-field club's competitions are brought to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic!"--
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Here comes the Ice Cream Man for another helping of bitter sweets: four more cavity-inducing stories of suffering and surviving - with unlimited sundae toppings. Just try not to rot your teeth on these sickly sequential morsels, which, if you're not careful, could lodge themselves under the gums, deep into the roots, far beyond the reach of even the best dentist. Now open wide..." - back cover
9) Hungry ghost
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of her father, sixteen-year-old Valerie Chu, who is hiding an eating disorder from her friends and family, reevaluates her life, her choices and her own body as she tries to find the strength to seek help
Valerie Chu is quiet, studious, and above all, thin. No one, not even her best friend Jordan, knows that she has been binging and purging for years. But when tragedy strikes, Val finds herself taking a good, hard look at her...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When Tokiko's parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn't easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends. But then strange memories start to surface. Swimming in the ocean ... Drowning ... Getting saved by ... a merman? Yosuke denies...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"ICE CREAM MAN is a genre-defying comic book series, featuring disparate one-shot tales of sorrow, wonder, and redemption. Each installment features its own cast of strange characters, dealing with their own special sundae of suffering. And on the periphery of all of them, like the twinkly music of his colorful truck, is the Ice Cream Man--a weaver of stories, a purveyor of sweet treats. Friend. Foe. God. Demon. The man who with a snap of his fingers--lickety...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The wheels on this sorry ice cream truck continue to spin round and round! Presented here, four more chilling chapters that chafe and chew at the human mind: a bifurcated tale of woe/whimsy; a small story about two unlucky tramps; a bestiary of some very necessary monsters; and a look into the big ol' belly of a whale. Please do enjoy your continued trip down this never-ending well! We'll hit the bottom eventually..."--Back cover
13) Monica
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story--actually, stories--of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists, Monica is a multilayered masterpiece in comics form that alludes to many of the genres that have defined...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Open wide for four more scoops of the bestselling, critically acclaimed, psycho-horror comic ICE CREAM MAN. Here, bound with medium-grade paper glue, are four tales of objective subjectivity: a man's last wishes are carried out; a controlled experiment loses all control; a cosmic scale is balanced (in verse!); Doug tries his darndest to get clean. It's another assemblage of anguish and ennui for the anthologically-inclined art appreciator. Lickety...
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