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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
417 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dog Man, the newest hero from the creator of Captain Underpants, is still learning a few tricks of the trade. If only the Chief would throw him a bone every once and a while...Dog Man needs to dry up the drool, dust away the dander, and roll out of the refuse if he's going to impress the Chief, and he needs to do it fast! Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Can the canine crime biter unleash justice...
3) Pittsburgh
Author
Series
Publisher
New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Frank Santoro faces a simple but sad reality: His parents, once high-school sweethearts, now don't speak to each other--even though they work in the same building. Trying to understand, Santoro searches through his memories and builds a portrait of their lives together and apart, past and present. Using markers, pencils, scissors, and tape, drawing in vivid colors and exuberant lines, he brings to life the mundane and the extraordinary: his parents'...
4) Sidekicks
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Captain Amazing feels he is getting too old to be a reliable superhero, he tries to hire a new sidekick, but his pets have different ideas.
5) Paper girls
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2017-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this critically acclaimed story about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set against the quiet and unassuming city of Huntsville, Texas, Jack "Meadowlark" Johnson, and his teenage son, Cooper, embark on a journey of epic proportions. Told over the course a single day, this electrifying graphic novel recounts Cooper's struggle to survive the consequences of his father's mistakes and the dangers they have brought home to his estranged family. As Cooper and his father desperately navigate cascading threats of violence, they...
10) Enter the x-men
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
32 p. ill. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jubilee is stalked by a giant robot after her father registers her with the Mutant Control Agency.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old George Calder can't wait to explore every inch of the Titanic, even if his little sister, Phoebe, has to tag along. But when George sneaks away without her and ventures into the first class baggage room, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Working for the A.T.A.C.--American Teens Against Crime--Frank and Joe rescue a spy from assassins and go undercover on "Mad House" to investigate a series of accidents that has been plaguing the reality television show.
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frank, Joe, Callie, and Iola investigate a group of sky divers who may be diamond smugglers and a young woman who appears to be the victim of identity theft.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 2
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nancy and her friends Bess and George investigate the disappearance of both Owen Zucker, a lttle boy that Nancy has babysat for, and an ancient stone shore marker which may prove that the Chinese reached America before Columbus.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 1
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nancy and her friends Bess and George investigate a local urban myth about a monster and search for missing student filmmakers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the dolls in Emma Blavatsky's antique dollhouse start depicting crimes that come true, Nancy is on the case and becomes even more worried when the dolls depict her murder.
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frank, Joe, Callie, and Iola travel to the Middle East to recover a stolen art treasure and free their friend Chet Morton, who has been accused of the theft.
20) Clara the klutz
Author
Publisher
innovatedKids
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three short stories in graphic novel format tell about Clara, the klutzy princess.