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141) In limbo
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
All Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her. The day they got together was the best one of Freddy's life, but nothing's made sense since. Laura Dean is popular, funny, and SO CUTE ... but she can be really thoughtless, even mean. Their on-again, off-again relationship has Freddy's head spinning - and Freddy's friends can't understand why she keeps going back. When Freddy consults the services of a local mystic, the mysterious...
Author
Series
Katie the Catsitter volume 2
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Katie now knows her neighbor Madeline is also the Mousetress, the city's most feared villain (or most misunderstood superhero), and she is ready to become the super sidekick she always wanted to be.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"Meet Bean-a stretchy, cheerful dragon who lives with a grumpy witch named Sally. Whether she's solo or with Sally, from burying bones to meeting new friends, in this debut graphic novel Bean finds herself an adventure no matter where she goes. From the creator of the popular webcomic, Sally & Bean, comes Bean The Stretchy Dragon that follows a day in the life of little Bean who lives in the forest with a witch, Sally. A dash of sweet, a pinch of...
Author
Series
Catch these hands volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Soramori has always held a torch for her old high school rival, Takebe. Now, thanks to one mean shoulderthrow, the two former (?) delinquents have started going out. But Soramori has a couple problems...For one thing, what's a"proper" date supposed to look like anyway? And what if she's not the only one with a thing for Takebe? Love's a battle in more ways than one!"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Phoebe and her unicorn volume 1
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Do you believe in unicorns? Phoebe does. She has no choice. One day she skipped a rock across a pond, and hit a unicorn in the face. Improbably, this resulted in a lasting friendship between Phoebe and the unicorn, one Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. Come along for the unicorn ride with Phoebe, as she deals with the usual burdens of childhood (cruel classmates, gym class, piano lessons) and also some unusual ones (magic hair, candy-breathing dragons,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Cole Turner has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn't prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true, from the JFK Assassination to Flat Earth Theory and Reptilian Shapeshifters. One organization has been covering them up for generations. What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth?
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The class is divided: one half wants to carry on with the plan to assassinate Koro Sensei, while the other half wants to save him. So Koro Sensei splits them into two teams, led by Nagisa and Karma, and has them argue it out through an epic battle. The students of 3-E draw on everything they've learned so far to fight for or against Koro Sensei's life! Then, to uphold their now unified goal, they need to infiltrate the International Space Station..."...
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
Author
Series
Beginning after the end volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After years in the elven kingdom, Arthur is finally able to travel to Xyrus and be with his family again! In Leywin fashion, the reunion can't be celebrated without a friendly battle between father and son. As the dust settles, blissful days of getting to know his sister and reconnecting with his parents follow. But not all is sunshine and rainbows in the big city-Art's rare mana beast, Sylvie, has drawn attention from the wrong sorts of people....
151) Kaiju no. 8: 8
Author
Series
Kaiju no. 8 volume 8
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Kafka wants to clean up kaiju, but not literally! Will a sudden metamorphosis stand in the way of his dream? With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
Tenth-grader Yugi always had his head in some game -- until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow Games - weird games with high stakes and high risks! When Yugi beat his classmate Kaiba at a simple game of "Duel Monsters," he didn't realize that Kaiba was Japan's...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Ever caught yourself screaming, "I could just kill that teacher"? What would it take to justify such antisocial behavior and weeks of detention? Especially if he's the best teacher you've ever had? Giving you an "F" on a quiz? Mispronouncing your name during roll call...again? How about blowing up the moon and threatening to do the same to Mother Earth--unless you take him out first?! Plus a reward of a cool 100 million from the Ministry of Defense!...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
What does a pathetic class of misfits have in their arsenal to combat their schoolteacher's alien technology, bizarre powers and...tentacles?!Ever caught yourself screaming, “I could just kill that teacher”?What would it take to justify such antisocial behavior and weeks of detention? Especially if he's the best teacher you've ever had? Giving you an “F” on a quiz? Mispronouncing your name during roll call...again? How about blowing up the...