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1) Illegal
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life, the same journey their sister set out on months ago. But Ebo refuses to be left behind in Ghana. He sets out after Kwame and joins him on the quest to reach Europe. Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every...
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sunny Lewin is sent to live with her grandfather for the summer in Florida, where she befriends Buzz, a boy completely obsessed with comic books, and faces the secret behind why she is in Florida in the first place.
Author
Series
I survived volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as severe a storm as forecasters predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm...
7) Sisters
Author
Series
Smile volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three weeks. Two sisters. One car. A true story.Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how...
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of Middle School, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family--in particular her older brother, Dale, who has been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride-- or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia-- the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!"--Front flap.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Language
English
Formats
Description
A showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics. "Amber Sweet" shows the disastrous impact of mistaken identity in a hyper-connected world; "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture" details the invention and destruction of a vital new art form in short comic strips; "Translated, from the Japanese" is a lush, full-color display of storytelling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
143 p. col. ill. ; 20 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the walls of Westeros to the hallways of schools, let the word go out: a new FoxTrot book is here! This latest collection of Bill Amend's popular comic strip features more than two years of Fox family antics, spiced with all the usual collisions, nerdery, and silliness fans have come to expect." -- page [4] of cover.
14) Hey, kiddo
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
294 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares the author's upbringing in a family grappling with addiction and how he used art to survive.
15) Saga: book four
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At long last, Hazel and her star-crossed family are finally back, and they've made some new...friends? This collection features the latest six chapters of the most epic adventure in comics, including the series' double-sized first issue back from hiatus."--
16) Wilson
Author
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
77 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells a single, complete story of a bitterly lonely man named Wilson, but it does so in tiny bites. Each page is a stand-alone vignette, in the familiar newspaper comics rhythm of setup, setup, setup, punch line. Wilson's solipsistic despair is expressed incisively and cleverly, taking Wilson through a search for his ex-wife, Pippi, who has become a prostitute since leaving him, and their daughter, put up for adoption years earlier.
17) Saga: Book two
Author
Series
Saga volume 4
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
464 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
SAGA Book Two continues the action-packed education of Hazel, a child born to star-crossed parents from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
262 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing 8 years of hilarious moments in the author's life, mined from the universal. It spans her frantic child-rearing, misfires in the workplace, and frustrating experiences with the medical system.
19) Long distance
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
315 pages : chiefly color illustrations : 23 cm
Language
English
Description
After moving to Seattle, Vega's dads send her to the very strange Camp Best Friend, where she discovers that one can make new friends without forgetting old ones.
Author
Series
Bird and squirrel volume 6
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
125 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The dangerous Horned Toad 500 cross-country race is coming up and Bird's father has always won it. But when his dad gets injured, Bird reluctantly joins the race to save the family honor. While dealing with the scorching desert heat and dirty tricks from another team, Bird and Squirrel are put to the ultimate test of endurance and sportsmanship. Along the way, the duo learns that, win or lose, having good friends and family will always get you to...
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