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112761) The stolen crown
Author
Series
League of Archers volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ellie Dray and her League of Archers are keeping Robin Hood's legacy alive by stealing from the rich to help the poor, but when they discover someone is trying to steal the crown, they learn that some things may be out of their league"--
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This sweeping saga recreates the extraordinary opulence and violence of Tsarist Russia. As the shadow of revolution fell over the land, an apocalypse destroyed a way of life for these imperial women of the Romanov dynasty.
Series
Cautionary fables and fairytales volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
135 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Loup Garrou, trickster rabbits, and spirits with names that can't be spoken--the plains and forests of North America are alive with characters like these, all waiting to meet you in this collection of folklore retold in comics! This fifth volume of the "Cautionary Fables and Fairytales" anthology series features updated takes on ancient stories from tribes spanning the continent, bursting with bedside tales that are thrilling, chilling, and most of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
183 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Follow the daily life of one queer artist from Texas as they introduce us to the lives of ten extraordinary people. The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in the American South, revealing their own personal struggle for acceptance and how they were inspired by these historical LGBTQIA+ people to live their own truth. Featuring biographies of Mary Jones, We'wha, Magnus Hirschfeld, Dr. Pauli Murray, Wilmer 'Little Axe' M. Broadnax,...
112765) The Berlin Boxing Club
Author
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, who is considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Plucked from every background and led by an NKVD major, the new recruits who boarded a train in Moscow on October 16, 1941 to go to war had much in common with millions of others across the world. What made the members of the 586th Fighter Regiment, the 587th Heavy-Bomber Regiment, and the 588th Regiment of Light Night-Bombers unique was their gender: the Soviet Union was creating the first all-female active combat units in modern history. Drawing...
112767) Well, I can top that!
Author
Series
Communicate with confidence volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a classmate wins a contest, Brad brags about how he won an even bigger contest. When another student breaks his arm, Brad blabs about how he broke BOTH his arms AND his legs. Children and adults will get a real kick out of Brad's tall tales as he learns the difference between being a "pull-upper" and a "one-upper!"--Publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
GN 440L
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel version, scientist Pierre Aronnax and his trusty servant set sail to hunt a sea monster, but instead discover a high-tech submarine under the command of the mysterious Captain Nemo.
112769) Tumble & fall
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
With an asteroid set to strike Earth in just one week, three teens on an island off the Atlantic Coast wrestle with love, friendship, family, and regret as they decide how to live their final days.
112770) Ice-out
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
In 1920s Minnesota, life is hard for nineteen-year-old Owen Jensen and his family after their father dies but gets considerably worse when Owen becomes involved in the deaths of a sheriff and deputy.
112771) Smokin' Aces
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 49 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An FBI agent hunts for Las Vegas stand up comedian and illusionist Buddy 'Aces' Israel. Aces has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins. Now Aces will have to pull his greatest disappearing act before the assassins can get to him.
112772) Trapped behind Nazi lines: the Story of the U.S. Army Air Force 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
920L
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Gives readers an up-close look at the harrowing story of the 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron's escape from behind Nazi Lines after surviving a plane crash in enemy territory"--
112773) Me and Momma and Big John
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Little John is proud of his mother's work as a stonecutter for a cathedral called "Big John," but struggles to understand the importance of spending so much time on one stone that no one will know Momma cut. Includes a history of New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster BFYR edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"I want to be beautiful. I want to be interesting. I want to be enough." That was Ferra Brickminder's prayer to win back the love of her life. And the gods answer--just not in the way she expected. After hoping for a miracle, Ferra instead watches her skin turn into delicate and dangerously breakable porcelain. Elsewhere, Brigantine de la Girona, a disgraced orc pirate captain, has her own problems. Penniless and banished from her home, Brig struggles...
112775) Dracula
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel based on the Bram Stoker classic, in which young Jonathan Harker first meets and then must destroy Count Dracula in order to save those closest to him.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines Hitler's years in Munich after World War I and his radical transformation from a directionless loner into the leader of Munich's right-wing movement.
112777) Dead is a killer tune
Author
Series
Dead is-- (Spin-off) volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Lexile measure
HL 560L
Physical Desc
204 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jessica and the other viragos must find who is responsible for the haunting music that is compelling Nightshade residents to commit crimes. Can they find out who is "behind the music" before it's too late?"--
112778) Brontë
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
HL 220L
Physical Desc
184 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In the English countryside of the nineteenth century, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë-- coping with an elderly father and a brother dedicated to drinking-- find themselves confronting their family's stormy economic forturnes. And they do it their own way: overcoming difficulties and first failures with pride and courage; transforming their creative talents into a source of sustenance; and finally living lives of freedom."--Colophon summary.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
1070L
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In Gaslighting America, Carpenter breaks down Trump's formula, showing why it's practically foolproof, playing his victims, the media, the Democrats, and the Republican fence-sitters perfectly. She traces how this tactic started with Nixon, gained traction with Bill Clinton, and exploded under Trump.
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