Greg Ruth
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
Description
A decade-long project by the Academy Award-nominated actor and best-selling creator of The Lost Boy reimagines the experiences of Cochise, a young Geronimo and the war-torn Apache nation of 1872 as their culture is decimated in the aftermath of an attack on the Mexican village of Azripe.
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, are separated during China's Cultural Revolution, they are able to stay close by greeting one another every day with flying kites until Baba, like the kites, is free. Includes historical note.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a boy accompanies his grandfather on the Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, a demonstration in Washington, DC, on Memorial Day that pays tribute to American veterans.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Trevor's monstrous little brother lives in the barn behind the house. The boy's only six years old, but he towers over his older brother, and possesses incredible strength.
For years, Trevor has looked after his baby brother, keeping him from the light, but now that's all about to change. His family's secret is about to be revealed, uncovering the horrible truth of the small Midwestern town the boys have grown up in.
Collects Freaks of the Heartland...
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Dancy Flammarion may look like a frail teenage girl, but her journey through the swamps and byways of the American South brings her into battle with werewolves, monsters, and grotesque secrets, armed only with a knife and a mission to destroy the deadly creatures that lurk in shadow. Collects the five-issue miniseries.
"It's gentle and horrific and apocalyptic all at once. Good writing. Good pencil and ink work. Good colors. That's a good comic."...