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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day. Heartbreak,...
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This brilliant graphic novel artfully depicts the life and passions of Frida Kahlo, one of the 20th century s most enigmatic artists. The perfect subject for a graphic novel, Frida Kahlo s brief life was dramatic and romantic, tragic and painful. In this illustrated "biography", Vanna Vinci captures the spirit of Kahlo s world in boldly colored, minutely detailed illustrations. Blending facts and history with dreamlike and surreal sequences, Vinci...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Jason Adam Katzenstein is just trying to live his life, but he keeps getting sidetracked by his over-active, anxious brain. Mundane events like shaking hands or sharing a drink snowball into absolute catastrophes. Jason has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a mental illness that compels him to perform rituals in order to protect himself from dangers that don't really exist. He checks, washes, over-thinks, rinse, repeat. He does his best to hide his...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The Frenchman who changed the course of the American Revolution. Gilbert du Motier became the Marquis de Lafayette at a young age, but he was not satisfied with the comforts of French nobility he wanted adventure! A captain at eighteen and a major general by nineteen, he was eager to prove himself in battle. When he heard about the Revolution going on in America, he went overseas and fought alongside Alexander Hamilton and George Washington for America...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times Comics and cultural superstar Alison Bechdel delivers a deeply layered story of her fascination, from childhood to adulthood, with every fitness craze to come down the pike: from Jack LaLanne in the 60s ("Outlandish jumpsuit! Cantaloupe-sized guns!") to the existential oddness...
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Women change the World... ...they've been doing it for centuries. Now New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson has gathered female and nonbinary writers and artists to reveal the women making our world better day by day. Real-world heroes who exemplify the best of Wonder Woman herself: her strength, compassion, and commitment to truth, equality, and justice."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Award winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present a historically accurate graphic novel biography of English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing (1912-1954) is credited with many of the foundational principles of contemporary computer science. The Imitation Game presents a historically accurate graphic novel biography of Turing's life, including his groundbreaking...
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The life of Agatha Christie was as mysterious and eventful as her fiction. This beautifully illustrated graphic novel traces the life of the Queen of Whodunnit from her childhood in Torquay, England, through a career filled with success, mischief, and adventure, to her later years as Dame Agatha. Revealing a side to Christie that will surprise and delight many readers, Agatha introduces us to a free-spirited and thoroughly modern woman who, among...
11) Einstein
Author
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A world-changing equation and a wild head of hair are all most of us know about one of history?s greatest minds, despite his being a household name in his lifetime and an icon in ours. But while the broad outlines of what Einstein did are well known, who he was remained hidden from view to most ... even his closest friends.0This is the story of a scientist who made many mistakes, and even when he wanted to be proven wrong, was often right in the...
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Take a dive into the brain of master auteur, Quentin Tarantino, writer and director of multiple award-winning films such as Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. In this sensational graphic novel, the author imagines an interview with Tarantino himself, revealing the history of his ostentatious career and illuminating insights into the icon's life. In a first-person account, Amazing Améziane leads us through the life story of this iconic auteur, from his...
13) Queen in comics
Author
Publisher
NBM Graphic novels, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Freddie Mercury form one of the greatest rock bands in the world. Under the leadership of its charismatic singer, Queen is a planetary success for each hit with its decadent shows, inimitable aesthetics, and style. "Bohemian Rhapsody," "We Are the Champions," "Don't Stop Me Now," or even "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" are just some of the hits! Discover the great stories and little secrets surrounding the legend!
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Explore the relentless grit of Michael Jordan, as he powers through a mysterious illness in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz, infamously known as the Flu Game. A story of athleticism, willpower, and triumph, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into the unyielding drive of one of the greatest basketball players of all time -- brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump...
Author
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The climate crisis is reaching a critical tipping point—and you might have heard of the countless amazing young people who are taking action and speaking up for change. Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials—and...
16) Major Impossible
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"John Wesley Powell (1834 1902) always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869 he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition, ten men in four boats, to float through Grand Canyon. Over the course of three months, the...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bio-comic of Leonard Cohen's life. Leonard Cohen opens in Los Angeles on the last night of the man's life in 2016. Alone in his final hours, the beloved writer and musician ponders his existence in a series of flashbacks that reveal the ups and downs of a storied career. A young Cohen traded in the promise of steady employment in his family's upscale Montreal garment business for the unlikely path of a literary poet. His life took another sharp turn...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discover how Mexican painter Frida Kahlo becomes one of the greatest artistic voices in the world as she travels from Mexico to New York City for her first-ever solo exhibition, setting the art world aflame"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Dibbuks
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Francisco de Goya se encuentra en Cádiz, recuperándose de una terrible enfermedad que le ha dejado sordo, con terribles fiebres, jaquecas y alucinaciones. Está teniendo visiones terribles, cosas del otro mundo que le asedian, visiones de muerte que más tarde se harán reales en los campos empapados en sangre de la Guerra de la Independencia. Quizá esos monstruos no sean reales...pero su amigo Asensio Julià sí lo es...y él forma parte de ese...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"How did Gandhi use love to end an empire? How did an accident help Frida Kahlo create great art? What dangerous idea inspired Toussaint Louverture's fight for freedom? Uncover all this and more in Corpse Talk, the hilarious and mind-expanding talk show that bring the dead famous to life!"-- cover page 4.
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