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Publisher
DC Zoom
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Tai Pham lives in the apartment above his grandmother's store, where his bedroom is crammed with sketchpads and comic books. But not even his most imaginative drawings can compare to the colorful worlds he's about to discover. When Tai inherits his grandmother's jade ring, he soon finds out it's more than just a piece of jewelry. Suddenly he's inducted into a group of space cops known as the Green Lanterns. He is about to learn...
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Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Following the death of his grandfather, Alex Mackay discovers an enigmatic photograph of the old man smiling happily with an unknown and alluring young woman. Could his grandfather--whom Alex remembers as a sad and broken soul, longing for death--have been leading a double life? Alex's mounting obsession with unraveling this mystery snatches him away from his mundane existence and thrusts him into a weird and sordid world of ever-escalating danger--where...
Publisher
KaBOOM!, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Grandpa Max takes Ben and Gwen on a camping trip away from alien shenanigans, Ben has the bright idea to prank some Bigfoot enthusiasts with one of his alien forms. Little do they know, the real Bigfoot might be just around the corner.
Author
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"J. Torres and Elbert Or celebrate 10 years of Lola: A Ghost Story, the critically-acclaimed graphic novel that explores family, grief and Filipino folklore in an all-new edition that includes a revised ending and updated illustrations. Jesse didn't really know his Lola (the Tagalog word for grandmother), but he remembers that she tried to drown him as a baby. Strange stories surround Lola: she had visions, she fought off monsters straight out of...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Takashi Natsume, a troubled high school student with the ability to see hidden spirits and demons, drifts from relative to relative and ends up in the small town where his grandmother was raised, where he learns the full extent of his inherited gift.
Author
Series
Lightfall volume 1
Publisher
HarperAlley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig's House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughter, Bea. As keepers of the Endless Flame, they live a quiet and peaceful life, crafting medicines and potions for the people of their once-prosperous world. All that changes one day when, while walking through the woods, Bea meets Cad, a member of the Galdurians, an ancient race thought to be long-extinct....
Series
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When a group of Nationalists uncover the fabled scabbard of Excalibur, they use its magic to bring King Arthur back from the dead and fulfill a dark prophecy. But as the flood gates open, only retired monster hunter Bridgette McGuire knows how to stop these mythic forces. Pulling her unsuspecting grandson, Duncan, into a world he thought only existed in stories, the two embark on a quest that will force them to navigate the complicated history of...
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone has a phone, a tablet, a computer more screens than you can count. Even with a world of information at her fingertips, Erin can t figure out the secret to popularity at her clique-y junior high school. So when uber-popular Wendy asks for help cheating on a test, Erin jumps at the opportunity. This could be her big break! Unfortunately, she gets caught, and her parents ban her from all her devices. Suddenly, Erin Song is the only girl in...
Series
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Morty sees a cute girl at school playing Dungeons & Dragons, he asks Rick to show him the ropes, only to discover that his grandfather is a veteran gamer. Next thing he knows, the entire family has been pulled into a campaign that escalates from virtual D&D simulations to alternate universes governed by the rules of the game. And as it turns out, Rick isn't the only one who knows his way around a d20."-- cover page 4.
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