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Heartstopper volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, they come to understand the surprising and delightful...
Author
Series
Heartstopper volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Nick and Charlie are best friends, but one spontaneous kiss has changed everything. In the aftermath, Charlie thinks that he's made a horrible mistake and ruined his friendship with Nick, but Nick is more confused than ever. Love works in surprising ways, and Nick comes to see the world from a new perspective. He discovers all sorts of things about his friends, his family ... and himself."-- cover page 4.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
2013 ALA/YALSA Alex Award
2014 Revelation Award at Angoulême
2015 ALA/YALSA Alex Award (Excellence in Narrative Nonfiction)
Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, MTV Geek, and more!
4) Gamer girl
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Struggling to fit in after her parents' divorce sends her from Boston to her grandmother's house in the country, sixteen-year-old Maddy forms a manga club at school and falls in love through an online fantasy game.
Author
Series
My hero academia. Main series volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Without any special power, middle school student Izuku Midoriya has no chance of getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, but an encounter with the great hero All Might gives him an opportunity to change his destiny.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Before they can graduate, they must face their greatest challenge! Its the last semester at Redstone Junior High and Pixel, Sky, and Uma are about to enter into their most exciting adventure yet. Before they graduate, they must complete a bold and dangerous challenge: travel to the End and ride the notorious Ender dragon. From an accidental explosion in a remote village, to a treacherous storm and a teacher gone mysteriously missing, the students...
Author
Series
My hero academia. Main series volume 7
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Midoriya has learned a few tricks from Gran Torino, but some things just have to be experienced to be understood. Even though he{u2019}s not ready, when the League of Villains attacks in the town of Hosu, Midoriya rushes to help Ida, who is engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Hero Killer Stain. Stain has some very particular ideas about heroes and their place in society{u2014}and he means to purge every hero he can find!"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
My hero academia. Main series volume 4
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? The U.A. High sports festival is a chance for the budding heroes to show their stuff and find a superhero...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Yuki debates asking Kaname about her past, suspecting that he may have been the one who erased her childhood memories. Zero confronts Kaname to find out the truth, and the two come to blows over Yuki" -- from publisher's web site.
12) Dragon hoops
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called Quirks? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Midoriya is in the fight of his life--an all-out battle with Overhaul, who has unleashed all of his...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Summer vacation is over, and it's back to school for the students of U.A. High! But before classes can get started, Midoriya and Bakugo need to settle a beef between them that's been a long time coming. Even if they can get past this bump in the road on the way to becoming superheroes, the hurdles will just keep getting higher and higher--the hero work studies in the upcoming year will bring them even closer to their goal...or their destruction!"--Page...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? It's off to summer camp for Midoriya and the U.A. students! But this is no ordinary vacation--it's...
Author
Series
Rosario+Vampire volume 7
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Who's going to win in a school when the battle isn't between jocks and nerds but between vampires and werewolves? In this episode, Moka is trying to kill Tsukune ... but only because she's being controlled by Mako Yakumaru, one of the revenge-seeking monstrels (mixed breed monsters who hate purebred monsters).
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