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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great anti-war books. An American classic and one of the world's seminal antiwar books, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel form for the first time from Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler) and Eisner Award-nominated...
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Star-Lord! Rocket! Groot! Gamora! Drax! Join your favorite guardians as they continue their adventures across the galaxy! See what happens when the team is forced to infiltrate a gang of weapons dealers known as THE BLACK ORDER!
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
Having lost his legs during the Afghanistan War, Capt. Stewart Trautmann returned stateside with an understandingly negative attitude towards combat and violence, but his convictions are put to the test when a devastating meteor shower brings an alien parasite that transforms him into the ultimate weapon.
Author
Series
Ultraman volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Shinjiro is an ordinary teenager but his father is the legendary Shin Hayata. When he learns that his father passed on the "Ultraman Factor" to him and that he possesses incredible powers, nothing will ever be the same again" -- Unedited summary from the book.
Author
Series
Ultraman volume 2
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"With the SSSP now operating as a covert agency, Shinjiro Hayata has inherited the mantle of Ultraman from his father and learned of a new and terrifying alien invasion. Though Shinjiro has his father's powers and an amazing armored exo-suit, he has a lot to learn if he's going to survive this secret war!" --
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide
Pub. Date
2013-
Language
English
Description
Spinning out of the dramatic conclusion of Age of Ultron, dimensions collide and Heaven's most fearsome Angel arrives - and comes straight for the Guardians! Gamora, one of the galaxy's greatest warriors, holds a deadly secret that could bring down the entire team. And when Gamora battles Angela, the entire universe hangs in the balance! Then, the galaxy's most mismatched heroes find themselves at a crossroads when the effects of Infinity begin to...
7) The eternaut
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Juan Salvo, the inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metal-worker Franco, face what appears to be a nuclear accident, but quickly turns out to be something much bigger than they had imagined. Cold War tensions, aliens of all sizes, space and time travel this one has it all.
8) Groot
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Life is pretty good for Rocket and Groot. They're having a heck of a time on a well-deserved celestial road trip until Rocket gets raccoon-napped! Taking a leaf out of his feisty, furry friend's book, Groot will have to uproot, branch out, and em-bark on a cosmic odyssey. He'll face an adventure filled with aliens, sharks, explosions and the Silver Surfer. Far out! Along the way, a world needs saving, and a ship full of mercenaries is cruising for...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Pop idol Rena Sayama takes center stage as her concert kicks off, but the alien Adad arrives and announces his intent to kill her and everyone in the audience! Shinjiro and Moroboshi aren't about to let that happen, and the crowd is stunned at the appearance of not one but two figures in Ultraman suits.
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.
12) DearS
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The DearS are an extraterrestrial race who have crash-landed on Earth and are now working with humans to become part of society--by going to high school! Takeya, a lonely high school student discovers the girl of his dreams when one of the DearS enrolls in his school.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
It is eight years after Colleen Cavanaugh's home world was invaded by the Derichets, a tyrannical alien race bent on exploiting the planet's mineral resources. Most of her family died in the war, and she now lives alone in the city. Aside from her acquaintances at the factory where she toils for the Derichets, Colleen makes a single friend in Jann, a member of the violent group of rebels known as the Chromatti. One day Colleen receives shocking news:...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
While returning an alien girl to her homeworld, Carol Danvers gets caught in the middle of a galactic uprising, then she becomes the target of a blackmail scheme after investigating the forced resettlement of Rocket Girl's people.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Greet thy neighbor! Earth is under constant threat from NEIGHBORS, invincible monsters from another dimension that destroy our way of life. At least we have the elite warriors of BORDER, who co-op alien technology to fight back! Meet agent Osamu Mikuma, not the best, but along with his neighbor friend Yuma, hell do whatever it takes to defend life on Earth as we know it. Mysterious Neighbors allied with Tamakoma meet with Osamu and friends over the...
Author
Series
Trees volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Depicts a world in the aftermath of an alien invasion, where the alien invaders have taken the shape of giant trees.
20) The invasion
Author
Series
Animorphs (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
We can't tell you who we are. It's too risky, and everyone is in danger. Yeah. Even you. Sometimes weird things happen to people. Ask Jake. He could tell you about the night he and his friends saw a strange light in the sky that seemed to be heading right for them. That was the night five normal kids learned that humanity is under a silent attack -- and were given the power to fight back. Now Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco can transform into...
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