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1) Barakamon: 1
Author
Series
Barakamon volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seishuu Handa, a handsome young calligrapher, uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. "Sensei," as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! Luckily (?), he has a willing teacher in Naru, the energetic expert islander, to help show him the ropes. But can Sensei keep up with the plucky first-grader, or will he...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Take one last trip back to Nanatsutake Village with 69 specially drawn pages of new stories and over 70 full-color illustrations! Find out the answers to burning questions like: What if the villagers suddenly gained superpowers? And what if they all swapped bodies? All this and more in the final celebration of this hot 'n' hearty island comedy!"--Page [4] of cover.
3) Bad island
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Reese and his family are stranded on an island during a boating trip, they discover the island is not what it seems when the island's lethal inhabitants come after them.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl. Then one night, Morgan is saved from...
Author
Series
Flying beaver brothers volume 6
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
©2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ace and Bub compete in a race to win a new houseboat, they unwittingly plant fast-spreading vines instead of trees on the Shark Tooth Islands, forcing their inhabitants to live in the sea.
Author
Series
Flying beaver brothers volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ace and Bub's plans for a quiet vacation are put on hold when they are stranded on an island where their nemesis, Walter, has stirred up trouble between the birds and the rabbits.
Author
Series
Flying beaver brothers volume 5
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ace and Bub must stop a team of smooth-talking baboons from stealing Beaver Island's water to supply their water park.
Author
Series
Otherworld Barbara volume 2
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In the second (and concluding) volume, Nanami had sworn to never see her granddaughter, Aoba, again. A despairing Kiriya had rejected his father, Tokio. Yet now both are traveling with Tokio to Engaru, where Aoba has slept and dreamt of the island of Barbara for seven years. The poltergeist phenomena becomes more intense. Can the dreamer become the dreamed, and the dreamed the dreamer?" -- Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Liselotte, the daughter of a feudal lord, has been exiled by her older brother to the lands east of the east of the east. Despite the bitter past that put her in these straits, Lise enjoys her new life with her twin attendants, Alto and Anna, the familiar Yomi, and Engetsu, a young man who not only harbors a secret but also bears a striking resemblance to an old acquaintance, Enrich. However, Lise's quaint idyll is shattered when none other than...
Author
Series
Flying beaver brothers volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Beavers Bub and Ace battle the Fish Stix corporation in an attempt to save their island's trees.
11) Btooom!: 01
Series
Btooom! volume 26
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"WHO? WHY? HOW...!? By all counts, Ryouta Sakamoto is a loser when he's not holed up in his room, bombing things into oblivion in his favorite online action RPG. But his very own uneventful life is blown to pieces when he's abducted and taken to an uninhabited island, where he soon learns the hard way that he's being pitted against others just like him in a explosives-riddled death match! How could this be happening? Who's putting them up to this?...
Author
Publisher
TOKYOPOP
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This manga follows Marlin, a clown fish, who is highly overprotective of his son, Nemo. When Nemo gets caught by a diver and ends up in a dentist's fish tank, Marlin stops at nothing to find him and gets a little help along the way from a blue tang named Dory.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A horrific family tragedy sends 16-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous--and who may still be alive. In graphic novel format.
14) Barakamon: 6
Author
Series
Barakamon volume 6
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa has returned to Tokyo for a calligraphy competition. But being away from the island is preventing him from perfecting his work...?! Meanwhile, Sensei's sudden absence is causing turmoil for his island neighbors! The Sensei of the city and the people of the island unfurl a mature, heartwarming island comedy as a bountiful autumn approaches in Volume 6!!
15) Barakamon: 3
Author
Series
Barakamon volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Seishuu's friend Kawafuji arrives on the island for a visit, the two can't seem to meet up between poor cell phone service and unhelpful directions.
Series
Explorer volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of seven new stories by comics artists centers on a theme of hidden places.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"On the island of Here, livin's easy. Conduct is orderly. Lawns are neat. Citizens are clean shaven--and Dave is the most fastidious of them all. Dave is bald, but for a single hair. He loves drawing, his desk job, and the Bangles. But on one fateful day, his life is upended...by an unstoppable (yet pretty impressive) beard."--Back cover.
18) Barakamon: 7
Author
Series
Barakamon volume 7
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When the exhibition behind him, Seishuu Handa returns safely from Tokyo and spends a full moon night with the islanders.
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"You loved him in 'Lilo and Stitch.' Now Stitch's Japanese adventures continue as he explores an island near Okinawa with his new friend, Yuna. Join Stitch as he learns to mow a lawn, attempts to babysit, and tries to become a Japanese ninja. His hilarious hijinks are literally out of this world." -- page 4 of cover.
Series
Poptropica volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this exciting third installment of the Poptropica series, we find Mya, Oliver, and Jorge in the custody of a secret society whose mission is to protect and preserve Poptropica--a mysterious, uncharted island world. These Protectors, as they call themselves, believe that any outside interference with the islands of Poptropica could have catastrophic results on the course of history in the real world. As if things aren't bad enough, Octavian has...
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