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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers...
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
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After surviving his first year at Jedi Academy, Roan Novachez thought his second year would be a breeze. This year, Roan will have to face alien poetry tests, menacing robots, food fights, flight simulation class, online bullies, more lightsaber duels, and worst of all ... a girl who is mad at him.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Eisner Award winning author Jeffrey Brown offers an intimate look at the friendships between best pals in the Star Wars universe, from Darth Vader and the Emperor to Leia and her Ewok pals, Han and Chewie, C-3PO and R2-D2, the bounty hunters, and other favorite characters. Jealousy, birthday parties, lightsaber battles, sharing, intergalactic rebellion and more all come into play as Brown's charming illustrations and humor irresistibly combine the...
Author
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...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
"In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower, by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America's future. In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from...
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Victor Starspeeder here, back at Jedi Academy for year two, but it's not going the way I planned. I was excited about Drama Club and I thought at the lead role in this year's play, but a new kid got it! Plus, Master Yoda is totally mad at me because I keeps oversleeping... All of that would be fine if there weren't rumors going around that my sister, Christina, is a Sith! What gives?! I thought year two of Jedi Academy would be fun, you know? I'm...
Author
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Relive the beginnings of the ultimate tale of good versus evil! Join Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, Yoda, Darth Maul, and the rest of the heroes and villains from the Star Wars universe in this graphic novel collection that retells the prequel trilogy."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Harley Quinn has captured Robin! But this crazy quack is only using the Boy Wonder as bait. Her true target is Batman, and she's left clues all over Gotham to lure him into her trap. If the Dynamic Duo can't escape her clutches, they'll both become Harley's gift to her evil boyfriend, the Joker.
Author
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Everyone's favorite tale of good versus evil takes on a whole new look in this graphic novel! Join Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, and the rest of the heroes and villains from a galaxy far, far away in this graphic novel collection that retells the original three Star Wars films: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. You'll experience the saga in a way you never have before!" -- back cover.
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Victor Starspeeder checking in for my third year at Jedi Academy. I hate to be a downer, but things here are really, really, really not cool. Principal Marr got demoted and replaced with Commander ZC-04, a big, loud droid who is always mad about SOMETHING. He gave us a curfew and instituted new regulations, and even Master Yoda seems stressed out. Itd be a lot easier if my sister were around, but Christina graduated last year. So, my friends and I...
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Greetings from Jedha City! Christina Starspeeder here, back for year two at this super big, super scary, super awesome advanced Jedi Academy. This year, Im hardly ever on campus. My Jedi Master and I have travelled to so many different planets and met so many cool creatures. Speaking of creatures, I kinda, sorta, definitely took a baby nexu home with me from one of those planets. I couldnt help itits so cute! Or, it was. It, um, keeps getting bigger....
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When animals and people begin to disappear in one of Gotham City's parks, Batman suspects that the deadly Poison Ivy and her creepy plants are at work. But the green villainess is locked behind bars"--P. [4] of cover.
Series
(Molly Grayson) ;Sanity and Tallulah volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Best friends. Mad science. It can get pretty dull living on a small, out-of-the-way station like Wilnick SS. Best friends Sanity Jones and Tallulah Vega do their best to relieve the monotony of everyday space life by finding adventures, solving mysteries, and taking turns getting each other into and out of trouble. But when Sanitys latest science project an extremely-illegal-but-impossibly-cute three-headed kitten escapes from the lab and starts...
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thanos is one of the deadliest villains in the Marvel-Verse - and these are some of his greatest tales of conquest! Thanos' sinister debut leads Iron Man into battle with Drax the Destroyer! Then, join Thanos in cosmic conflict with his arch-enemy, the legendary Kree warrior Mar-Vell! The Mad Titan takes on the demonic Mephisto as secrets of the Infinity Gems are revealed - but can Spider-Man triumph over Thanos and escape the afterlife? And what...
Author
Series
Plants vs. zombies (Graphic novels) volume 2
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Crazy Dave--the babbling-yet-brilliant inventor and top-notch neighborhood defender--helps his niece, Patrice, and young adventurer Nate Timely fend off Zomboss's latest attack in Plants vs. Zombies: Timepocalypse!" --
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