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Author
Series
Rust volume 2
Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Jet Jones, the mysterious boy with the jet pack, continue in this follow-up to Rust: visitor in the field. After a second robot attack on the Taylor farm, Roman's younger brother Oswald becomes more and more suspicious of Jet's connection to the robots, while Jet himself tries to connect with the flesh and blood family that has harbored him. They are unaware that a new evil may be coming. Will they be ready?
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 20
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"FACING ANNIHILATION. The Survey Corps's quest for the truth of the world inside the Walls has brought them back to Titan-infested Shiganshina District, a mere stone's throw from Eren's childhood home. They have come to execute Erwin's final gambit, reclaiming Wall Maria and the secrets of humanity's past. But the Colossus Titan, the Armored Titan, and the Beast Titan have been waiting for them, and saving humanity will require the most difficult...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"FREE TO FACE THE TRUTH Kuklo had spent his entire life in cages, feared and hated as 'the Titan's son.' Then he met Sharle Inocencio, a young girl who defied her father and brother to care for and educate the abused boy in secret -- and plot his escape from the dungeon, and her escape from her betrothal. But the night they've dreamed of brings new horrors with it, and Kuklo becomes obsessed with proving that he is not the monster everyone has always...
Author
Series
Rust volume 3
Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jet searches for his place in the Taylor family, while shades of his past return to call him home and convince him that he will never belong. Oz Taylor may know Jet Jones' secret, but convincing the rest of his family may be harder than he counted on. As Oz plots to rid the Taylor farm of the rocket boy, Jet tries to prove himself to the family that has taken him in, in hopes of finding the home he has searched for so long. However, when shadows of...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen years ago, humanity led a last-ditch attempt to discover the Titans' weakness--a survey expedition to capture one of the beasts. But the ten-meter Titan who appeared during the capture attempt threw the expedition into chaos. Among those who escaped behind Wall Maria was the genius craftsman Angel, a weapon-developer who was participating in the expedition as a researcher. What would he conjure up from this failure?" -- Page [4] of cover....
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha America
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After escaping what should have been certain death and defeating a Titan outside the walls, Kuklo and the Survey Corps make it back to the safety of Shiganshina, where the Military Police are waiting to arrest him for the murder of his former master Dario. But there will be no trial and no execution for the Titan's son. The MPs have a much crueler punishment in mind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Xavi Inocencio, the man who implicated Kuklo in Dario's murder (and who also happens to be Sharle's brother), has joined the Military Police on Captain Gloria's recommendation. This puts the royal government's most powerful tools at his disposal in his search for Kuklo and Sharle. Meanwhile, Kuklo leaves Sharle behind in the Industrial City, heading to Shiganshina District to try the temperamental and dangerous "device" against a real Titan..." --...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Kuklo heads to Shiganshina District to test the new model of the Device, while Sharle anxiously awaits his return at Xenophon's workshop. But long after Kuklo's expected date of return, there is still no sign of him. Meanwhile, an anti-government group carries out a plan in the Industrial City, where Sharle works. Little do they know, Xavi has infiltrated the mission on orders from above.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Saved from exile, Kuklo and Cardina meet the hero Jorge Pikale, the first man ever to defeat a Titan in combat, and they learn how he did it: a mysterious gas-powered grappling machine known only as 'the device.' Jorge believes Kuklo might just have the agility and reflexes to master this startling weapon and take the Survey Corps to a new level. But Kuklo has his doubts--and what will Sharle think?"--
14) Journalism
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A journalistic collection in comic book format from the sidelines of wars around the world includes articles on the American military in Iraq, the Caucasus widow trials, the dilemmas of India's "untouchables," and the smuggling tunnels of Gaza.
Author
Series
Legend (Lu: Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Teens June, a military prodigy born into wealth, and Day, a criminal from the slums, are brought together and face plague, war, and a powerful, common enemy.
Author
Publisher
Archaia Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When you live forever, what will you live for? In the distant future, Elijah is a member of the 'Philosophical Police,' who must solve conflicts that arise out of ignorance of the Other. Two species are fighting a war with roots in a crime committed centuries ago, and Elijah must solve the crime and bring peace between their species, while also confronting his own immortality in a world where science provides access to eternal life. In a world where...
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A hero for the ages in a trio of war-torn tales! In "Operation: Zero Point," a squadron of anti-gravity Nazi aircraft rises from behind enemy lines! In "Prisoners of Duty," Steve Rogers is taken captive along with fellow infantrymen inside the forbidding walls of a Nazi-held castle. And in "America First!," the Commie-busting Cap of the 1950s uncovers a fifth-columnist plot that has its origins in the most unsuspecting of places! It's Cap action set...
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