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"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...
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Publisher
Aella Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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The graphic novel 2184 ½ is about a hero who rises to stop the country from destroying itself. Set in the distant future, the Deconstructed States of America are ruled over by the Ones, descendants of America's richest families who were inspired by the radical nationalists of the 21st century. The country is broken up into Tribes fighting for scarce resources: among them, a young female biker mechanic of mysterious origins starts the revolution that...
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Conundrum Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A woman lives alone in a small house situated in a tidy yard surrounded by a seemingly impenetrable wall. She spends her days reading, swimming, and watching TV. She eats regular meals and keeps her house clean. But the simplicity is deceiving, because the woman has no idea how she came to live in her house, and--most importantly-what exists beyond the wall. Her only source of information is a talking TV monitor in her living room called Shiatsung....
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"Here’s the deal—on midnight of January 1st, 2000, the world ended. But it wasn’t technology that killed it: It was magic. Now, years later, the Earth has transformed. Magic works (sort of). People are happy (sort of). But this new world isn’t stable, and unless Marguerite de Pruitt and her canine pal, Daisy, do something about it, it’ll tilt into deadly chaos. Good thing they’ve been training their whole lives for this and are destined...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Originally published in 1932, Brave New World is one of the most revered and profound works of twentieth century literature. Touching on themes of control, humanity, technology, and influence, Aldous Huxley's enduring classic is a reflection and a warning of the age in which it was written, yet remains frighteningly relevant today. With its surreal imagery and otherworldly backdrop, Brave New World adapts beautifully to the graphic novel form. Fred...
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Knee deep volume 1
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two hundred years in the future, refugees from an environmental cataclysm have fled underground. They survive, scrounging out a living in a twisted maze of tunnels and canals. Scavengers, mistitfs, bandits, renegades and mutants are among the citizens of this subterranean realm. They are sewerfolk, their home, the bowels of a utopian city that was never completed. Life is hard enough, but an overzealous mining company, PERCH wants to get their claws...
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Webtoon Unscrolled
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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After a mild disagreement and a tiny bit of unpleasantness, things are back on their way to being fine and dandy. Sam and Maggie just need to clean up a very big mess. This is the story of a couple doing their very best to get by in a world where things are absolutely, totally, and unquestionably fine.
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Horizon (Manhwa) volume 1
Publisher
Ize Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A world where everything has been lost. A boy and a girl alone together. All they can do is move forward. But against broken adults and devastating despair, how long will they be able to keep going ...?"--Page 4 of cover.
10) Happy hour
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Publisher
AHOY Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In future America, being happy isn't just a right -- it's the law. While the Joy Police brutally enforce the cheery code, two young people go on the run, searching for a haven of melancholy where they can safely bask in the blues"--
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Publisher
Rebellion
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Halo Jones grows bored with the life in The Loop a futuristic slum where jobs are scarce and excitement is non-existent she yearns to escape and see the galaxy. But in a city where dangerous riots happen at the slightest provocation and even going to the shops is an ordeal requiring careful planning and a handful of zen-inducing-grenades, the price of freedom might prove to be more than she bargained for!
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Touring after the apocalypse volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Youko and Airi's next stop is Umihotaru, a rest stop in the middle of Tokyo Bay famous for its nighttime views--but with the Aqua-Line tunnel from Kawasaki flooded, they're forced to take a huge detour all the way to Kisarazu! On the way, the two swing by Akihabara to investigate a mysterious radio signal.. Could someone still be alive there...?" -- Back cover.
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Series
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Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Street urchins Black and White have skyscraper-sized chips on their shoulders, but are fiercely loyal to each other. Black is especially quick to avenge any slight against his dim-witted pal. The result? The citizens of Treasure Town are afraid of them, the police are afraid of them--even the local yakuza gangsters are afraid of them! But when the crime boss known as the "Rat" returns to Treasure Town, it looks like there's gonna be a rumble..."--...
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Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
""I need you to do something. Something only you can do." Forever Carlyle disobeyed her father's orders to kill her own brother, during the Conclave that plunged the Families into a global war. Now, unknown to anyone but Forever, Jonah Carlyle is on the run...and after years of battlefield combat, Forever brings the attack into the homes of Carlyle's enemies."-- provided by publisher.
15) Bad island
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A starkly beautiful, wordless graphic novel about the end of the world by the cult artist and long-time Radiohead collaborator. A wild seascape, a distant island, a full moon. Gradually the island grows nearer until we land on a primeval wilderness, rich in vegetation and huge, strange beasts. Time passes and man appears, with clubs, with spears, with crueler weapons still--and things do not go well for the wilderness. Civilization rises as towers...
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Soloist in a cage volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A prison the size of a city. A lonesome, snowy place that houses all manner of criminals. It's within this cage that an orphan named Chloe struggles to survive while caring for her baby brother. But when her neighbor hatches a plan to bust them out, the wheels of her fate begin to turn. This is the story of one girl's battle to hold onto hope."--
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Colorless (Manga) volume 4
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"THE ADVENT OF THE DIVINE CHROMA. A cosmic disaster erased almost all color from the world, and now the mutated descendants of humanity live in a moody, noir cityscape draped with shades of grey. There is great power hidden in what little color remains, and a secretive cult known as the Order hopes to use that power to awaken their mysterious gods. Standing against them is Avidia, a gun-toting investigator and scientist who works outside the law....
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Colorless (Manga) volume 3
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A massive solar flare erased nearly all color from the surface of the Earth, and the mutated descendants of the human race exist in a state of slow decline. What little color remains now holds a strange and seductive power. Some people, like the lone-wolf professor Avidia, try and understand it. Others, including the cult-like Iodopsy Order, use it for power and control. When an Order assassin draws innocent bystanders into their rivalry, it'll take...
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Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can't be bothered with him. Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn't an empty paradise, it's a...
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Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Back at Grace Field House, Emma faces Peter with the future of the demon world hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, something unexpected is happening in the demon capital. Can the children finally escape to the human world? And what fate awaits Emma at the end of her long journey?"--Page [4] of cover.
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