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Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
Description
A young Orthodox Jewish girl embarks on a fantastical adventure in this acclaimed graphic novel for preteens—"a terrific story, told with skill" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Spunky, strong-willed eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg isn't interested in knitting lessons from her stepmother, or how-to-find-a-husband advice from her sister, or you-better-not warnings from her brother. There's only one thing she does want:...
Spunky, strong-willed eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg isn't interested in knitting lessons from her stepmother, or how-to-find-a-husband advice from her sister, or you-better-not warnings from her brother. There's only one thing she does want:...
2) Estranged
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Enduring lives where their differences render them outcasts, a changeling and a human child must unite when a cruel sorceress ascends the throne, placing the fates of both worlds in their hands.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Pat and Jen stumble into a hidden hole while playing hide-and-seek, they find that they're trapped in a dangerous underworld and that their good friend, Bomby, has been kidnapped! Now it's up to our daring duo and their "friend" Carter to battle the zombies, find the castle, and get back home before it's too late. Can Pat and Jen find Bomby and flee the underworld before they get zombified by the evilest villain of them all--Evil Jen?
4) Pandemonium
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Seifer Tombchewer, a peasant boy living in the macabre Darkling Realm, proves his worth when he is forced to impersonate the missing Prince Talon Pandemonium as diplomat, warrior, and Lord Defender of the Realm.
Author
Series
Wings of fire (Graphic novels) volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Overjoyed to be reunited with her fellow ocean-dwelling dragons, Tsunami the SeaWing continues efforts to end the war for Pyrrhia in spite of a dangerous assassin who is threatening all their lives.
Author
Series
Bone (Jeff Smith) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First Scholastic edition.
Language
English
Description
Lucius, Smiley and Phoney are attacked by rat creatures in the forrest, barely making it to Lucius' tavern. At the farm, Fone Bone and Thorn are having strange dreams and Gran'ma Ben suddenly begins revealing long-kept secrets and new dangers.
7) The lost boy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Nate finds a tape recorder and note addressed to him in his new home, he is thrust into a dark mystery about a boy who went missing long ago, and must team with local girl Tabitha to uncover the truth.
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Emily and her friends go to Cielis for help, but something is very wrong, and as the number of Stonekeepers gets smaller and smaller, an awful secret is slowly uncovered that means the certain destruction of everything Emily fights for.
Author
Series
Amulet volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Navin and his classmates journey to Lucien, a city ravaged by war and plagued by mysterious creatures, where they search for a beacon essential to their fight against the Elf King. Meanwhile, Emily heads back into the Void with Max, one of the Elf King's loyal followers, where she learns his darkest secrets. The stakes, for both Emily and Navin, are higher than ever"--
Author
Series
Bone (Jeff Smith) volume 2
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First Scholastic edition.
Language
English
Description
Now that they are reunited, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone plan to return home, but Phoney Bone risks everything on a get-rich-quick scheme and it all goes wrong. Plus, a war is brewing and Fone Bone helps his new friends to defend their idyllic valley from a formidable enemy.
Author
Series
Mapmakers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alidade, Lewis, and Blue encounter a young boy named Cado, who brings them to his hidden Mountain village where his people are suffering from a mysterious illness, and Alidade, determined to prove her worth as a Mapmaker, tries to bring balance and magic to the Mountain.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
©2007, ©1995.
Edition
First Scholastic edition.
Language
English
Description
In Book Six, the showdown between the Hooded One and the people of the valley begins. Thorn and Phoney Bone seem to be at the center of the maelstrom. Will they survive the Hooded One's sacrificial ceremony by the light of the blood moon?
Author
Series
Amulet volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Emily, Navin and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis. there they hope to find held from the Guardian Council's powerful Stonekeepers. It's a mission that Alledia's survival depends on, and time is running out -- Emily's got to find Cielis before the Elf King finds her.
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 1
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named...
18) The iron hand
Author
Series
Three thieves volume 7
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After pulling a badly injured Captain Drake from the water, Nessa must decide whether or not she can trust him in the fight against Greyfalcon and if it is true that he has seen Jared.
Author
Series
Nameless City volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
One dark and quiet night in Gaya, six stars fall from the sky. Master Long, the ailing leader of the Mighty Zodiac, sends his warriors out to collect the stars before the Moon Rabbit Army can get their paws on them first. If the Rabbits get the stars, the balance of nature--and the fate of all of Gaya--will be in danger. But Long's plans to use the stars to 'cure' his illness may be just as dangerous, and bring an end to the Mighty Zodiac itself"--Back...
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