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3722) Burrowed
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
If you had to endure a debilitating condition of body or mind, which would you choose? In this world, everyone suffers.
In the far-future aftermath of a genetic plague that separated human society into two different groups-sickly yet super-intelligent Subterraneans and healthy but weak-minded Omniterraneans-a brilliant Subter girl is tasked with fixing the broken genetic code to reunite the two groups in the next generation.
But when a newer plague...
3723) The song of Aglaia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Aglaia is a simple sea nymph. One day, a Merman seduces Aglaia, forever altering her life's course. She is cast out of Oceanid by her chauvinistic father, forcing her to wander many days and nights, until one day she finds herself at the benefit of one Mr. Kite, whose traveling circus welcomes her (including the star attraction, a waltzing Horse named Henry) and once again alters her fate, sending her down many more unexpected paths. The Song of...
3724) Conspiracy of ravens
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When teenager Anne unexpectedly inherits from her long-lost aunt a locket and a crumbling English mansion, she discovers a magical legacy, shared with girls who do not all want to use it for good.
3725) Boston Jacky: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Taking Care of Business
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jacky Faber makes waves, even when docked in her adopted city of Boston to attend to the business of Faber Shipping Worldwide. With big dreams and perhaps too much exuberance for the Puritan populace, she quickly finds herself at odds with the Women's Temperance Union and a town roiling over the arrival of hundreds of Irish laborers, brought in on Jacky's Lorelei Lee. Thwarted at every turn by her enemies, Jacky is forced to acknowledge her shortcomings-and...
3726) The Junction
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a missing child, Lucas Jones, reappears on his Uncle's doorstep in his hometown of Medford after an absence of 12 years, the brief moment of joy is clouded by mystery. Where has he been? Where is his father who disappeared at the same time? And how is it possible that Lucas is still 11 years old?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
What if her prince charming was actually a princess? Azami does not understand her friends' fascination with yuri and yaoi. As far as she's concerned, she's only attracted to boys, especially the handsome Gwyn, whom she's had eyes on since the beginning of the year, intelligent, sporty, attractive and just a little older than Azami, Gwyn seems like the embodiment of the ideal boyfriend. But then, everything Azami believes comes crashing down when...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A young boy from Japan travels to Gotham City on a mission. A year before, his two parents--both scientists--were presumably killed in an explosion that destroyed an experimental power plant. But the boy believes they may still be alive. At the very least, he's determined to find out what actually happened. But his quest soon leads to a run-in with some powerful forces--forces that require help from both Batman and the Justice League!:--Amazon.com...
3729) Adler
Author
Series
Adler volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"1902. Wounded in the Boer War, Jane Eyre returns to a London transmogrified by emerging modernity. An old friend, the glamorous inventor Lady Havisham, introduces her to the American adventuress Irene Adler, and the two seek lodging together. But Adler is engaged in a brutal secret war against a mortal enemy of the British Empire: Ayesha, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, who seeks revenge against the colonisers who destroyed her country. And Jane,not unwilling,...
3730) The eightfold path
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by the teachings of Buddha. Eight strangers looking for enlightenment from an ancient spiritual teacher are trapped in a cave high in the mountains on their way to his temple. One of his acolytes directs them to each tell a story that the group can learn from as they wait out the horrible snowstorm that rages...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the first of two graphic novels, Robin devises an obstacle course that favors his skills because he keeps coming in second in the Titans' daily activities; in the second story the super teens are engaged in a tense game of Go Fish, only to be interrupted when the Hive-Five invade the Tower.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Class is in session at the newest school for young heroes. Packed with a new and untested crop of superpowered teens, the Academy's latest recruits include an Australian speedster, a trio of Goth(am) teens obsessed with Batman, an intelligent gorilla, a shape-shifter, and Billy Batson (a.k.a. Shazam). Nightwing, Starfire, and the remaining original Titans take on the roles of teachers and mentors shaping the next generation of heroes--but the school...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After an unexplained disappearance--and a reappearance that was just as odd--Claudia Jones is back at Blithedale High School. She's even started to tutor Nigel, who feels the power of Claudia's presence like no one else. The days are extra strange for Nigel's friends. Shy, self-deprecating Paula is coming into her own--and it's making her new girlfriend, Johanna, a little nervous. Paula's former friend Emily is learning to look inward. And Brett...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When an entire town in upstate New York turns on the students of Teen Titans Academy, while the adult Titans are on a mission, Gorilla Greg, Chupacabra, and the other new students find themselves fighting for their lives against a chaotic mob. But is there something driving the town's madness more than just intolerance?"--Provided by publisher.
3735) Set to sea
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A nautical debut graphic novel from a major talent. A big lug and aspiring poet gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong and learns to live - and love - life on the sea. Part rollicking adventure, part maritime ballad.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Valerie lives on her own and has, shall we say, a rich interior life. Serially unlucky in love, to feel better she imagines that her previous boyfriends are dead and that their bodies are kept downstairs in the cellar in a strange, mummified state. Every day she brings them upstairs and speaks with them about what went wrong. What follows is a series of peculiar and funny, and sometimes disturbing short tales about inept lovers, weird obsessions,...
3738) Kingdom Kong
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A group of highly skilled Monarch pilots gathers together on Skull Island to see who has 'the right stuff' to take on a dangerous mission into the hollow earth. One of the pilots, Audrey, is haunted by the memories of a monstrous clash with a bat-like Titan that left deep scars. Following an attack, Audrey must come to terms with her inner demons or face destruction, and Kong, finding his home threatened, must rise to face a usurper that would plunge...
3739) Guardian of the dead
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Debut novelist Karen Healey taps Maori mythology for this fresh spin on the fantasy genre. Seventeen-year old Ellie Spencer has a crush on the cute and mysterious Mark. That's the normal part of her life. But something terrifying also haunts Ellie and her community. People are being killed-and their eyes are being removed. Ellie soon learns two shocking truths. First, Mark is part patupaiarehe, the Maori equivalent of a fairy. Second, a war is brewing....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A dying young girl inherits ancient magical powers. When Iscariot, a rebellious magician in an age-old order, secretly bestows powers upon Carson, a dying young girl, he throws generations of magical tradition into chaos. As Carson struggles with not only her new powers, but with returning to life after years of sickness--schoolmates who don't remember her, a mother who has hidden her spiraling depression--she discovers that Iscariot's intentions...
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