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81) Brutal Nature
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A collection of masks transforms a young man known as Ich into innumerable beasts and monsters. Using this ancient power, he embarks on a battle that pits the indigenous people of Colombia against the encroaching Spanish empire. But can one man hope to beat back the massive forces of the conquering Spaniards? Luciano Saracino and Ariel Olivetti bring readers a stunningly illustrated story of beasts and men fighting for the soul of a nation!
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The Complete Big Nate collects every daily and Sunday cartoon ever syndicated. Presented in a numbered series of e-books, each containing one year's worth of strips, this is a goldmine for all Big Nate fans to see many cartoons that have never been published in books. Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Though he may well be an undertaker, Elijah Stern is a man of culture. When he learns that his supply of literature has dried up he decides to ride out from his small town to Kansas City,where he knows there is a small bookstore, in order to satisfy his reading addiction. A simple task, right? Wrong. No sooner does he arrive when he is mugged. In his efforts to track down hisattackers, Stern will cross paths with old friends, new enemies, and, even...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The Complete Big Nate collects every daily and Sunday cartoon ever syndicated. Presented in a numbered series of e-books, each containing one year's worth of strips, this is a goldmine for all Big Nate fans to see many cartoons that have never been published in books. Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for...
85) Beautiful Scars
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
WHY WE LOVE IT: This is one of the most heartwarming family tales we've ever read. Everyone remembers the first person who inspired them to follow their dreams. This beautiful and elegant fable pays tribute to all our loved ones.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Weaving historical fiction and fantasy together, Durwin S. Talon and E. G. Thompson remind us of the power of stories, both those from our imaginations and, more importantly, those from our own lives.
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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The Complete Big Nate collects every daily and Sunday cartoon ever syndicated. Presented in a numbered series of e-books, each containing one year's worth of strips, this is a goldmine for all Big Nate fans to see many cartoons that have never been published in books. Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Minister Munongo is onto the wily Orsini and his scheme to fence $30 million in missing diamonds to a Belgian mining executive. The pressures on in the Katangan capital, forcing the cunning former spy to use every last trick up his sleeve just to survive. But out in the jungle, things arent any better for Cantor and his mercenary crew. Their diplomatic missiona cover to get the diamondstakes them ever deeper into hostile tribal territory. In the crucible...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is eleven years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth-grade Renaissance Man who lives with his dad and older sister and enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Much to Sterns consternation, the small town of Morrison is preparing to celebrate Christmas, far from the gunfights that are commonplace in the Wild Westa West that is becoming tamer by the day. But the town is about to welcome a member of the real West: Colorado Cobb, a gentleman gunslinger whose adventures are a novelists dream, but which have earned him a number of enemies. After tracking him down, a few vengeful gunmen will trigger a bitter chain...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Its 1969 and the Faldrault family is headed south on their annual summer vacation. Despite unexpected delays and detours, picking up new friends along the road, one way or another theyll make it to their destination: a picturesque calanque in southern France!
91) Stage Dreams
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
In this queer western adventure, acclaimed cartoonist Melanie Gillman puts readers in the saddle alongside Flor and Grace, a Latinx outlaw and a trans runaway, as they thwart a Confederate plot in the New Mexico Territory.
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Xinyue, his brother Qiliu, and their mother are seekers, hunting awetoa rare, plantlike treasurealong the legendary Silk Road. After one outing, Xinyue discovers the offspring of a deity that creates awetoand becomes the little creature's reluctant caretaker. He soon struggles to keep it safe and keep it a secret. And that's before he learns that warriors from the deity's village are on his family's tail...
93) Giant
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New York, early 1930s. A mysterious, laconic Irish colossus known as 'Giant' sweats blood, along with his fellow immigrants, to build the skyscrapers of Rockefeller Center. For a while, he has not received a reply to the typewritten letters he continues to send, as well as money, to the other side of the ocean, to Mary Ann, the wife of one of his colleagues who died accidentally. Giant, who seems to be afraid of nothing, still has not found the courage...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
John Henry is the strongest, fastest hammerman working on the railroads in the years after the American Civil War. One day, a salesman comes by with a machine he says can drill faster than any man. John is determined to prove no fancy device can beat him! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
John Arcudi curates a magnificent collection of over fifty illustrations inspired by the works of Herman Melville. Fifty-seven world renowned artists have come together with gorgeous, brand new illustrations for Moby-Dick, Bartleby, The Confidence Man, Pierre, Typee, Billy Budd, White Jacket, and much more. A short passage of text will accompany each illustration, giving context to the story. Each piece of art is brand new for this collection from...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
After a difficult year marked by a loss in the family and some unexpected financial setbacks, the Faldraults could use a break. But with Julie cramming for exams and Louis hell-bent on seeing Pink Floyd in concert, a family Christmas trip seems impossible. With the help of some friends, new and old alike, will Pierre and Madeleine manage to pull off one final, classic Faldrault vacation before 1979 comes to a close?
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Xinyue, a treasure hunter turned guardian of a baby deity, has escaped deathand awakened in a strange new land.
Qiliu, the boy he once called brother, has been captured by enemiesand must tamp down his rage long enough to make his next move. Faced with wolf raiders, frog royalty, and killer plants, both young men will have to choose allies carefully as powerful forces emerge.
In Seekers of the Aweto, a poetic adventure across medieval China,...
98) White Fang
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
During the gold rush, Alaska is a vast land with the promise of riches. Some of these riches are sled dogs. White Fang is one of these dogs who is traded, sold, and pitted against each other. Soon he is saved and brought to California. Can he adjust to his new home and his new family? Find out in this stunning graphic novel adaptation of Jack London's classic by Joe Dunn. Creator biographies and a glossary help reluctant readers take the first step...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Its 1980 and the Faldrault family is ready for a new kind of summer vacation. After years of roughing it, luxury and comfort are on the horizon in a brand-new custom-made vacation home. Things dont go as planned, of course, and Pierre, Madeleine, and the kids find themselves on yet another unexpected adventure!
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Set in 1932, this is the story of two misfits with no place to call home, who build a relationship during a train hopping journey from the cold heartbreak of their eastern homes toward the sunny promise of California
Pearl Plankette ran away from her abusive father, but has nowhere to go until she stumbles upon a disguise that gives her the key to a new identity. Reborn as a boy named Soupy, she hitches her star to Remy "Ramshackle" Renault, a hobo...
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