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Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
Recess is under attack! Someone has sent a dark, gray rain cloud to drop water-balloon-sized drops-but only over the playground and only at recess time! Sounds like a challenge just right for Horace Splattly, aka the Cupcaked Crusader. Can Horace track down the villain and save recess?
3) Herc
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English
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A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne. This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures... everyone's favorite hero, right? Well, it's not. This is the story of everyone else: Alcmene: Herc's mother (She has knives everywhere), Hylas: Herc's first friend (They were more than friends), Megara: Herc's wife (She'll tell you about their marriage),...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Jarell has never quite known where he belongs. He's ignored at home and teased at school for wanting to draw instead of playing sports with the other boys. The only place he's ever felt truly at ease is his local barbershop where the owner hangs Jarell's art up on the walls. When Jarell discovers a hidden portal in the barbershop, he's transported to a magical world that's unlike anything he's seen before. But i's not just the powerful gods and dangerous...
5) Snoozing sun
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[2023]
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English
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It's nearly nighttime, but the sun won't set in Xus National Park! Kodi, Summer, and Eddy Skycedar go to Spirit Park to discover why, and learn an important lesson about what it really means to be a hero.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Once a prisoner to Fedu, the vengeful god of death, Koffi has regained her freedom, but she is far from safe. Fedu will stop at nothing to hunt her down and use her power to decimate the mortal world. Koffi knows when Fedu will strike: during the next Bonding, a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event. To survive, Koffi will have to find powerful new allies quickly, and convince them to help her in the terrible battle to come.
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
When Horace and his schoolmates spend a weekend at a camp in the Laffy Woods, the Cupcaked Crusader must cope with Mr. Dienow, the diabolical science teacher, as well as his sister's dangerous search for Blootinite, and the forest monsters known as Clownosauruses.
10) Atalanta
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows up wild and free, with just one condition: if she marries, Artemis warns, it will be her undoing. Although she loves her beautiful forest home, Atalanta yearns for adventure. When Artemis offers her the chance...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"When a notorious band of ninjas discovers a certain Metro City hero wearing their colors and practicing their Kat Fu, their leader sets out to settle an old score. Plus, a nocturnal ninja flaps into town, Octopunch puts up his dukes (all eight of ’em!), Adonis plays hero, Master Hamster’s creative kitchen repairs end with a scorching surprise, and our favorite frenemies-against-the-odds compete in the villainous Vroomin' Race!"--Amazon....
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"A boy and his father watch a German submarine sink an oil tanker as evil forces try to ruin their family. A girl is beaten up outside a bar as her father navigates new love and threats from a group of neo-Nazis. A pair of undercover union organizers are hired to break colts for a Hollywood actor, whose 'Western hero' facade hides darkness. An oil rig workers witnesses an attack on a local village while on a job in South America and seeks justice...
Author
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
Little Horace Splattly, alias the Cupcaked Crusader, hopes to become Celernip Prince at the Celernip Festival, keep his best friends, win the love of Sara Willow, cope with his talented scientist sister, and figure out who is creating the pink dodo balloons that are making people bald.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"From Mike Cavallaro comes a story set in the Nico Bravo universe that spotlights an unforgettable, iconic new heroine! Eowulf Wegmund just had the most amazing summer ever! She traveled to a magical supply shop at the crossroads of all realities, rescued unicorn soldiers from a pocket dimension, and fought an evil god with the help of her new friend Nico Bravo. Pretty rad stuff, even if you are descended from the legendary monster hunter Beowulf!...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On the day of the Picori Festival, Link and Princess Zelda go to watch the sword-fighting tournament. The winner, Vaati, has come to claim the Light Forch which is sealed within the Bound Chest. The Light Force is missing, so Vaati turns the princess to stone!
16) SuperHero ABC
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Humorous SuperHeroes such as Goo Girl and The Volcano represent the letters of the alphabet from A to Z.
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