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The Mermaid and the Shoe

K G Campbell · Kids Can Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In this delightful picture book, Minnow seems to be the only one of King Neptune's fifty mermaid daughters who has no particular skill or accomplishments. That is, except for her persistence in asking many, many questions. "Why don't crabs have fins"? "Where do bubbles go"?...
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El Deafo

Cece Bell · Amulet Books
Pages: 233
Format: Book

A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
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And now... Braniac!

Art Baltazar · Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, 2014.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

The mysterious Brainiac arrives! Is he an alien, a robot, or both? Will he shrink Metropolis with his shrinking ray? And how did he find the Fortress of Solitude?
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The Thief and the Sword

Mike Maihack · Graphix
Pages: 187
Format: Print book

Cleopatra's space adventure in the REALLY far future continues! A mysterious thief has stolen the ancient sword Cleo recovered in Book One: Target Practice, and she's determined to get it back. But her teachers at Yasiro Academy forbid her from risking her life, so she's stuck at school,...
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The Return of Zita the Spacegirl

Ben Hatke · First Second Books
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover

Ben Hatke brings back our intrepid space heroine for another delightful sci-fi/fantasy adventure in this New York Times-Bestselling graphic novel trilogy for middle grade readers.Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces...
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Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds

Gareth Hinds · Candlewick
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover

In a thrilling adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known works, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into graphic-novel format.It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad?In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man exacts revenge on a disloyal...
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Human Body Theater

Maris Wicks · First Second
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each "act." By turns...
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Snoop Troop: It Came from Beneath the Playground

Kirk Scroggs · Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Every newly independent reader will be rolling on the floor--and has a chance to solve the mystery--in this wildly wacky mash-up of chapter book and graphic novel, with art on every page, interactive seek-and-find elements, and more!
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Nimona

Noelle Stevenson · HarperTeen
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Indies Choice Book of the Year * National Book Award Finalist * New York Times Bestseller * New York Times Notable Book * Kirkus Best Book * School Library Journal Best Book * Publishers Weekly Best Book * NPR Best Book * New York Public Library Best Book * Chicago Public Library Best BookThe...
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Joey and Johnny, the Ninjas: Get Mooned

Kevin Serwacki · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover

Joey and Johnny, the Ninjas: Get Mooned is the first book in a clever, insanely funny, and highly entertaining illustrated series about two best friends and ninjas-in-training, perfect for fans of the Origami Yoda series.Joey and Johnny are best friends, but they could not be more different....
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The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 2

Neil Gaiman · Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pages: 164
Format: Hardcover

The second volume of a glorious two-volume, four-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book, adapted by P. Craig Russell and illustrated by an extraordinary team of renowned artists.Inventive,...
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Through the Woods

Emily Carroll · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation "His Face All Red," in print for the first time.Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that...
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Star Wars Jedi Academy - Return of the Padawan

Jeffrey Brown · Scholastic, Inc.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.....
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Sunny Side Up

Jennifer L. Holm · Graphix
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first she thought Florida might be fun -- it is the home of Disney World, after all. But the place where Gramps lives is no amusement park. It's full of . . . old people. Really old people....
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Fishfishfish

Lee Nordling · Graphic Universe
Format: Hardcover

Look out! A little yellow fish swims alone in a big ocean. A hungry barracuda searches for something to eat. A school of fish band together and find strength in numbers. Under the waves, every fish is a hero in its own story. In this clever wordless comic, Lee Nordlings simple storytelling...
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