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The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie
The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie

James Kochalka · First Second
Format: Book

Oh, Glorkian Warrior. You were doing so well! You almost had that rampaging space snake under control -- when Buster Glark, your villainous rival in the Glorkian Corps, showed up to make fun of you! He laughed so hard at your misfortune that he gave himself the hiccups. And that was just...
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Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery": The Authorized Graphic Adaptation
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery": The Authorized Graphic Adaptation

Miles Hyman · Hill and Wang
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

The classic short story--now in full colorShirley Jackson's "The Lottery" continues to thrill and unsettle readers nearly seven decades after it was first published. By turns puzzling and harrowing, it raises troubling questions about conformity, tradition, and the specter...
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Hawkeye Vol. 6: Hawkeyes
Hawkeye Vol. 6: Hawkeyes

Jeff Lemire · Marvel Comics
Pages: 136
Format: Print book

Hawkeye and Hawkeye take aim at another season - but this time there's a twist! Arrows fly across two eras as a deep-seated rift stretches across time, bringing old man Clint and a wiser Kate back together to chase down mistakes from their past. But as the reluctantly reunited Team...
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The Marvelous Land of Oz 4
The Marvelous Land of Oz 4

Eric Shanower · Spotlight, a division of the ABDO Group, 2014.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Accompanied by the Tin Man, Tip and his fellow travelers start a return journey to the Emerald City to recapture it from General Jinjur, gaining a woggle-bug traveling companion along the way.
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The Flash Vol. 1: Move Forward
The Flash Vol. 1: Move Forward

Francis Manapul · DC Comics
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals, Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the fastest man alive. Tapping into the energy field called The Speed Force, he applies a tenacious sense of justice to protect an serve the world as The Flash!The Fastest...
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Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel
Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel

Jules Feiffer · Liveright; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A Vanity Fair Best Book of 2014 A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2014 When three daunting dolls intersect with one hapless heroine and a hard-boiled private eye, deception, betrayal, and murder stalk every mean street inKill My Mother.Adding to a legendary career that includes a Pulitzer...
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Clowns and Dragons!
Clowns and Dragons!

Laurent Richard · Graphic Universe
Format: Paperback

Tao is in school to be a fearless samurai. But he's a natural at goofing off. His teachers Master Snow and Master Irons want him to be first in his class. Tao would rather be first in the lunch line. Join the fun as he tries to prank some bullies and teach kung fu moves to his cat!
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Muddy Max: The Mystery of Marsh Creek
Muddy Max: The Mystery of Marsh Creek

Elizabeth Rusch · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Print book

 Every kid dreams of having super powers--Max discovers he really has them! But will he be able to solve the mystery behind Marsh Creek? "Muddy Max takes that eternal struggle between kids and parents---whether to play in or stay out of mud puddles---and turns it into an epic...
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Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum, Vol. 11
Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum, Vol. 11

Hidenori Kusaka · Perfect Square
Format: Book

All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga! The battle rages back and forth between the Distortion World and the regular world! Then, when Legendary Pokémon Giratina attacks Pearl, Dia intervenes with disastrous consequences!...
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The Young Protectors: Engaging the Enemy
The Young Protectors: Engaging the Enemy

Alex Woolfson · AMW Comics
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Evil can be seductive... Kyle--a closeted, teen superhero who can control fire--has finally summoned up the courage to enter a local gay bar. It's his very first step towards accepting himself. Unfortunately for him, his very next step out of the bar places him face-to-face with The Annihilator,...
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The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before
The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before

Robert Kirkman · Image Comics
Format: Comics

- The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled:...
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Ghetto Klown
Ghetto Klown

John Leguizamo · Abrams Comicarts
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

"Ghetto Klown is autobiographical dynamite - this is Leguizamo at his scathing, honest, moving, comedic best. Among the finest portraits of an artist as a young wounded talented man as I've read." - Junot Díaz "My main Johnny Legs has done it again. Ghetto Klown as a graphic...
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Bleach
Bleach

Tite Kubo · VIZ Media
Pages: 582
Format: Print book

Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts - he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow - a malevolent lost soul - Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace....
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City of Light, City of Dark
City of Light, City of Dark

Avi · GRAPHIX
Format: Paperback

Avi's ground-breaking graphic novel gets a stunning new cover to celebrate its twentieth anniversary!Two kids fight to save their city from eternal winter in this gripping fantasy by Newbery Medalist Avi, illustrated by three-time Sibert Honoree Brian Floca."To begin with--there...
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