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Home After Dark: A Novel

DAVID SMALL · Liveright
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

David Small's long-awaited graphic novel is a savage portrayal of male adolescence gone awry like no other work of recent fiction or film. Wildly kaleidoscopic and furiously cinematic, Home After Dark is a literary tour-de-force that renders the brutality of adolescence in the so-called...
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DC Super Hero Girls: Summer Olympus

SHEA FONTANA · DC Comics
Pages: 127
Format: Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author Shea Fontana, DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: SUMMER OLYMPUS continues the hit original graphic novel line!Super Hero High is out for summer in the newest original graphic novel featuring your favorite superheroes. It's summertime, which means Wonder Woman has to take...
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Komomo Confiserie, Vol. 1

Maki Minami · Viz Media
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

As a little girl, Komomo Ninomiya delighted in picking on Natsu Azumi, the son of her family's pastry chef. Ten years later, when the family fortune is lost and she has no place to live, Komomo encounters Natsu again in her hour of need. Now that Natsu is a master pastry chef in his own right,...
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Star Wars: Jedi Academy

Jeffrey Brown · Scholastic Inc.,
Pages: 160
Format: eBook

New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown takes readers to a middle school in a galaxy far, far away....This incredible, original story captures all of the humor, awkwardness, fun, and frustrations of middle school--all told through one boy's comics, journal entries,...
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The Flash Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice

Josh Williamson · DC Comics
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

A great new jumping-on point is here in THE FLASH VOL. 1: LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE, a part of the critically acclaimed, best-selling, all-new line of volume one graphic novels, DC Universe Rebirth! His name is Barry Allen, and he's the Fastest Man Alive. But he's also so much more. As he learns...
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Batman Vol. 3: I Am Bane

TOM KING · DC Comics
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Superstar artist David Finch (WONDER WOMAN) completes his run on the Dark Knight in BATMAN VOL. 3: I AM BANE, the stunning new chapter in writer Tom King's (THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON) wildly acclaimed Batman saga. He is not a joke. He is not a riddle. He is not a bird or a cat or a penguin,...
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Garfield Feeds the Kitty: His 35th Book

JIM DAVIS · Ballantine Books
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Hungry for Laughs? Garfield, the fat cat with the bottomless stomach, dishes up another tasty serving of cartoon comedy. So whether he's celebrating the official Kick-Odie-Across-the-Room Day, playing connect-the-freckles on Jon's chest, or perfecting his insincere smile, Garfield's...
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Comics for Choice

Hazel Newlevant · Alternative Comics
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback

Comics for Choice is anthology of comics about abortion. As this fundamental reproductive right continues to be stigmatized and jeopardized, over sixty artists and writers have created comics that boldly share their own experiences, and educate readers on the history of abortion, current...
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The Stan

Kevin Knodell · Dead Reckoning
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The 'Stan is a collection of short comics about America's longest war. The tales in this book--based on reporting by David Axe and Kevin Knodell and drawn by artist Blue Delliquanti--are all true and took place in roughly the first decade of the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan....
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Abbott

SALADIN AHMED · BOOM! Studios
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

While investigating police brutality and corruption in 1970s Detroit, journalist Elena Abbott uncovers supernatural forces being controlled by a secret society of the city's elite.In the uncertain social and political climate of 1972 Detroit, hard-nosed, chain-smoking tabloid reporter...
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The Readers' Advisory Guide to Graphic Novels, Second Edition

Francisca Goldsmith · Amer Library Assn Editions
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The first edition of this readers' advisory represented a pioneering effort to provide help and encouragement to librarians diving into this exciting format, and since then the popularity of graphic novels has continued apace. Goldsmith has updated her guide to encompass a bounty of new titles,...
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Black Road: The Holy North

Brian Wood · Image Comics
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Magnus the Black, a pagan fixer during the Christian conversion of the Viking lands, uncovers a secret that threatens the balance of religious power across Europe. With a young archer in tow and a vindictive blacksmith in pursuit, he tracks a band of rogues and killers north along the infamous...
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Spider-Gwen Vol. 2: Weapon of Choice

Jason Latour · Marvel Worldwide
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Gwen's life is turned upside down after the SPIDER-WOMAN event at the worst time ever as Captain Frank Castle is bearing down on her. Does she stand a chance against Castle's punishment?COLLECTING: SPIDER-GWEN 9-13
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The Man of Steel

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS · DC Comics
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Genre-defining author Brian Michael Bendis makes his triumphant debut writing Superman in Man of Steel!In the aftermath of Dark Nights: Metal, the Man of Steel has been challenged like never before. As he faces his greatest challenge to date, the status quo for Superman will be changed...
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C.O.W.L. Volume 1: Principles of Power

Kyle Higgins · Image Comics
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

"A flawless execution and a damned good read." - Booklist (Starred) "The characters are rich and well-drawn, the story engaging and deeply layered." -- Kirkus Welcome to the "Chicago Organized Workers League"- the world's first Super-Hero Labor Union!...
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