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Mighty Jack

Ben Hatke · First Second
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever....
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Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Emmanuel Guibert · First Second; First Edition edition
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

“When I was eighteen, Uncle Sam told me he’d like me to put on a uniform and go off to fight a guy by the name of Adolf. So I did.” When Alan Cope joined the army and went off to fight in World War II, he had no idea what he was getting into.  This graphic memoir...
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American Born Chinese

Gene Luen Yang · Square Fish; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Jin Wang starts at a new school where hes the only Chinese-American student. When a boy from Taiwan joins his class, Jin doesnt want to be associated with an FOB like him. Jin just wants to be an all-American boy, because hes in love with an all-American girl. Danny is an all-American boy great...
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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood

Nathan Hale · Amulet Books
Pages: 124
Format: Print book

World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative,...
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Dork Diaries 9: Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen

Rachel Renée Russell · Aladdin
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Nikki Maxwell's worst nightmare comes true in book nine of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!A certain member of the CCP girls Dork fans know all about has gotten her hands on Nikki's diary and has decided to share some thoughts of her own ... Find out what happens when...
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books.This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings....
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Hollow City: The Graphic Novel

Ransom Riggs · Yen Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

After fleeing an army of terrible monsters, Jacob Portman and his peculiar friends find themselves lost at sea, but the only person who might be able to get them ashore safely, their illustrious headmistress Miss Peregrine, is stuck in the form of a bird Hoping to find a way to get Miss...
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The Walking Dead Volume 19 TP: March to War

Robert Kirkman · Image Comics; First Edition edition
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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Super Pro K.O. Volume 1

Jarrett Williams · Oni Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Joe Somiano is late to his first match in Super Pro K.O.!, and has no clue what awaits him in the rowdy ring! A seasoned sumo wrestler, a jolly luchador, a flambouyant tag team, suspicious executives, and a drunken Heavyweight Champion all stand between him and the superstardom that is his destiny....
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Teaching Reading Comprehension with Graphic Texts: An Illustrated Adventure

Katie Monnin · Maupin House
Format: Paperback

Today's reading standards require K-12 teachers to teach multi-modal texts that combine print and images. Teaching Reading Comprehension with Graphic Texts: An Illustrated Adventure shows teachers how to read, understand, and teach the unique vocabulary and anatomy of the graphic text...
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