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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After the attempt on Hitler's life, the Hoffmanns must flee Berlin. Max and Gerta, along with their mother and Kat Vogel, are forced to leave their father behind-at the mercy of the Gestapo. Following the same path that the Becker Circle used to smuggle Jewish escapees to safety, the Hoffmanns begin a desperate journey across Germany, through occupied France, and into Spain."--
Author
Series
Aventure d'Astérix ; 16
Publisher
Dargaud Éditeur
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
Français
Description
The Roman governor has been embezzling a majority of the taxes he collects in order to finance a debauched lifestyle of never-ending parties. When a Roman investigator arrives, the governor serves him food laced with poison. Realizing his life is in danger, the investigator sends for the village druid, who agrees to brew an antidote. The Gaul lacks an essential ingredient, a flower called the 'silver star', and sends Asterix and Obelix to Helvetia...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This entertaining and enlightening graphic narrative tells the exciting story of the seventeenth-century thinkers who challenged authority--sometimes risking excommunication, prison, and even death--to lay the foundations of modern philosophy and science and help usher in a new world...Heretics! tells the story of their ideas, lives, and times in a vivid new way. Crisscrossing Europe as it follows them in their travels and exiles, the narrative describes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes wakes on her birthday to discover that her mother has disappeared from the family's country manor, leaving only a collection of flowers and a coded message book. With Sherlock and Mycroft determined to ship her off to a boarding school, Enola escapes, displaying a cleverness that even impresses the elder Holmes. But nothing prepares her for what lies ahead." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"America is at a crossroads. Abraham Lincoln, the man tasked with healing the nation, and his family are the targets of a conspiracy to assassinate them. Their safety -- and the future of the American experiment -- hinges on the success of a new kind of lawman, known by a word still novel in the culture: detective. But there was only one detective whose extraordinary cleverness, versatility and mystery made them a singular individual who could save...
86) Championess
Author
Series
Publisher
Legendary Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Elizabeth Wilkinson's passion is bare-knuckle boxing. While working odd jobs to help her sister Tess pay off substantial debt, she earns extra coin fighting in back alleys and pubs. But when Tess's debts suddenly come due, Elizabeth bets everything on boxing to save Tess from debtors' prison. As she trains to become the best female fighter in London, she must face her family's painful past, confront the boxing rival from her childhood, and defy the...
87) Daphne Byrne
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When grieving, support can come in many ways. For Daphne, it came as a demon. Turn-of-the-century New York is a growing metropolis for many, but not for Daphne Byrne. After her father's death, her mother is drawn to a spiritualistic group that claims to speak to the dead. Daphne sees through their act right away, but something from the other side sees her too. Or someone? Daphne finds herself in new company, Brother. He offers support and encourages...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This complete graphic novel-style biography presents the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures in United States history. Alexander Hamilton was on hand for the Revolutionary War, the development of the Constitution, and the establishment of the Treasury and banking as we have come to know them today. Cut down by a bullet from political rival Aaron Burr, Hamilton may have faded into the background among other great American leaders...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"HBO's four-season TV adaptation of My Brilliant Friend has enjoyed success with critics and viewers in the U.S.; the novel has been adapted for the stage and radio plays. Here, for the first time, it is brought to vivid life as a graphic novel by one of Italy's most beloved illustrators. For Ferrante fans, for those new to Ferrante, for readers of graphic novels, Chiara Lagani's and Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend: the graphic novel is a thrilling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This original graphic novel imagines the lives of blue-collar workers involved in the real-life Lake Erie tunnel disaster of 1916 in Cleveland. Author Scott MacGregor and illustrator Gary Dumm tell the intersecting stories of a brilliant African American inventor, Ben Beltran (based on the real-life Garrett Morgan, Sr.), desperate immigrants tunneling beneath Lake Erie, and corrupt overseers who risk countless lives for profit"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Set in early nineteenth-century Britain, Bloodlust & Bonnets follows Lucy, an unworldly debutante who desires a life of passion and intrigue--qualities which earn her the attention of Lady Violet Travesty, the leader of a local vampire cult. But before Lucy can embark on her new life of vampiric debauchery, she finds herself unexpectedly thrown together with the flamboyant poet Lord Byron ("from books!") and a mysterious bounty-hunter named Sham....
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An independent kingdom of runaway slaves founded in the late 16th century, Angola Janga was a beacon of freedom in a land plagued with oppression. In stark black ink and chiaroscuro panel compositions, D'Salete brings history to life: the painful stories of fugitive slaves on the run, the brutal raids by Portuguese colonists, and the tense power struggles within this precarious kingdom. At turns heartbreaking and empowering, Angola Janga sheds light...
Author
Publisher
Liveright
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nevada, to witness an epic showdown. Jack Johnson, the world's first Black heavyweight champion, was paired against Jim Jeffries, a former heavyweight champion then heralded as the "great white hope." It was the height of the Jim Crow era. Through a combination of breathtaking illustrations and striking verse, Last on his feet honors a contentious civil...
Author
Publisher
Dead Reckoning
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the true story of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. During the Second World War he becomes a Nazi collaborator and war profiteer who provides the Nazi regime with the metals it needs, but secretly he uses his wealth and influence to finance the French Resistance and free fellow Jews from Nazi hands. Due to his tactics he was one of...
Author
Series
Black butler ; 29
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The queen's watchdog has become a fugitive, and the 'true' Earl of Phantomhive has taken up residence in the manor. The Undertaker has yet to perfect his craft, though, and Ciel knows precisely what his brother is plotting. Even on the run, the master still has his retainers--scattered to society's darkest shadows, they search for the barest shred of information to turn the tide for good..." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Independent Pub Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"While fleeing the Galactic Federation, Stitch's spaceship malfunctions and he makes an emergency landing ... not in Hawaii, but in sengoku-era Japan! Discovered by the brutal warlord Lord Yamato and his clan, Stitch's incomparable cuteness is no match for the battle-weary samurai, who decides to bring the "blue tanuki" home with him. Will Stitch's love of chaos turn into a formidable advantage for the samurai's influence? Or will his cute and fluffy...
98) Mammal takeover!
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Fifth-grader Ronnie and Ms. Lernin tour the Cenozoic Era, where they encounter three kinds of mammals--monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals--and other animals with which they shared the Earth."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Chronin ; 1
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An action-packed, time travel adventure--first in a graphic novel duology. Her name is Mirai Yoshida. She was not born in Japan. She is not supposed to be in 1864. But, through a time-travel mishap, Mirai is stuck with no way out. Help may be found when she befriends Hatsu, a humble tea mistress harboring a dangerous secret. Yet time is running short for the entire nation, because Mirai knows that the shogunate is about to fall. Learning the way...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Explore the story of Amelia Earhart as she embarks on her second and final journey around the globe. A story of determination, heart, and courage, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into the daring grit of the aviation pioneer--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that fly off the page"--
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