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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Romeo and Juliet is the classic tragedy of western literature. Created by William Shakespeare, it is tale of two very young lovers from Verona, Italy who defy the wishes of their feuding families, get married then, and tragically, end their own lives in the name of love. It is their deaths that ultimately help the rival families of the Capulet's and Montague's find reconciliation. Manga Classics brings an incredible new reading experience with this...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about Amir, a forty-year-old novelist living in the U.S., who returns to his native Afghanistan to right a terrible wrong that ended his boyhood friendship with Hassan, a member of the persecuted Hazara people.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A Midsummer Night's Dream portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world."
4) Coraline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
5) Dracula
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Since its original publication in 1897, Dracula has spoken aloud some of our deepest cultural anxieties: fear of sexuality, xenophobia, homophobia, and distrust of The Other. Award-winning writer Alexander Chee places these fears in today's context in a fascinating new introduction to the Restless Classics edition, gorgeously illustrated by Kaitlin Chan. One of the most culturally recognizable and pervasive characters ever written, Stoker's Count...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
76 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jedi Master Mace Windu leads a battle against Separatist forces for control of the planet Simocadia! While the Confederacy of Independent Systems battles for the planet's rare fuel source, and the Republic tries to repel the invaders, the rulers of Simocadia choose a different option to save the planet: awakening the Ardana Shadex, an indestructible, mechanized giant that has been sleeping for centuries under the planet's surface! But awakening the...
8) Jane Eyre
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the story of an orphaned young English woman who accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
Author
Series
Bleach volume Vol. 1
Language
English
Description
Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts, but this ability doesn't change his life nearly as much as his close encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper and member of the mysterious Soul Society. While fighting a Hollow, an evil spirit that preys on humans who display psychic energy, Rukia attempts to lend Ichigo some of her powers so that he can save his family; but much to her surprise, Ichigo absorbs every last drop of her energy.
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Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nate Wright is known to his pals and teachers for many things, his penchant for mischief and his school record for detentions being the foremost. But beating out brainiac Gina's grades is not one of those things! In Big Nate Makes the Grade, the school life goings-on of Nate, his pals, and his long-suffering teachers are recounted in hilarious detail.
Author
Series
Lumberjanes volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's camp for hardcore lady-types, things are not what they seem. Three-eyed foxes. Secret caves. Anagrams. Luckily, Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five rad best pals determined to have an awesome summer together, and they're not gonna let a magical quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way!
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
417 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A loveable and delusional house cat named Binky, who, while in hot pursuit of an alien wanderer (a bug), falls out of the space station porthole (the bathroom window), and finds himself in outer space (outside the house).
15) Les miserables
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adapted for stage and screen, loved by millions, Victor Hugo's classic novel of love & tragedy during the French Revolution is reborn in this fantastic new manga edition! The illustrations brings to life the tragic stories of Jean Valjean, Inspector Javert, and the beautiful Fantine, in this epic adaptation of Les Miserables!
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
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 world ruled by the dead, we are forced to start living. Alexandria has been destroyed. Can Rick rally the other communities against Negan's army?
17) Captain Disaster
Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Squish, comic book fan and grade school amoeba, is made captain of his soccer team and following the example of his favorite superhero, must figure out how to turn a losing streak around without losing his friends.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
74 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Separatists have unleashed a terrifying new weapon on Republic-held systems! An enormous starship, the Starcrusher, is destroying every ship sent against it. Master Yoda agrees to a risky plan to stop the battleship and assembles a Jedi strike force that includes Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, and Ku-Adi-Mundi. What the Jedi don't realize is that the Starcrusher mission has become a trap--one specifially designed to kill Jedi!"--P....
19) The new Avengers
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide
Pub. Date
2011-
Edition
[Marvel premiere edition].
Physical Desc
1 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The siege is over and the Heroic Age has begun. So what's next for Luke Cage and the New Avengers? Steve Rogers thinks he has the answer, offering Cage the reins of his own team and the keys to Avengers Mansion. Which heroes will Luke choose to join him, assuming he even wants the gig to begin with? He better decide soon, because the forces of evil are literally dropping out of the sky--and even a formidable trio of master mystics like Doctor Strange,...
20) Sidekicks
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Captain Amazing feels he is getting too old to be a reliable superhero, he tries to hire a new sidekick, but his pets have different ideas.