Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Anton Fox is sentenced to community service on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, he thinks it's just a punishment fit for someone who'll never do any better. But as he learns more about his community, and watches the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, he begins to realize that he, too, has the power to change the world and himself. Written in graphic-novel format.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that Miss Peregrine's children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They...
Author
Language
English
Description
Tucker Grizzwell is having the worst week ever. He is due to attend the annual Jaws & Claws weekend with his dad, where young grizzlies learn how to be terrifying predators. Problem is, Tucker doesn't even like to eat meat, let alone have to kill it first! Plus, didn't some kid get eaten last year during the dumpster-diving lesson? And before he can even get to the weekend, Tucker must endure a week's worth of middle school indignities, including...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Louis Armstrong, also known as Satchmo and Pops, became an American jazz legend in the 1920s. His voice and skill with instruments helped him become a popular musician in a time where America was racially divided. Watch as this skilled musician learns to play, buys his first instrument, and becomes one of the best music makers of the era.
Author
Language
English
Description
My name is Grace, not "Kyle's little sister!" Having a good-looking, friendly, outgoing older brother sucks--especially when you're the total opposite, someone who likes staying home and playing video games. Your parents like him better (even if they deny it!), and everyone calls you "Kyle's little sister" while looking disappointed that you're not more like him. I was really hoping I'd get to go to a different middle school, but no such luck....
10) Heart Transplant
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
School bullying is universally decried, bemoaned, and condemned. Newspapers, magazines, television, and movies all reflect the ugly truth ... bullying is not only on the rise, but becoming more dangerous every day. Whether it's a teenager committing suicide as a result of a Facebook posting or a group of schoolchildren taunting another autistic child and filming it for the "entertainment" of others, the longest-lasting, deepest-scarring impact of...
11) Rochelle #1
Author
Language
English
Description
Antarctic Press raids shelves with a spectacular new crimefighting adolescent courtesy of writer John Crowther and legendary artist Dell Barras! It's tough being different, especially when you're a teenager, but Rochelle Planeta is a survivor like none other-a human cockroach! Get ready for a Mind Crash as Rochelle journeys into cyberspace to battle Terrorbyte and stop him from drawing addicted players into his domain!
12) Rochelle #2
Author
Language
English
Description
Rochelle is confronted by temperamental loner Lopside, whose single super-arm could make for a very one-sided battle. But before the two can settle their differences, they'll have to deal with the result of a Desert Storm/Shield cover-up, an ultra-human ex-military malcontent named...Major Mess!
Author
Language
English
Description
When Suni, Gale, and Shi-woo set out to free their principal from what they think is an unwanted spiritual possession, they'll uncover a shocking truth about the school! Suni, Gale, and Shi-woo are new students at the Nightmute Academy. They also happen to be the only students. Well, the only students who aren't haunting the place, anyway. Nightmute is filled with all kinds of ghosts! Join them as they piece together and solve the mystery behind Nightmute...
14) Rochelle #3
Author
Language
English
Description
Major Mess has kidnapped the President, so the man responsible for allowing Mess's mess calls in someone to clean him up. Meanwhile, Rochelle and Lopside prepare their own rescue mission, but against the superhuman soldier, they're going to need the help of some Pure Genius!
16) The Locker Room
Author
Language
English
Description
The middle school has a new locker room and these pubescent boys are about to discover the full effects of hormones and social hierarchy in this unrestrained microcosm. 1 VOLUME RELEASED - INDEPENDENT STORIES. The boys discover the renovated premises in a flurry of embarrassment and mockery: foggy glass windows, pink toilets... and communal showers! It becomes a special place where adult authority vanishes and primal instincts can be expressed in...
Author
Language
English
Description
Suni, Gale, and Shi-woo are new students at the Nightmute Academy. They also happen to be the only students. Well, the only students who aren't haunting the place, anyway. Nightmute is filled with all kinds of ghosts! While the kids track down a missing book, they uncover the screeching truth about the school librarian. This graphic novel includes facts about ghost hunting, science-led research, and in-depth content about ghosts and hauntings, plus...
Author
Language
English
Description
When a school project leads to the kids being trapped inside a model of the infamous May Song Manor, they will need the help of its original ownera spiritto escape. Suni, Gale, and Shi-woo are new students at the Nightmute Academy. They also happen to be the only students. Well, the only students who aren't haunting the place, anyway. Nightmute is filled with all kinds of ghosts! Join them as they piece together and solve the mystery behind Nightmute...
19) Archie Babies
Author
Language
English
Description
Archie unveils its first-ever original graphic novel in style, as the award-winning creative team of writer Mike Kunkel and artist Art Mawhinney kick off ARCHIE BABIES. Go back to the beginning - before Riverdale High, before Little Archie and discover how the Archie gang was before they could even enter pre-school. From the sandbox to the jungle gym, cross paths with some familiar faces and new friends in this lovable, all-ages romp that's sure to...
Author
Language
English
Description
On the first day of class at Nightmute Academy, Suni's connection to the supernatural leads to a warning about the school--delivered to her from beyond the grave. Suni, Gale, and Shi-woo are new students at the Nightmute Academy. They also happen to be the only students. Well, the only students who aren't haunting the place, anyway. Nightmute is filled with all kinds of ghosts! Join them as they piece together and solve the mystery behind Nightmute...