Fernando Cano
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Track season is about to begin, and Gerald "Sully" Sullivan is ready and raring to run. But on the first day of tryouts, no other students show up! If the Titans don't get more members, there won't be a track team. So Sully pays a visit to the other sports teams, hoping their star athletes will join. None of the other athletes think much of track and field. Sully will have to beat them at their own sports to change their minds. . . .
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Adnan Zakaria's family recently fled Syria and resettled in America. Adnan feels like a stranger in a strange land. He's lonely and homesick. The one thing that gives him comfort is his best friend's skateboard that he brought with him from Syria. As Adnan navigates his new community, he bonds with new friends at a local skatepark. But he also faces adversity in the form of local troublemaker Mike Proctor. After Adnan loses his precious skateboard...
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Nelson Greenwood loves BMX racing, almost as much as he loves to draw superheroes. The hero of his own comic book, Major Speed, isn't afraid of anything, much like Nelson's twin brother Nick. Nelson looks up to Nick and his mad BMX skills. But when a rough crash keeps Nick out of the BMX-Treme Competition, he suggests that Nelson take his place. However, Nelson doesn't think he has what it takes to compete against the best racers in the city - especially...
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Three clever billy goats find themselves trapped in a video game, confronting the Hillside Castle run by a monster troll--and they have to use their new superpowers to get past the castle to the green field of grass, and lunch. Written in graphic-novel format.
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In this version of the Hansel and Gretel tale, Hansel and Gretel come from a zombie family. They live off of the brains of tourists who visit their house, but when tourism dries up, Hansel and Gretel disguise themselves as living children and go off to lure an unsuspecting witch back home to eat her brain.
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Raised by Sasquatches, Pecos Bill now lives with the Crypto Kids Gang on a ranch devoted to protecting mythical creatures, and travels the world finding cryptids and bringing them to the sanctuary--but the ranch is getting crowded, the waterholes are drying up, and a girl named Sue is determined to ride Bill's bunyip, despite being warned about the tempermental beast. Written in graphic novel format.
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Private Eye Princess King and her beagle, Pants, have come to Snells Manor to try and find Daisy Snells's missing emerald, called the "pea"; nobody has left the house since the gem went missing, but there are many secret places to search, and the inhabitants are an eccentric bunch--none more so than Miss Daisy herself. Written in graphic-novel format.
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In this graphic version of the classic fable there is a new contest at the spring festival--a robot battle--and Shelly the Tortoise is determined to build a robot that can defeat that perennial winner and all around jerk, Hunter the Hare--especially after he steals her prototype suit.
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Presents the story about a boy named Peter Pan who ran off to a magically spooky place to become... a mummy! After overhearing Wendy Darling telling her brothers scary stories, Peter brings them all to Mummy Land too, but the island is filled with lots of creepy creatures, including a skeleton pirate who wants to put Peter in the tomb once and for all! Written in graphic novel format.
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Alice is a skilled pre-teen secret agent, but her new team at Wonderland is... odd. Mr. White, the new boss, is always running late for something, Maddie makes wacky gadgets and hats but stops for tea every hour, and Alice's new partner, Kitty, literally disappears during their mission training. How can Alice sneak into the evil Queenie Hearts's garden party and stop her top-secret, world-ending plan amid all this madness? Written in graphic novel...
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Presents an adaptation of The Elves and the Shoemaker tale in which Alfred, the village swordmaker, becomes successful making swords for area knights with the help of a friendly dragon who forges the beautiful swords during the night. Written in graphic-novel format.
12) Comeback catcher
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After his embarrassing strike out last season Eddie Jackson decided to quit baseball and stick to band practice, but Coach persuades him to join the team as the backup catcher--then the starter is injured and Eddie finds himself back in the lineup, facing his fear of failing the team.
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In this graphic novel twist on the classic fairy tale, free-spirited Grasshopper lives for the moment, rehearsing with his band, while Ant is planning for an apocalypse. When disaster strikes, Ant takes shelter in his bunker and Grasshopper is left lurch, until Ant rescues him and together they teach each other important life lessons.
14) Raw
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Gavin Cole is a black, inner-city kid being bused to a new middle school in the suburbs and he feels very out of place--but his skill at skateboarding helps him to make a connection to a group of other enthusiasts.
15) Riptide pride
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Tane Kalana is an expert surfer, but his pride may get him into trouble when would-be rival Cody Hannigan challenges him to a dangerous surfer showdown. Written in graphic-novel format.
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In the quiet town of Hamelin, twelve-year-old twins Tommy and Gerta ask a local scientist to help remove visiting space aliens who appear kind and helpful but may be planning something evil. Includes a classic retelling of the Pied Piper folktale, visual questions, and a glossary.
17) Double scribble
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Diego "Clutch" Rivera was the hero of his school's basketball team last year, but this season things have not started well, and Diego is losing his confidence--but with some help from his dad, and a friend who gives him a sketchbook and suggests that he draw his feelings, he starts to rediscover the fun in basketball.
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Odysseus along with the most famous hero monster trucks gather in the city of Troy to take part in an epic competition. The event includes racing, tug-of-war, and car crushing events. Odysseus will face fierce competition from the likes of Cyclopes and Achilles, but only one can win.
19) Monster maze!
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Watch the THESEUS monster truck face-off, bumper-to-bumper, against his meanest mechanical foe - BULLISTIC! Will he crush the competition or be bulled over?
20) Colossal course!
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Follow the legendary HERCULES monster truck through the ultimate obstacle course! Will he overcome the twelve tremendous feats, or will they them leave exhausted?