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1) Red scare
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be a normal kid, until she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to overturn the tense political stalemate, and Peggy finds...
Author
Language
English
Description
The author argues that American society is leaning toward despotism and totalitarianism and looks back at the 20th century for examples of how totalitarianism has taken over before.
"Timothy Snyder's New York Times bestseller On Tyranny uses the darkest moments in twentieth-century history, from Nazism to Communism, to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. Among the twenty include a warning to be aware of how symbols used...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
232 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Avatar Aang and friends honor an Air Nomad holiday that hasn't been celebrated in over one hundred years. But when cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen lead Aang to a refinery operating on land sacred to the Airbenders--they soon find themselves in peril as a dangerously powerful ancient spirit awakens with vengeance and destruction on its mind!"--Amazon.com.
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Series
Rainbow! (Sunny) volume 1
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Teenager Boo has pink hair and a very vivid imagination that she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams. When a new student, Mimi, arrives at school, Boo starts exploring a side of herself that she never considered before. As she grows closer...
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Komi can't communicate volume 17
Language
English
Description
Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve! Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. The Itan High culture festival is supposed to be a fun time for all, but Rumiko Manbagi's enjoyment is ruined when she comes to an awful...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Zeus's son Perseus has no wedding gift for King Polydectes so he offers to bring the king what he most desires. King Polydectes asks for the head of the gorgon Medusa. A dangerous request, as whomever looks at Medusa turns to stone. Perseus gets a reflective shield from Athena and the helmet of invisibility, a sword, and winged sandals from Hermes to aid his quest. Will these be enough to conquer the gorgon?
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Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
67 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Who needs to have an ordinary day when you can have a super awesome day with the Cat in the Hat?! Sally and her brother are delighted to have their friend come over, but, unfortunately, Fish isn't so happy. Maybe the Cat can get Fish to join in if he adds a little more splash to their party. After all, there is no such thing as too much fun...right?"--
8) The talk
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that - to paraphrase Toni Morrison - does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic...
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Language
English
Description
"In this stunning graphic novel, Lacuna is a girl without a family, a past, or a proper home. She lives alone in a swamp made of ink, but with the help of Polaris, a will-o'-the-wisp, she embarks for the fabled Northern Kingdom, where she might find people like her. The only way to get there, though, is to travel the strange and dangerous Blue Road that stretches to the horizon like a mark upon a page. Along the way, Lacuna must overcome trials such...
10) Courage
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Series
Language
Français
Description
Une nuit, Raina se réveille avec d'affreux maux d'estomac. Comme sa mère en souffre aussi, elle se dit que c'est probablement una gastroenterite. Raina retourne cependant à l'école où elle vit des hauts et des comme d'habitudee d'habitude. Elle se rend compte que ses problèmes d'estomac coïncident avec ses inquiétudes envers la nourriture, l'école, les amitiés changeantes et les estranges idees de sees camarades. Que se passe-t-il donc?
Raina...
11) The adventures of Super Diaper Baby: the first graphic novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
125 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Irrepressible friends George and Harold create a new comic book superhero, Super Diaper Baby.
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Series
Last comics on Earth volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
253 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Strange invaders from the Underverse are threatening the peaceful peoples of Apocalyptia, the Under Clowns from Clownlantis have come, and it's no laughing matter! Now Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk have to write and draw a sequel, while Lightning Boy, Moonstar, and Doc Baker help Savage Aloner face his primal fear of clowns and save Apocalyptia (again)! It's going to be even MORE wild than it sounds!" -- Page [4] cover.
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English
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The Best We Could Do, the debut graphic novel memoir by Thi Bui, is an intimate look at one family's journey from their war-torn home in Vietnam to their new lives in America. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves....
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Series
Vinland saga volume 12
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
358 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sigurd returns home to Iceland to face the horrible Halfdan, but a father and a king can only be as good as his word--a blessing he refuses to bestow to Sigurd without a fight. All the while, Gudrid joins Thorfinn and the crew on their journey to Thorfinn's childhood home, where Halfdan's presence looms mightily...However, with some help from fresh faces and promising volunteers, the day the ships set off for Vinland is imminent"--...
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
166 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the magic realm, magic is everything-everyone can use it, and one's skill determines their social status. Deep in the forest, oblivious to the ways of the world, lives Mash. Thanks to his daily training, he's become a fitness god. When Mash is discovered, he has no choice but to enroll in magic school, where he must beat the competition without revealing his secret-he can't use magic! Innocent Zero arrives to claim Mash! While Wahlberg faces down...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Carlos was nineteen, his mother decided to leave her life in El Salvador. Refusing to let her go without him, Carlos joined the journey north. Together they experienced the risks countless people faces as they migrate"--
17) 49 days
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
341 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Day 1. Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map - it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what's that...? And so begins a graphic novel story unlike any other: 49 Days. In Buddhist tradition, a person must travel for forty-nine days after they die, before they can fully cross over. Here in this book, readers travel with one Korean American girl, Kit, on her journey, while also spending time with her family and friends left behind. Agnes Lee has...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
176 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the magic realm, magic is everything--everyone can use it, and one's skill determines their social status. Deep in the forest, oblivious to the ways of the world, lives Mash. Thanks to his daily training, he's become a fitness god. When Mash is discovered, he has no choice but to enroll in magic school, where he must beat the competition without revealing his secret--he can't use magic! Mash and the gang are in a celebratory mood after defeating...
19) Howdy, partner!
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Series
Sky and Ty volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
No-nonsense cowgirl Sky and her slightly goofy, but always dependable T. Rex partner Ty, learn to work together as they solve problems with teamwork and quick thinking.
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