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Pub. Date
2014.
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"Battle Of The Atom is over - but the battle for mutantkind's future has just begun! For months, S.H.I.E.L.D. has had designs on the Jean Grey School, and now they've made their presence known! Wolverine takes on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret stockpile of Sentinels - but so does the renegade Cyclops, and it's a toss-up as to who Wolverine hates more! And it all leads up to the end of the school year, but is the Jean Grey School really out forever?! Where...
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Savage Avengers volume 5
Pub. Date
[2021]
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"Whatever happened to Shuma-Gorath? Even elder gods need elder care. And now Doctor Strange and Conan the Barbarian have arrived to perform a wellness check. But the evil sorcerer Kulan Gath has been eating Shuma-Gorath in small bites for the last year! And Doctor Strange's house call is about to go completely off the rails! Can the unexpected entrance of an old villain help the Savage Avengers overcome the monstrous and mystically charged Kulan Gath?...
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2014.
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"Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next twelve harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. After regaining his freedom in 1853, Northup decided to publish this gripping autobiographical account of his captivity. As an educated man, Northup was able to present an exceptionally...
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Pub. Date
2024
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A graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Billie Jean King is an iconic tennis champion and activist who changed the world of women's sports. She was named the world's top-ranked female tennis player six times and won thirty-nine Grand Slam titles. As powerful off the court as on it, Billie Jean helped pass historic laws against gender discrimination. She continues to fight for equality for women and the LGBTQ+ community to this day. This is her...
46925) The best of B.C
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Pub. Date
2016.
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GRAPHIC NOVELS. The main character is BC, an orange haired, naive slob and eternal patsy, who along with his friend, Peter - the world's first philosopher and Thor - self-proclaimed ladies' man and the inventor of the wheel all inhabit an prehistoric world all too familiar to a modern day audience, there they ponder life and the universe, engage in the search for love and generally mooch about. Indeed you could call them the first hipsters!
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Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Dorothy is from Kansas, where she lives with her uncle Henry and aunt Em and her dog Toto. Life is quiet until a cyclone drags Dorothy, Toto and the house all the way to the magical Land of Oz. Upon landing in Oz, Dorothy is proclaimed a powerful sorceress for killing the Wicked Witch of the East. Technically it was the house that killed the witch, but since Dorothy owns the house, she is a great and powerful sorceress, at least according to the Munchkins,...
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Pub. Date
c2011
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
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Pub. Date
2019
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10 books, 1 discussion guide, 6 week checkout. SUMMARY : "This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud. Hollywood, 1938: As soon as she learns that M-G-M is adapting her late husband's masterpiece for the screen, seventy-seven-year-old Maud Gage Baum sets about trying to finagle her way onto the set. Nineteen years...
46931) Simpsons comics unchained
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Series
Simpsons comics volume 11
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
The Simpson family shelters momentarily-rich computer geeks, goes to court over a history presentation based on Histrionik Comics, and deals with addictive donuts.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
46933) The return of King Doug
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Pub. Date
2009
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As an eight-year old boy Doug ran in fear from being the hero to save the Kingdom of Valdonia. As an adult Doug finds he can not continue running from his destiny.
46934) Bessie Stringfield
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Series
Tales of the talented tenth volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
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"Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and '40s. That is the amazing true story of Bessie Stringfield, the woman known today as The Motorcycle Queen of Miami and the first black woman to be inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame and the Harley Davidson Hall...
46935) Babe Ruth
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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A brief biography of Babe Ruth, written in graphic novel format, that describes his childhood, marriage, and success as a baseball player.
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Quincredible volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When meteors fell to Earth Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans! But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton's newest assignment is to learn the history of New Orleans and Voodoo....
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Stranger Things volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
A chilling glimpse at the machinations within Dr. Brenner's lab leading up to the events of the show, this hardcover collection of Stranger Things: Six and Stranger Things: Into The Fire includes everything from teen romance to pyrokinetic rampages.
46938) Disney Frozen: True treasure
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Pub. Date
2020
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During a tribute to the late beloved King Agnarr and Queen Iduna of Arendelle, Elsa and Anna stumble upon some old boxes of their parents' belongings. What they find inside sparks some of their youngest childhood memories--it's a scavenger hunt created by their mother. Offering the sisters the chance to create a new experience with their mother, they enthusiastically begin the game. But to decipher the clues to the treasure, Elsa and Anna must look...