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1) Haphaven
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ever superstitious, Alex Mills will do anything to avoid a jinx--picking up pennies, knocking on wood, collecting rabbit's feet...you name it. That is, until she steps on a crack and it actually does break her mother's back. To save her mom, Alex must journey through the end of a rainbow to Haphaven, the world from which all of Earth's superstitions draw their power. All she needs is a rabbit's foot to save her mom, but the lucky article won't be...
Author
Series
Hilda volume 6
Publisher
Flying Eye Books, an imprint of Nobrow Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"We rejoin our heroine for her latest adventure just as she awakes to find herself ... in the body of a troll! Her mother is worried sick, and is perplexed by the strange creature that seems to have taken Hilda's place. Now, both of them are in a race to be reunited before Ahlberg and his safety patrol get the chance to use their new secret weapon to lay waste to the trolls, and Hilda along with them!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Claudette volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She's fought giants, clobbered dragons, and now Claudette faces her biggest challenge yet ... herself! Well, that and a gang of vile monsters. It all begins when Claudette's town hosts the annual Warrior Games. After some sneaky maneuvering, Claudette manages to gets herself, Marie, and Gaston chosen as her town's representatives. But none of Claudette's past battles have prepared her for this. And to make matters worse, they must stop the vicious...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Three girls who couldn't be more different meet on a school trip to Tokyo Tower--and find themselves beamed into a parallel world called Cefiro, where the mysterious Pillar has recruited them to avert a calamity! With the help of a motley troop of rogues and wizards, they will unlock the power of three transforming giant dragons known as Rune Gods and rush to the Pillar's aid...but there's more going on at the heart of Cefiro than they know!"--
5) Afar
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In a post-industrial desert wasteland, fifteen-year-old Boetema develops the ability to astral project to other planets. On her own planet, with her parents gone, she and her thirteen-year-old brother, Inotu, must cross a dangerous desert to flee a cyborg bodyguard.
Author
Series
Princeless volume 4
Publisher
Action Lab Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Angoisse Ashe, the oft-forgotten middle sister of the Ashe royal family, is locked in a castle deep in the swamp. Not only is her castle guarded by zombies, but the swamp is full of dangerous hazards. Everything from quicksand to goblins to swamp monsters to-- vampires! But does that give Adrienne pause? Unfortunately not, as she and Bedelia dive head-first into their most dangerous adventure yet!"--Publisher.
7) Ladycastle
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When all the men in Mancastle get eaten by a dragon, the women take over! Now the blacksmith's wife Merinor is King, Princess Aeve is the Captain, and the only remaining (and least capable) knight Sir Riddick is tasked with teaching the ladies of the castle how to defend against all manner of monsters!" -- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Action Lab Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Fresh off their time fighting vampires, zombies, and giant creatures in the swamp - Princess Adrienne, Bedelia the Blacksmith, and Sparky the Dragon are in for their biggest adventure yet! Join our team of fearless ladies as they set off into the mountains to save twin princesses Andrea and Antonia. They'll meet a team of dragon slaying dwarf women, a farm full of trained monsters, and perhaps some of their most dangerous foes yet!
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Even after everything that's happened, the world outside the Horde's walls is still a strange one to Adora. Each day she's learning more about her growing powers as She-Ra, including something new: the ability to heal corrupted runestones. Runestones are the magical source from which princesses like Frosta, Mermista, and Perfuma draw their power, but Glimmer knows of another runestone -- one with a dark past. Long ago a fire princess ruled the lands...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Miaka Yuki is transported into an ancient Chinese kingdom by an old library book, The Universe of the Four Gods. Following the legend in the book, Miaka becomes the Priestess of Suzaku and must find her seven Celestial Warriors before she can save the kingdom and return home"--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Black Widow wraps her web around the Golden Gate! Natasha Romanoff has just been through the most emotional adventure of her long life, and the experience has left her looking to do things differently. Now, allies new and old will come to her aid as the Widow returns to San Francisco! With a new suit, a new base of operations and a new perspective, Natasha sets her sights on a mysterious emerging threat in the city by the bay -- a villain known...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Three girls who couldn't be more different meet on a school trip to Tokyo Tower--and find themselves beamed into a parallel world called Cefiro, where the mysterious Pillar has recruited them to avert a calamity! With the help of a motley troop of rogues and wizards, they will unlock the power of three transforming giant dragons known as Rune Gods and rush to the Pillar's aid...but there's more going on at the heart of Cefiro than they know! Features...
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Widow has been a spy almost as long as she's been alive. And she's never stopped running, whether she was working for the good guys or the bad. But now something is very wrong with Natasha: she's...happy?! Retirement definitely agrees with the world's deadliest woman, as she revels in the perfect life that she never dreamed she could have. But scratch the surface of that perfect life and you'll find something very wrong lurking beneath it...and...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Yui summons Seiryu and uses one of her wishes to make Nakago a god. She then sends Miaka back to the real world to separate her from Tamahome, but Tamahome holds on to Miaka, and the couple is sent to present-day Japan together. Suboshi follows Yui to Japan, intent on destroying Miaka for Yui. Simultaneous battles rage in both The Universe of the Four Gods and in present-day Japan, and Celestial Warriors die. But Yui is soon to discover that having...
Series
Black Widow volume 3
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"With Apogee in her rear view mirror, Natasha pushes forward once again with her plans to become the hero that San Francisco needs. But when an old source sends Natasha and her team looking for an enigmatic pair known only as the Twins, the Black Widow has to confront the fact that Apogee may not be as far in the past as she had hoped. Are the Twins friends or foes? And can the Black Widow uncover the true agenda of the mysterious manipulator in time...
Author
Publisher
Action Lab Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With Bedelia left behind, Adrienne and Sparky are on their own for the first time since they left the tower...and it's not going well. Alize's castle is somewhere in the Great Southern Desert, but they can't find it! They've been lost in the desert for days and when tempers flare, Adrienne may find herself alone and in peril on her quest. But what waits for her in the desert is more amazing than she could have imagined...and more deadly. It's time...
Author
Publisher
Action Lab Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Adrienne has one last sister left to save, but she's going to have to go through a maze, a minotaur, and her own father to get there. And far away in the woods of the elves Devin, Tempest, Kira, and Noni have been taken captive. They're all in danger and the only one who can save them is Tempest. Is she really the daughter of the fallen elf king and queen? Everyone is waiting for her to wake up to find out."--Provided by publisher.
18) War Mother
Author
Publisher
Valiant Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Two millennia from today, Earth has been ravaged by an endless onslaught of war and the world is filled with secretive enclaves where humanity still clings to life, such as The Grove, Earth's last known repository of scientific knowledge and bioengineered prosperity. Now, under the leadership of a lone protector called War Mother and her sentient sniper rifle, the denizens of The Grove must decide whether to remain where they are and die, or find...
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