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Author
Series
I survived (Graphic novels) volume 3
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
In a Jewish ghetto, Max Rosen and his sister, Zena, struggle to live after their father is taken away by the Nazis. With barely enough food to survive, the siblings make a daring escape from Nazi soldiers into the nearby forest. Max and Zena are brought to a safe camp by Jewish resistance fighters. But soon, bombs are falling all around them. Can Max and Zena survive the fallout of the Nazi invasion?
2) Tokyo Rose - Zero hour: a Japanese woman's persecution and ultimate redemption after World War II
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Tells the true story of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American woman who was visiting relatives in Tokyo shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trapped in Japan, Iva was pressed to renounce her American citizenship, but refused. As war raged across the Pacific, she took a job with Radio Tokyo-where she was forced to host "Zero Hour," a propaganda show aimed at demoralizing American troops-in the role of Tokyo Rose, the "Siren of the Pacific.""--Publisher's...
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Lee moves his family to Metropolis, his son Tommy adjusts to the new neighborhood while daughter Roberta feels out of place, so when the evil Klan of the Fiery Cross begins a string of terrorist attacks on the city, Superman fights them, and Roberta and Superman soon learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart.
Series
Publisher
DC Zoom
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Karen Beecher, Lois Lane, and Harleen Quinzel are the top three students on the leaderboard at Metropolis High, and the upcoming midterms will determine who is the best in the class, but each girl must first face trials from their real lives."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Cassandra Cain, teenage assassin, isn't exactly Batgirl material... yet. Will she step out of the shadows and overcome her greatest obstacle--that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero? Lucky for Cass, she won't have to defy her destiny alone. With the help of her new mentors, noodle shop owner Jackie Fujikawa Yoneyama and a librarian named Barbara Gordon, she'll attempt to answer this question the only way she knows how: learning...
Series
DC super hero girls (Shea Fontana) volume 9
Publisher
DC Zoom
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Green Lantern, Bumblebee, and Zatanna are continually late to class because of their crime-fighting, so they must join after-school clubs to avoid being suspended and revealing their secret identities.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity: the Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang has revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that...
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Earth's new Green Lantern, Jessica Cruz, learns that she must report to Oa and introduce herself to the Green Lantern Corps. Luckily, some of her new friends accompany Jessica. While the spacefaring girls take on an intergalactic threat, the Earthbound students are faced with pet-sitting Krypto! 6 x 9.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It's science fair time at Metropolis High, and the DC Super Hero Girls are very excited--except for Zee Zatara. Magic is her life, and science seems so dull in comparison. When she tries to help her friends with their projects, things keep going wrong. Is her magic causing the science to go haywire? Actually, science is just like being part of a superhero team: when you combine the right ingredients, it's magic."--
Series
Rivers of London graphic novels volume 1
Publisher
Titan
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Peter Grant, having become the first English apprentice wizard in fifty years, must immediately deal with two different but ultimately inter-related cases. In one he must find what is possessing ordinary people and turning them into vicious killers, and in the second he must broker a peace between the two warring gods of the River Thames.
Author
Series
I survived (Graphic novels) volume 4
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"When Lucas decides to skip school because he wants to discuss football with a firefighter friend of his father, he finds himself caught up in the terrorist attacks on New York City."
Series
DC super hero girls (Shea Fontana) volume 7
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The student heroes of Super Hero High must think small in order to rescue the people of Atlantis after the evil Brainiac shrinks the underwater city.
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Get to know Captain Marvel and her spacefaring allies with these classic adventures! Who are the Kree warriors known as Starforce? Ronan the Accuser makes first contact between the Kree and Earth -- and he may be judge, jury, and executioner for the Fantastic Four! The vicious Colonel Yon-Rogg of the Kree brands Captain Mar-Vell a traitor for defending the people of Earth, leading Mar-Vell to assume the human identity of Walter Lawson and become...
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Loki's villainous machinations pit Spider-Man and the X-Men against unfamiliar foes! Spidey has his hands full with powerful sparring partners like Graviton, Magneto and the terrifying Tri-Sentinel - but when a cosmic upgrade boosts his powers, the ruthless Doctor Doom puts Spider-Man in his crosshairs! Meanwhile, the X-Men take on the Mandarin - and Psylocke is transformed! Teeth meet claws when Wolverine battles Tiger Shark! Nitro and the Vulture...
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Barbie continues on her fashion adventure, this time designing for one of the world's biggest pop stars. But when Barbie experiences designer's block and can't get in the stitch of things, helping out a shy drummer may get her back on track! " --page [4] of cover.
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of Eddie Brock's transformation into Venom, including the saga of the Sin-Eater that led to Eddie's downfall and the dark origin of Venom, which reveals how two lost souls, with a shared hatred of Spider-Man, became one.
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"On October 1, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada suffered the worst mass shooting in modern American history, resulting in 58 deaths and over 500 injured. It broke my heart. Las Vegas is my home. I felt like something needed to be done to help in a unique way."--JH WILLIAMS III, Artist and Curating Editor This "unique way" was the genesis of the WHERE WE LIVE anthology--a riveting collection of both fictional stories and actual eye-witness accounts told by...
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