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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Graphic novels aren't just for superheroes! Patrick Henry has been plucked from history books and his life and accomplishments have been depicted in informative nonfiction graphic novels. The subject's birth, childhood, education, and community service have been skillfully told with detailed art. Further reading lists, timelines, glossaries, and indexes make these titles useful in classroom discussion.
3) Bernie
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English
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Sanders' upbringing in a struggling working-class family in a hardscrabble section of Brooklyn during the 1950s taught him that poverty is a disease, one that affects us all. Incredibly, the lessons he learned back then are revolutionizing the political process this year, marking the resurgence of political progressivism on the left at the same time as the two-party system seems to be on the way out. From McGovern's 1972 loss to Nixon to the Occupy...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In 1777, on a cold and stormy night in the New York Colony, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington makes a dangerous and difficult ride to warn the local militiamen that the British Army is looting and burning nearby Danbury, Connecticut.
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Jedi Academy volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown takes readers to a middle school in a galaxy far, far away...This incredible, original story captures all of the humor, awkwardness, fun, and frustrations of middle school—all told through one boy's comics, journal entries, letters, doodles, and newspaper clippings. The setting? A galaxy far, far away...Roan's one dream is to leave home and attend Pilot Academy like his older
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Plants vs. zombies (Graphic novels) volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Young adventurers Patrice and Nate have followed neighborhood defender Crazy Dave throughout time—but are they ready to investigate a school campus to keep the streets safe from zombies? In Plants vs. Zombies: Bully For You, they'll be visiting a very strange college in an attempt to take down Dr. Zomboss yet again—and any school visit's tolerable if you get to battle zombies! Paul Tobin (Prometheus, Bandette) and Ron Chan (The...
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English
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The home front during World War II was one of blackouts, Victory Gardens, war bonds and scrap drives. It was also a time of social upheaval with women on the assembly line and in the armed forces and African-Americans serving and working in a Jim Crow war effort. See how Superman, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and others helped fight World War II via comic books and strips, single-panel and editorial cartoons, and even ads. Cartoons for Victory showcases...
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Wallace the brave volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Follows the adventures of Wallace, his best friend Spud, and new girl Amelia, as they explore their hometown of Snug Harbor.
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These casually drawn, perfectly on-point comics by the hugely popular young Brooklyn-based artist Sarah Andersen are for the rest of us. They document the wasting of entire beautiful weekends on the internet, the unbearable agony of holding hands on the street with a gorgeous guy, and dreaming all day of getting home and back into pajamas. In other words, the horrors and awkwardness of young modern life. Oh and they are totally not autobiographical....
15) The fountain
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English
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A graphic novel based on filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's movie "The Fountain" in which one man embarks on a thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves.
16) Archie Volume 3
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Archie (2015) volume 3
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English
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The all-new ARCHIE adventure continues! Superstar writer Mark Waid teams up with the best and brightest artists in comics to bring a modern take to the legendary Riverdale cast of characters. The audiobook captures the bite and hilarious edge of Archie's original tales in a modern, forward-looking manner, while still retaining the character's all-ages appeal. If classic Archie is a Saturday morning cartoon, this new series is prime time! Adapted from...
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, author Nathan Hale channels his namesake to present history's roughest, toughest, and craziest stories in the graphic novel format.
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Jedi Academy volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown returns for the third installation of the NY Times Bestseller Star Wars: Jedi Academy!
Author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown returns for the third installation of the NY Times Bestseller Star Wars: Jedi Academy!20) Eartha
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For a thousand years, the unfinished dreams from the City Across the Sea came to Echo Fjord to find sanctuary. Emerging from the soil, they took bodily form and wandered the land, gently guided by the fjord folk. But recently they've stopped coming, and Eartha wants solve the mystery. Without thought or hesitation, the city isn't on any map, or in anyone's memory, she ventures into the limitless waters, hoping to find the City.