Catalog Search Results
1) New kid
Author
Series
New Kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
215 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From the groundbreaking and award-winning sister-brother team behind Babymouse comes a middle-grade, graphic-novel memoir. Following the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, 'Sunny Side Up' is at once a compelling 'problem' story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world" -- Provided by publisher.
6) El deafo
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--Provided by publisher.
8) Snapdragon
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Snap's town has a witch. And when Snap's dog goes missing, the first place she looks is the witch's house. She finds her dog there, recovering from being hit by a car, in the care of a woman named Jacks. She is a crocks-wearing, internet-savvy older woman who collects roadkill, puts their spirits to rest, and cleans and sells their articulated skeletons online. They make a deal: If Jacks teaches Snap how to take care of a crate of orphaned baby opossums...
10) Roller girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Astrid signs up for roller derby camp, but her best friend Nicole chooses dance. While making new friends and struggling with a new sport, Astrid fears she is losing Nicole.
11) Cardboard
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Cam's father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday, they fashion it into a man that comes to life, but things spin out of control when a bully steals a scrap of the cardboard to create creatures that disobey his orders and multiply into an army.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The author tells the story of his life in graphic-novel format. Thirteen-year-old Jimmy has everything going for him until a series of events causes him to lose everything. However, through it all he pursues his dream to create comic books. Finally, a friend gives him an idea that changes his life.
13) Estranged
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Edmund and the Childe were swapped at birth. Now Edmund lives in secret as a changeling in the World Above, his fae powers hidden from his unsuspecting parents and his older sister, Alexis. The Childe lives among the fae in the World Below, where being a human makes him a curiosity at the royal palace. But when the cruel sorceress Hawthorne seizes the throne, the Childe and Edmund must unite on a dangerous quest to save both worlds--even if they’re...
14) Bad island
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
218 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Reese and his family are stranded on an island during a boating trip, they discover the island is not what it seems when the island's lethal inhabitants come after them.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Dany, Madison, and... wait -- another Dany?! -- must navigate some very complicated friendships while trying to capture a magical dog that is turning their town upside-down! Almost everything is going great for Dany. She and Madison are still best friends, she still has her magic sketchbook, and the new school year is looking up. But when Dany creates a duplicate of herself to secretly help with homework and raise her social status, the two of them...
16) Lily the thief
Author
Publisher
First second
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Lily is a young novice who dreams of being a master thief. That's not easy when the Guildmaster of Thieves only assigns you the lowliest jobs: pick-pocketing, trespassing, and petty theft. But on one of these meager quests, Lily unearths a plot involving a mysterious cult and long-forgotten gods -- a secret that could destroy the whole world. Lily must fight to save the same people who have branded her an outcast. Can she use her cunning to put...
17) Major Impossible
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869, he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition-- ten men in four boats-- to float through the Grand Canyon. Ten explorers went in, but only six came out....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Featuring dazzling art from the Paramount+ and Nickelodeon animated series, and starring all the charming characters of Lincoln Peirce's bestselling books, Big Nate: Destined for Awesomeness includes hilarious graphic novel adaptations of three different episodes."--
19) City of secrets
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Since his father's death, Ever Barnes has secretly been in charge of an amazing mechanical building but now, ruffians are after him and his new friend Hannah, the building owner's spunky daughter.
20) The Giver
Author
Series
The giver quartet volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
176 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Jonas' life assignment is as the Receiver of Memory, where he will apprentice the Giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia: color, emotion, and even more complicated secrets.