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2) Life sucks
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Teen vampire Dave Miller, facing the prospect of eternity stocking shelves at an all-night, vampire-owned convenience store in Los Angeles, becomes involved with Rosa, a mortal with a fascination for the dark side, only to find himself in competition for her attentions with a psychotic surfer-vamp.
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks,...
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the past century, what's left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped in fear of the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming human-kind, but the sudden appearance of an enormous Titan is about change everything.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Join Taako the elf wizard, Merle the dwarf cleric, and Magnus the human warrior for an adventure they are poorly equipped to handle AT BEST, guided ("guided") by their snarky DM, in a graphic novel that, like the smash-hit podcast it's based on, will tickle your funny bone, tug your heartstrings, and probably pants you if you give it half a chance." --
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer, the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper, seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, 'Jeff' was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In [this story], a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf...
8) Dragon hoops
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
"Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him 'Stick' and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....
9) Marzi
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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10) Persepolis 2
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Contains black-and-white comic strip images in which the author continues the story of her life, discussing her move from Iran to Vienna in 1984, her feelings of alienation in the foreign country, and her return home where she starts college, falls in love, and questions whether she can continue to live in the repressive society.
11) In limbo
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.
"Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves"--Publisher...
13) Honor girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep in the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys in a really deep way, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing . . . until one confounding moment. A split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love for...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur pâtissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge. It is nothing like co-ed club hockey back in Georgia! First of all? There's checking (anything that hinders the player with posession of the puck, ranging from a stick check all the way to a physical sweep). And then, there is Jack-- his very...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick has even found the courage to come out to his mom. But coming out isn't something that happens just once, and Nick and Charlie try to figure out when to tell their friends that they're dating. Not being out to their classmates gets even harder during a school trip to Paris. As Nick and Charlie's feelings get more serious, they'll need each other more than...
17) Skim
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Wiccan goth teen Kimberly Keiko Cameron sinks into a growing depression after her classmate's ex-boyfriend kills himself, sparking a school revolution that forces all the students to redefine themselves.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. This edition features beautiful two-color artwork. Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book. -- Rainbow Rowell, author of Carry On. Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows,...
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