Trina Robbins
Author
Series
Chicagoland Detective Agency volume no. 1
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 570L
Language
English
Description
Required to attend summer school after moving to Chicagoland, thirteen-year-old manga-lover Megan Yamamura needs help from twelve-year-old computer genius Raf to escape the maniacal principal's mind-control experiment.
Author
Series
Chicagoland Detective Agency volume 4
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 710L
Language
English
Description
Ousted from Stepford Prep, Megan attends a prospective students event with friend Raf and talking dog Bradley at Pine Lake Academy, where Raf is possessed by the spirit of a teenaged girl from the 1910s after drinking from an old water fountain.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 610L
Language
English
Description
"In graphic novel format, tells the life story of Florence Nightingale, the English nurse who reformed military hospitals during the Crimean War and became the founder of modern nursing"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Chicagoland Detective Agency volume no. 6
Publisher
Lerner Pub Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 480L
Language
English
Description
"Megan's new friend Luna has a mystery for the Chicagoland Detective Agency to solve: who's been following her and stealing the notes for her science fair experiment? Luna's experiment is all about potions"--
Author
Series
Chicagoland Detective Agency volume 2
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 580L
Language
English
Description
As the founders of the Chicagoland Detective Agency, a haiku-writing girl and a boy with a talking dog have more than enough cases on their hands (and paws) when a friend vanishes, a mummy's amulet disappears, and an evil scientist stalks human brains and hearts.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2011]
Lexile measure
GN 510L
Language
English
Description
Presents the early life of the cartoon artist, describing her escape to England from Nazi Austria as a child, her move to wartime New York with her parents, and her work as a pioneering cartoon artist, creating heroines who fought the Nazis.
Author
Series
Chicagoland Detective Agency volume no. 5
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 430L
Language
English
Description
Raf, Megan, and talking-dog pal Bradley are abducted by aliens from the planet Fnarf III, where dogs are in charge and people are pets, to help locate the missing Princess Zu-La.
Author
Series
My boyfriend is a monster volume 8
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 330L
Language
English
Description
Aspiring comic book artist Morning Glory Conroy is delighted to be in a relationship with new student Gabriel, but her best friend Julia needs her, Gabriel's cousin Luci keeps causing trouble, and other crises keep arising, making her wonder if the heavens are against them.
12) From far away
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
On her way home from school one day, Noriko is unexpectedly plunged into a strange and extraordinary fantasy world. Her troubles compound exponentially when she is rescued and befriended by a handsome young man by the name of Izark. He may be brave and courageous, but inside Izark lurks the darkest evil imaginable. And according to an ancient prophecy, Noriko possesses the power to unleash that evil. Now, inexorably bound together, these two unlikely...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"[A] nuanced critique of gender and heroism in popular culture as well as a powerful dose of Vitamin F(eminism) for the undernourished. From the birth of the 1940s comic book heroine, Wonder Woman, to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society's anxieties about strong and healthy women. Wonder Women! reveals the complicated negotiations girls and women face as they attempt...