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Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Language
English
Description
"When their mother sends them packing, the Three Little Pigs are forced to build houses of their own. They better be sturdy and strong because the Big Bad Wolf is on the prowl, and he's ready to huff and puff his way inside. Will they survive against this hungry beast? Or will the pigs become his next tasty treat?"--Unedited summary from book.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ohmsha
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A guide to human physiology that combines Japanese-style manga cartoons with educational content. Topics include the circulatory system, respiratory organs, digestive system, and the brain and nervous system, as well as concepts like genes, reproduction, and the endocrine system"--
Author
Publisher
Limerance Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Asexuality is often called The Invisible Orientation. You don't learn about it in school, you don't hear 'ace' on television. So, it's kinda hard to be ace in a society so steeped in sex that no one knows you exist. Too many young people grow up believing that their lack of sexual desire means they are broken, so writer Molly Muldoon and cartoonist Will Hernandez, both in the ace community, are here to shed light on society's misconceptions of asexuality...
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The face of comic books began to change in the twenty-first century as artists and creators moved beyond typical superhero themes. A new generation of comics creators focused on nontraditional characters including females, ethnic and religious minorities, and LGBTQ figures. Whatever the fears, hopes, and dreams of people in a changing world, comic book artists will be there to illustrate the good and the bad, using panels on a page to reimagine the...
Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press/Graphic Mundi
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of short comics about the COVID-19 pandemic. Diverse artists address disruptions in work, school, and family life as well as failures in public policy, racial biases, and systemic inequalities revealed by the pandemic"--
9) Just pretend
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Tori makes up stories all of the time, so she has never lived in just one world. Those stories might just save her when her world seems to crumble"--
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In a bright graphic format featuring four dynamic middle schoolers, You Know, Sex grounds sex education in social justice, covering not only the big three of puberty-hormones, reproduction, and development-but also power, pleasure, and how to be a decent human being. Centering young people's experiences of pressures and joy, risk and reward, and confusion and discovery, there are chapters on body autonomy, disclosure, stigma, harassment, pornography,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
GN 830L
Language
English
Description
"Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
13) Red harvest
Author
Publisher
NBM Graphic Novels
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin waged a brutal war against the Soviet peasantry leading to the Holodomor, the terror-famine that killed at least 4 million Ukrainians during the fall and winter of 1932-33. Red Harvest is based on the tragic events that took place in Soviet Ukraine and other parts of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1933. Stalin and the ruling Communist Party began their program of forced large-scale collectivization of individual farms...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance, the most persecuted man on Earth, Alex Jones, gives you the good news about the failing plans of the globalists to control humanity.--
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In 1863, America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one each from East and West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous. The work falls to immigrant laborers from the lowest economic classes. They accomplish astounding feats of engineering while waiting for an answer: Will those...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Persepolis is the story of Satrapi?s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna, facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming?both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland....
17) Trouble
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"There's a new governess at Fairmont House, and she's going to be nothing but trouble. Emily Laurence is a liar. She is not polite, she's not polished, and she has never taught a child in her life. This position was meant to be her sister's--brilliant, kind Amy, who isn't perpetually angry, dangerously reckless, and who does (inexplicably) like children. But Amy is unwell and needs a doctor, their father is gone and their mother is useless, so here...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A guide to contemporary Judaism by law professor and public intellectual Noah Feldman"--
What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, the legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a wide-ranging interpretation of Judaism in its current varieties. How do Jews today understand their relationship...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist, yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear style of abstract musings defies categorization. Moreover, those who champion its sanctity and compete to claim its mantle offer widely diverging interpretations of its core message at times with explosive results. Building...
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Whether it is a real place, a human construct, an idea or a superstition, hell holds a place of honor in culture, literature, and religion throughout the ages. Journey beyond the gates of the underworld into diverse and unique versions of hell, with two extraordinary guides: Seymour Chwast and Steven Heller. Like Dante in the footsteps of Virgil, you will navigate through the most burning (or icy!) dark realms that lurk in the heart of the human...