Palacio, R. J.
Summary: Tells the story of Julian's Grandmaere's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Palacio 2019Wiebe, Kurtis J.
Summary: In 1940, as Calais, France, falls to the Germans during World War II, an American boy named Peter Panzerfaust rallies a group of orphans to work together to survive and find their way to safety.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics/Shadowline 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PETGendry-Kim, Keum Suk
Summary: "Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: she was separated from her sister during the Korean War. It's not an uncommon story--the peninsula was split down the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Beowulf and Grendel are in war-torn Spain, where honor is hard-fought, allegiances are dubious, and the bulls run wild. Amidst it all comes a young knight named Rodrigo, who fights for the name he's lost, the land he loves, and the virtue they've both forgotten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FAJLutes, Jason
Summary: "Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens--Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters' lives into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2018
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Summary: "The third and final act of Jason Lutes's historical fiction about the Weimar Republic begins with Hitler arriving in Berlin. With the National Socialist party now controlling Parliament, the citizenry becomes even more divided. Lutes steps back from the larger political upheaval, using the intertwining lives of a small group of Germans to zero in on the rise of fascism and how swiftly it can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LUTMorhain, Jorge Claudio
Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic story, Dorian Gray hides a monstrous secret in his attic--a portrait that ages and shows the results of his hedonistic and selfish lifestyle while he remains ever-youthful and handsome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: "In Taisho-era Japan, kindhearted Tanjiro Kamado makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life... After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021
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1 available in Manga, Call number: YA FIC GOTKullab, Samya
Summary: "A fictionalized account of a family fleeing war-torn Syria after their home in Aleppo is destroyed. They endure wretched refugee camps, ocean crossings, swindlers - all to find safety in the West."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 971 KULVermette, Katherena
Summary: While adjusting to a new home and school, Echo finds herself traveling back in time to 1816 in the middle of a Métis bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairie just before a deadly battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highwater Press 2018
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2 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 GIRGotoge, Koyoharu
Summary: "At Mt. Natagumo, Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke battle a terrible family of spider demons. Taking on such powerful enemies demands all the skill and luck Tanjiro has as he and his companions fight to rescue Nezuko from the spiders' web. The battle is drawing in other Demon Slayers but not all of them will leave Mt. Natagumo alive--or in one piece!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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Summary: "During the violent upheaval of the Bakumatsu era, Hitokiri Battosai was a feared and ruthless assassin. But now that the Meiji Restoration has begun to heal the wounds of civil war, Battosai has taken up a new name ... and a new calling! He is now Himura Kenshin, a rurouni wanderer who has vowed to only draw his sword to protect those in need. But not everyone is pleased with Kenshin's new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RUREdginton, Ian
Summary: "Jane Austen se refirió a Orgullo y prejuicio, la primera de sus novelas publicadas, como su "querido niño". Generaciones de lectores lo han llevado a su corazón desde entonces. Y es que la irresistible atracción que relata entre la brillante e independiente Elizabeth Bennet y el solemnemente austero Sr. Darcy, se ha convertido en una de las historias de amor más románticas y más divertidas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bruguera Contemporánea 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH AUSHoshino, Katsura
Summary: "D.Gray-man is the story of Allen Walker, who roams a fictional 19th century Earth in search of Innocence, a mysterious substance used to fight demons called akuma. Allen questions whether he is willing fight the Clan of Noah, followers of the Millennium Earl. After all, he signed up to kill akuma, not humans! With his left eye injured, he can no longer tell akuma from humans, making him a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2013
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Summary: "In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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Summary: "D.Gray-man is the story of Allen Walker, who roams a fictional 19th century Earth in search of Innocence, a mysterious substance used to fight demons called akuma. Allen has had his heart pierced and his Innocence pulverized by an assassin from the Clan of Noah. Allen is taken to the Asian branch of the Black Order to heal. He is keen to rejoin the battle, but he will not be able to fight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2014
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Summary: While under the care of the Demon Slayer Corps leaders, Shinobu, Tanjiro, Zenitusu, Inosuke and Zesuko have recovered. They have even learned a new and powerful technique--Total Concentration! They'll need this new power and all their skill on their next demon-hunting mission aborad the mysterious Infinity Train as it takes them into the dreams of demons!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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Summary: "In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2019
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Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic, the ex-convict Jean Valjean strives to build a new life in nineteenth century Paris and protect his adopted daughter, Cosette, but he is pursued by the fanatical police inspector Javert who does not believe in redemption--until it is too late for both of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: As Canute plots to become ruler of the entire Danish world, Thorfinn's only ambition is to see a harvest profitable enough to buy his own life back. But the fates of prince and slave will come together once again, as Canute plans to seize Ketil Farm from its kindhearted master. What sinister tricks does the have up his sleeve, and could they dash Thorfinn's hopes for freedom? Meanwhile, Einar's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2015
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Summary: "The fight with Kokushibo, the highest-ranking demon among Muzan's servants, is over. Although Himejima and Sanemi defeated Kokushibo and sent him to hell, the price the Demon Slayer Corps has paid is very high. Kiriya Ubuyashiki, the new leader of the Demon Slayers, struggles to recover from the losses. With the battle against Muzan far from over, the remaining fighters will need his help more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021
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1 available in Manga, Call number: YA FIC GOTSearle, Sarah Winifred
Summary: Patience is a kindhearted country girl, eking out a living in Edwardian England as tremors of social change rock the world around her. When she starts her employment in formal service on the grounds of an opulent country manor, she has no idea that her own personal revolution is about to begin. Selfless, dutiful, and just a touch naive, she takes to both her place as a parlor maid and to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SEASulaiman, Hamid
Summary: "It is spring 2012 and 40,000 people have died since the start of the Syrian Arab Spring. In the wake of this, Yasmine has set up a clandestine hospital in the north of the country. Her town is controlled by Assad's brutal regime, but is relatively stable. However, as the months pass, the situation becomes increasingly complex and violent. Told in stark, beautiful black-and-white imagery,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2018
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Summary: "In the fourth volume of A Girl Called Echo, Echo Desjardins resumes her time travel and learns more about Métis history in Canada, including the "road allowance" land set aside by the crown, and the former community known as "Rooster Town" in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She also witnesses the trial of Louis Riel in Regina, Saskatchewan."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2021