Jama-Everett, Ayize
Summary: "When Black graduate student Lyndsey begins her dissertation work on a mysterious box that pops up during the most violent and troubled time in Africana history, she has no idea that her research will lead her on a phantasmagorical journey from West Philadelphia riots to Haitian slave uprisings. Wherever Lyndsey finds someone who has seen the Box, chaos ensues. Soon, even her own sanity falls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosarium Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BOXMaddox, Jake
Summary: Recently resettled in America, Adnan Zakaria is a Syrian refugee whose skateboarding ability is the only thing that allows him to make a connection with the other kids in his neighborhood--but when his skateboard disappears and turns up in the possession of a local troublemaker Adnan will have to out-skate his foe in order to win it back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2018
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Summary: Grace loves swimming and is excited about joining the relay team, but not being able to make friends with teammate Chloe upsets her, especially when Chloe blames Grace for a disqualification. Includes discussion questions, information about swimming, and glossaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MADMaddox, Jake
Summary: Best friends Sondra and Jonathan save up enough money to attend their dream skateboarding camp, but when their cabins go against each other in competition, Sondra and Jonathan's friendship is tested.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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Summary: "When Jackson 'Jax' Kingsford gets to play in the state hockey tournament, he has to play against his former best friend, Archer Foss. The two were once neighbors and best friends. But then Archer's family moved, splitting up their friendship. What will happen when Jax and Archer face off against each other in the big game?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: At his grandfather's farm, Toby joins his cousin and friends for nature runs in the woods, navigating their homemade obstacle course, but fears he may reinjure his ankle in the upcoming Wild Run. Includes discussion questions, notes about obstacle courses, and glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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Summary: While practicing for the Tower Hills Half-Pipe Challenge, Payton Park suffers an embarrassing wipeout, which his friend and competitor Matt posts to the internet where it becomes an instant sensation; now he is having trouble putting the fall behind him, and remembering that having talent is only part of success--it also takes a lot of hard work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: Crossing the Great Mountains to return home, Bird and Squirrel rescue a baby bear from wolves before Bird suffers a bonk on the head that gives him amnesia, a situation that tests Squirrel's ability to protect his friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2015
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Summary: When Bird and Squirrel are charged with taking care of Bird's daughter, Birdie, the three decide to have some fun and venture out into the forest in search of the elusive Bigfoot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2019
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Summary: "Gator has just never seemed to fit in with the other neighborhood pets--probably because he has a nasty hait of eating the other neighborhood pets. Flushed down the toilet as just a little snapper, Gator spends his days alone in the sewers. On the streets above, little Gabby has never seemed to fit in with the other kids in town. She'd rather collect bottles and practice her tuba than gossip...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2020
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Summary: Reluctantly teaming up with Squirrel for a cross-country race, Bird navigates the scorching desert heat and another team's dirty tricks while learning important lessons about endurance, sportsmanship, and teamwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BURBurks, James (James R.)
Summary: Squirrel and Bird return home and Bird wants to celebrate, but Squirrel's desire to clean his house, a dammed up river, and a growing menace making the forest animals jittery may be enough to kill the party mood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2017
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Summary: Agent 9 and his his robotic partner FiN are called in by the Super-Secret Spy Service to save the world from bumbling supervillain King Crab and his diabolical plans to melt the polar ice caps and build a massive water park.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC AGEPatterson, James
Summary: Torn from their parents in a society increasingly controlled by the government, fifteen-year-old Wisty and her older brother, Whit, are incarcerated in a totalitarian prison where they discover they have incredible supernatural powers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2011
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Summary: Presents a fictionalized version of the life of Satchel Paige, who began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues in Alabama in the 1920s and who, although kept out of the major leagues for years by Jim Crow laws, went on to become a world-class athlete.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Jump at the Sun 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PAITurner, James.
Summary: "Nul keeps Nil's great bureaucratic morass free from both ideology and idealism in his job on the deconstruction ship the Derrida, destroying belief systems before they can infect the blank ranks of unbelievers. But when Nul is falsely charged with murder, he embarks on a journey that takes him to the front lines of the war with Nil's cheery neighbor country, Optima, and to the very brink of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SLG Publishing 1994
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Summary: "Johnny Boo creates an incredible Ice Cream Computer that can turn anything into delicious ice cream. Old toys that you don't want to play with anymore? Ice cream! Clods of dirt and grass? Ice cream! It works great ... until Squiggle decides to turn himself into ice cream! Then: Johnny Boo time travels to the future, where the Mean Little Boy tries to add him to his butterfly collection. Can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC KOCPatterson, James
Summary: Whit and Wisty are willing to sacrifice anything to save kids from the New Order and earn roles of leadership within the resistance, but Wisty has been selected by The One as "The One Who Has the Gift," and she and Whit seek out what that means as they travel through Overworld and Shadowland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WITTynion, James
Summary: "All the world's a stage ... but what happens behind the curtain is pure magic--literally! The Backstagers are back in (stage) blacks, for a festive collection of Valentine's Day and Halloween stories! Join Jory and the rest of the Backstagers as they wrestle with anti-Valentine crusades, totally creepy phantoms (NOT of the opera), and the everpresent magic of the backstage world in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boom! Box, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TYNTynion, James
Summary: "On a brisk fall day in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School vanished without a trace. Countless light years away, far outside the bounds of the charted universe, 513 people find themselves in the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Where are they? Why are they there? The answers will prove stranger...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 WOOSnyder, Scott
Summary: "Batman's city is burning. In the months since Commissioner Jim Gordon fell from grace, criminal empires have risen. Martial law has been declared. Arkham Asylum has been emptied. Bruce Wayne has been bankrupted. And Gotham City has been torn apart. Batman and his allies have fought their way up the food chain and put down a slew of madmen and masterminds. Yet each hard-earned victory and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATRobertson, Nicholas James
Summary: When Archie is woken by a scary noise in the night, he turns to his fox friend Reddie to help him get to the bottom of it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Fox cousins Archie and Reddie are back, and their mission is to find Archie's favorite hat, which has mysteriously gone missing, so they can enjoy the Hat Day party with all their friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ROBSmith, James Otis
Summary: ""Black Heroes of the Wild West" celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black historical figures in the Old West: Mary "Stagecoach" Fields, a cardplaying coach driver; Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy S Marshall west of the Mississippi; and Bob Lemmons, a cowboy famous for his ability to tame mustangs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Graphics 2020