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Hey, it's Mike, with brand-spanking new titles hitting our shelves in August! This month is a bit light for beginning readers but 4th-6th graders are in for a treat. Not one but TWO Godzilla books are hitting our shelves. We also have new comic biographies of Stephen Curry and Mia Hamm. Those are highlighted below. If you want some real fun, give Adventuregame Comics: Samurai Vs. Ninja a try. It's like no other choose-your-own-adventure style of book you've seen before. |
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Peach and Plum : double trouble!
by Tim McCanna
In this laugh-out-loud early graphic novel with five short stories and five mini-comics, Peach and Plum face some unbe-LEAF-able new challenges, including babysitting troublesome twins to helping a trio of lost ducklings find their way back home.
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How it all ends
by Emma Hunsinger
A funny, vulnerable, and disarming debut graphic novel from Emma Hunsinger, the creator of the popular “How to Draw a Horse.” How It All Ends is a book about being overwhelmed by who you are and who you might be—and all the possibilities in between.
Thirteen-year-old Tara lives inside the nonstop adventure of her imagination. It’s far more entertaining than dull, everyday life. But when she’s bumped from seventh grade directly to high school, she gets a dramatic jolt to reality.
Now Tara is part of a future she doesn’t feel at all ready for. She's not ready to watch the racy shows the high school kids like, or to listen to the angsty music, or to stop playing make-believe with her younger brother. She’s not ready to change for PE in front of everyone, or for the chaos of the hallways, or for the anarchy of an English class that’s overrun with fourteen-year-old boys.
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Garfield Donut Disturb : His 76th Book
by Jim Davis
The beloved voracious orange cat returns in his 76th full-color compilation comic strip book that focuses on his new superpower: devouring huge amounts of donuts and taking marathon naps.
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Stephen Curry
by Josh Bycel
A thrilling graphic novel about Stephen Curry's underdog story and meteoric rise to becoming one of the greatest basketball players of all time!
Stephen Curry is considered one of the—if not the—greatest shooters of all time. But his road to greatness was filled with plenty of bumps and obstacles. Coaches and players always told him he was too small and too short to be truly great.
Even when Curry declared his eligibility for the NBA, a scouting report noted that he “lacks great height, length or strength, and possesses below average lateral quickness…making him a potential defensive liability.”
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Darkwing Duck - Negaduck 1 : The Evil Opposite!
by Jeff Parker
“I am the screeching fingernail on the chalkboard of justice. I am the sour ball in the candy jar of goodness. I am NEGADUCK!”
He’s the exact opposite of Darkwing Duck in every way... evil, nefarious, dedicated to stealing lollipops from kids and not helping grandmas across the street! And now, he’s ready to begin a reign of crime and terror the likes of which St. Canard has never seen ― except... dang it, all of the other villains are ripping off his ideas! What’s a criminal mastermind to do when the city’s thick with other criminals, stealing his shine?
Why, take his villainy on the road, of course!
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Godzilla : Monster Island Summer Camp
by Rosie Knight
As an aspiring cartoonist, Zelda has always dreamed of attending an art summer camp, and this year she finally gets to go! But when she arrives to Make It Summer Camp, she’s horrified to see the easels and sketch boards have been replaced with dodgeball and calisthenics. The camp is under new, suspicious management that’s turned it into an extreme sports nightmare.
Determined to salvage her summer, Zelda escapes to a secluded corner of the island. Here she can finally draw in peace. At least until she stumbles into a portal to a fantastic world!
Welcome to Monster Island, Zelda!
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Pearl
by Sherri L. Smith
Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl who lives in Hawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visit family in Hiroshima for the first time. But this is 1941. When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes impossible for Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating English radio transmissions for the Japanese army, Amy struggles with questions of loyalty and fears about her family amidst rumors of internment camps in America -- even as she makes a new best friend and, over the years, Japan starts to feel something like home. Torn between two countries at war, Amy must figure out where her loyalties lie and, in the face of unthinkable tragedy, find hope in the rubble of a changed world.
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Godzilla : The Complete Monsters & Protectors
by Erik Burnham
When a coldly single-minded businessman uses an untested element to create clean energy for a profit, he inadvertently awakens the beast from the deep! It will be up to three intrepid middle-school students, Cedric, Emily, and Anderson—with a little magic help from Infant Island—to show Godzilla that not all humans are bad…and that there is still hope for Planet Earth.
Then, Godzilla has been missing for a year and Cedric desperately needs new content for his vlog. No sightings means no destruction, and that’s not a bad thing but his views are dropping and he’s facing competition and trolling from Karen Higa and cyberbully Dragon. But nothing brings rivals together like a common enemy. When the otherworldly Xiliens begin using psychic technology to probe every mind on Earth for knowledge of Godzilla, they awaken the three-headed dragon King Ghidorah instead!
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Unico Awakening
by Osamu Tezuka
When his newfound friend, resourceful watch cat Chloe, begs him to turn her into a human girl, Unico finds his act of kindness having unforeseen consequence as he unwittingly awakens Venus and her minion, who want to destroy them both.
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Adventuregame Comics : Samurai Vs. Ninja
by Jason Shiga
Adventuregame Comics: Samurai vs. Ninja guides you to choose your warrior fate. Your choice will set you on a path, solving puzzles and learning special skills, all in preparation for your ultimate quest
There is a bracelet that gives the wearer immense power, but it has fallen into the clutches of the evil Lord Touma. You must break into his house and steal it! But when Lord Touma’s guards apprehend you, it’ll be down to your smarts and your special skills to beat his rigged games and break free. Will you make the right choices or have to start a new path?
Adventuregame Comics is a series of interactive graphic novels. Readers follow the story from panel to panel, using tubes that connect them, and sometimes the path will split, giving readers the chance to choose how the story unfolds.
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