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1) Twins
Author
Series
Twins volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's Karen's birthday! She can't wait for all those presents. Karen is even going to have two parties--one at Daddy's house and one at Mommy's. But what Karen really wants for her birthday is one big party and to celebrate the special day with her whole family together. Will Karen's birthday wish come true?"--Provided by publisher.
3) Ghosts
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis. Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, but Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Claudia and her sister, Janine, may as well be from two different planets. Claudia, who pays more attention to her artwork and The Baby-sitters Club than her homework, feels like she can't compete with her perfect sister. Janine studies nonstop, gets straight As, and even takes college-level courses! But when something unexpected happens to the most beloved person in their family, will the sisters be able to put aside their differences?"--Publisher....
5) Spill zone
Author
Series
Spill zone volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Three years ago an event destroyed the small city of Poughkeepsie, forever changing reality within its borders. Uncanny manifestations and lethal dangers now await anyone who enters the Spill Zone. The Spill claimed Addison's parents and scarred her little sister, Lexa, who hasn't spoken since. Addison provides for her sister by photographing the Zone's twisted attractions on illicit midnight rides. Art collectors pay top dollar for these bizarre...
6) Fangirl
Author
Series
Fangirl (Manga) volume 2
Publisher
Viz Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]-
Language
English
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Description
Cath struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.
9) Wildflowers
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Books, an imprint of RAW Junior, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Sisters Clemmie, Matilda, and Emma embark on an adventure of the imagination through the jungles of a mysterious island, which reveals the unbreakable bond they share."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books/Harper Alley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"With the start of eighth grade, Jo March decides it's time to get serious about her writing and joins the school newspaper. But even with her new friend Freddie cheering her on, becoming a hard-hitting journalist is a lot harder than Jo imagined. That's not all that's tough. Jo and her sisters--Meg, Beth, and Amy--are getting used to a new normal at home, with their dad deployed overseas and their mom, a nurse, working overtime. What does it take...
11) The phantom twin
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Isabel and Jane are the Extraordinary Peabody Sisters, conjoined twins in a traveling carnival freak show--until an ambitious surgeon tries to separate them and fails, causing Jane's death. Isabel has lost an arm and a leg but gained a ghostly companion: her dead twin is now her phantom limb. Haunted, altered, and alone for the first time, can Isabel build a new life that's truly her own?"--Provided by publisher.
12) Stone fruit
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray's niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seeded personal stumbling blocks. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties -- Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother...
Author
Series
Sisters (Cazenove & William) volume 1
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Meet two wonderful young girls who happen to be sisters--Maureen, and her older sister Wendy. Both are full of personality and a strong sense of independence. So while they may love each other with all their hearts, it's not always easy for the two of them to be together. After all, when we're still very young, age differences are much more meaningful. While Maureen may want to hang out with her older sister, nothing could be more embarrassing for...
Author
Series
Hereville volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Mirka is still the only monster-fighting girl in town ... except for a little new competition from Layele, her six-year-old sister, who is determined to get them both into trouble. Unluckily for babysitter Mirka, one very cranky magic fish who's had a run-in with Mirka's family before is determined to cause as much trouble as it can. No matter how hard Mirka fights this fish-out-of-water--even with the help of a not-so-helpful Troll--it just gets...
15) Glass Town
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The entrancing story of the Brontë sisters' childhood imaginary world. Four children: Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne have invented a world so real and vivid that they can step right into it. But can reality be enough, when fiction is so enticing? And what happens to an imaginary world when its creators grow up? Plots are spiraling, characters are getting wildly out of hand, and a great deal of ink is being spilt... Welcome to Glass Town."--Provided...
16) Snow angels
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Language
English
Description
"Milliken and Mae Mae have never left The Trench-it's all they've ever known. They were born in The Trench, and they'll die there, just like all their people do. The two girls, eight and eleven, are a part of the Trenchfolk, a sprawling settlement of people living inside the massive ice walls of a vast, seemingly endless frozen trench carved into the surface of an otherwise icy wasteland. The Trenchfolk survive in this hostile world by following the...
Author
Series
Jonna and the unpossible monsters volume 2
Publisher
Oni press
Pub. Date
2021-
Language
English
Description
"Rainbow has been looking for her younger sister, Jonna, for over a year -- since the monsters appeared and the world began to dry up. Going from settlement to settlement, Rainbow asks every survivor she meets: Have you seen my sister? Then, one day, Jonna is spotted out in the wild: nearly feral, and stronger than ever before. Strong enough to knock back a towering monster with one punch. All this time, she's been surviving. On her own. Without Rainbow....
Author
Series
Thea Stilton graphic novel volume 1-3
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The Thea Sisters - Pamela, Colette, Violet, Paulina, and Nicky - are five fun, lively students at Mouseford Academy on Whale Island, who, inspired by famous journalist Thea Stilton, want to be real, live journalists. Between classes and friendships, love and small fits of jealousy, they find life at the Academy to be a never-ending Adventure! Join the Thea Sisters for a thrilling school year at Mouseford Academy as cosmetics queen and industrialist...
Author
Series
Thea Stilton 2 in 1 graphic novel volume 1
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It is non-stop adventure for the Thea Sisters -- Colette, Nicky, Pamela, Paulina, and Violet! It begins with the Mouseford Academy talent search to find an opening act for boy band sensation 6 Seconds of Spring, but quickly turns into another adventure and a mystery. Will they be able to get in tune or will their search be off-key? Then, guest professor Thea Stilton gives the assignment of a lifetime -- a scavenger hunt around Whale Island. The Thea...
20) Fast-pitch feud
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books,an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Now that twelve-year-old Anya is old enough to join her fourteen-year-old sister Marina on the fast-pitch softball team things are becoming tense between them: Anya has trouble catching her sister's pitches and resents Marina's criticism and being moved to the outfield, Marina is increasingly obsessed with her role as captain, and angry because Anya does not seem to take the game as seriously as she does--and with an important game coming up the sisters...
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