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1) Under-Earth
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English
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"'Under-Earth' takes place in a subterranean landfill, hollowed out to serve as a massive improvised prison. Sunken into the trash and debris of the past -- gameboys, iphones, coffee cups, old cars -- we follow two parallel stories. In the first, a new arrival struggles to adapt to the everyday violence, physical labour, and poverty of the prison city. Overwhelmed and alone, he finds a connection with a fellow inmate through an old, beat-up novel....
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Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 1
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Random House Children's Books
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--
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Lunch Lady volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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The school lunch lady, a secret crime fighter, sets out to stop a group of librarians bent on destroying a shipment of video games, while a group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch provides back-up.
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RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tié̂n still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tié̂n, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"--
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My weird school graphic novel volume 2
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English
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"A.J. and his friends have the chance to win a trip to Dizzyland--if they can finish 5,000 books first. Dr. Carbles, the evil president of the Board of Education, doesn't think they can do it. But the Ella Mentry School kids are nothing if not determined! Will they achieve their theme park dreams? Or does Dr. Carbles have other plans for the school?"--
6) Fake blood
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In order to get the attention of Nia, the girl he likes, eleven-year-old A.J. pretends to be a vampire, unaware that she intends to be a slayer.
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Noodleheads volume 4
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
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Using knowledge from a library book, brothers Mac and Mac build a fortress but Meatball, armed with a book of his own, wants to take it from them.
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"In this Episode, the Sith Lord must soothe his rambunctious twins, Luke and Leia, who are not ready to sleep and who insist on a story. As Vader reads, the book looks in on favorite creatures, droids, and characters, such as Yoda, R2-D2, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Maul, Admiral Ackbar, Boba Fett, and many others as they tuck in, yawn, and settle down to dream"--Amazon.com.
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Magus of the library volume 5
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]-
Language
English
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"A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading. [...] In a lushly-detailed fantasy world reminiscent of Arabian Nights, the Great Library is the center of learning in the world, and its librarians are capable of magnificent feats of magic! In a small village far from the Library, a poor little elf boy struggles against bullies who call him "knife-ears." His only solace: the books he sneaks out of the...
11) Book love
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Bookworms rejoice! These charming comics capture exactly what it feels like to be head-over-heels for hardcovers. And paperbacks! And ebooks! And bookstores! And libraries!
12) When you look up
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Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
Description
"Lorenzo isn't happy about moving. But in his new room, he finds an old desk with what seems likes hundreds of drawers. Each even has its own smell! Deep inside the desk, he finds a book and begins to read. When he looks up, he sees all kinds of curious things. Has the book come to life? Or is it something else? This is a graphic novel about observation, imagination, and the many incredible lenses through which everyday experience might be perceived...
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Witch's printing office volume 5
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2019-2022.
Language
English
Description
Mika Kamiya was on her way back home from Japan's biggest amateur comics and book-selling event, Comic Market, when she got whisked off to a parallel fantasy world, and now she is involved with all the magic books and spells of the Magic Market.
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Ascendance of a bookworm (Manga) volume 1
Publisher
J Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2021]-
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English
Description
Myne successfully negotiates with the temple and starts working as an apprentice blue shrine maiden. This new job also ensures she will receive the same treatment as a noble. The wait is over-she can finally read in the book room! Unfortunately, she still won't have it easy thanks to the temple's status-based structure and some problematic attendants who just won't leave her be. Can Myne beat society's rules so she can enjoy her books in peace? This...
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Ascendance of a bookworm (Manga) volume 7
Publisher
J Novel Club
Pub. Date
2020-
Language
English
Description
A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amounts of money to buy one. Myne resolves herself: if there aren't any books, she'll just...
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Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's no secret, but we are judged by our bookshelves. We learn to read at an early age, and as we grow older we shed our beloved books for new ones. But some of us surround ourselves with books. We collect them, decorate with them, are inspired by them, and treat our books as sacred objects. In this lighthearted collection of one- and two-page comics, writer-artist Grant Snider explores bookishness in all its forms, and the love of writing and reading,...
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Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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'This Is Not My Story is an adventure-filled introduction to the ten literary genres. The story starts with our hero, a brave captain flying his spaceship through an army of saucers. To defeat the aliens, all the hero has to do is push the right button and ... the hero stops the story. It turns out this is the wrong story for him. After pleading with the author to put him in the proper story, the two settle on a shoot-out in the Old West -- until...
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