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1) Naruto
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Whenever Naruto proclaims that he will someday become the Hokage - a title bestowed upon the best ninja in the Village Hidden in the Leaves - no one takes him seriously. Since birth, Naruto has been shunned by his fellow villagers. But their contempt isn't because Naruto is loud-mouthed, mischievous, or because of his ineptitude in the ninja arts, but because there is a demon inside him. When he is assigned to Team 7 - along with his new teammates...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Hundreds of years ago, mindless giants called Titans appeared, preying on whatever humans they could find. Unable to effectively combat them, mankind was forced to barricade themselves within large walls surrounding what may be humanity's last safe haven. In the present day, life within the walls has finally found peace. But the state of tranquility is suddenly shattered by the attack of a massive 60-meter Titan. On that day, Eren Yeager makes a promise...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach. It's a summer of secrets and heartache, and it's a good...
Author
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"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?"--
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
It came from the woods. Most strange things do. Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow journey into (and out of?) the eerie abyss. These chilling tales spring from the macabre imagination of award-winning comic creator Emily Carroll. Come, take a walk in the woods, and see what awaits you there.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of belonging. Finding that she misses her home more than she can stand, Marjane returns to Iran after graduation. Her difficult homecoming forces her to confront...
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Wrapped in the snowfall of a blustery, Midwestern winter, Craig Thompson's graphic-novel memoir interweaves a coming-of-age high-school romance with the tale of two brothers growing p in rural isolation. The young author wrestles with bullies, unravels his faith, searches for security, and finds his creative voice in this singular and utterly beautiful work.
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"As could only occur with Bradbury's full cooperation in this authorized adaptation, Hamilton has created a striking work of art that uniquely captures Montag's awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature"--Publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Nisrin is a 13-year-old Bangladeshi-American girl living in Milwaukie, Oregon, in 2002. As she nears the end of eighth grade, she gives a presentation for World Culture Day about Bangladesh while wearing a traditional cultural dress. On her way home, she is the victim of a hate crime when a man violently attacks her for wearing a headscarf. Deeply traumatized by the experience, Nisrin spends the summer depressed and isolated. Other than weekly therapy,...
12) Epileptic
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
David B. spent an idyllic early childhood in a small town near Orléans, France, but the family's life changed abruptly when his big brother Jean-Christophe was struck with epilepsy at age eleven. In search of a cure, their parents dragged the family to acupuncturists and magnetic therapists, to mediums and macrobiotic communes, but every new cure ended in disappointment. Angry at his brother for "abandoning" him and at all the quacks who offered...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In the spring of 2003, a pride of lions escaped from the Baghdad zoo during an American bombing raid. Lost and confused, hungry but finally free, the four lions roamed the decimated streets of Baghdad in a desperate struggle for their lives. In documenting the plight of the lions, Pride of Baghdad raises questions about the true meaning of liberation ? can it be given or is it earned only through self-determination and sacrifice? And in the end, is...
14) Three shadows
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
16) Origin
Author
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Follows sickly, privileged James Howlett through his childhood, when he sees his father killed by groundskeeper Thomas Logan, to his escape into the wilds of northern Canada, where he is renamed Logan and nicknamed Wolverine.
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Poland, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Harry Haft is sent to Auschwitz. When he is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, Haft shows extraordinary strength and courage, and a determination to survive. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he makes a daring escape from the Nazis. After negotiating the turmoil of postwar Poland, Haft immigrates to the United States and establishes himself as a professional prizefighter,...
Author
Publisher
Etch, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This graphic novel chronicles the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City through moving individual stories that bear witness to history and the ways it shapes the future.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who's under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeBe is a people-pleaser, a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life in order to maintain their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped up social pressures (not to mention micro-aggressions...
20) Speak
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless--an outcast--because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her.
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