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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A group of orphans on the run search for a new home among the stars.
When a group of orphans are thrown together under mysterious circumstances, Phoebe and her pal Oliver lead them in a daring escape from their orphanage to an uninhabited moon. But their idyllic paradise is shattered when the powerful corporate boss who ordered the deaths of their parents sends a relentless henchman to track them down. Now, with nowhere left to turn and time running...
2) The Keeper
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Black girl finds herself trapped between desperation and her family's dark history in this horror graphic novel
Aisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash, and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha's grandmother's health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected their...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
Author
Series
Publisher
Udon Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
337 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a new graphic novel adaptation, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him for a minor crime.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2015]-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
After inheriting an ancestral estate, Himari Momochi is supposed to serve as a the estate's guardian between the human and spiritual world, but when she moves in she finds a handsome young man living there who seems to be also acting as a guardian.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books U.S., a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
GN 710L
Physical Desc
393 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But the island is also home to Margaret, a mysterious young orphan girl whose life is upturned when the cold, regal stranger arrives. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of the island's sinister true purpose...
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Physical Desc
volumes : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
The mysterious Mandalorian, a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, walks a thin line between right and wrong far from the authority of the New Republic, in a graphic novel-style retelling of the television series, featuring final frames and dialogue from the series in vibrant full color.
Author
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2017-
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Mysterious objects from space have landed, embedding themselves within human beings around the world and granting them impossible powers according to their deepest wishes. Seventeen-year-old Utsugi Minoru's only wish is to be able to live apart from the world and events around him. But will he remain the same after experiencing his new powers--and new dangers?
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
65 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Olaf's friend at the orphanage in Arendelle village is a spunky girl named Hedda with a big imagination and dreams of adventure. When Kristoff passes through the village and witnesses two kids bullying Hedda, he is drawn to help. He recalls his own experience with bullying during his childhood and assures her that there is hope on the horizon. Things start to look up when Hedda is invited to dinner at Arendelle Castle! Ecstatic, Hedda shares the...
11) Fruits basket
Author
Series
Fruits basket volume 5
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out ... into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Sohmas have a secret of their own--when embraced by the opposite sex,...
Author
Series
Teen Titans (Garcia) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a tragic accident takes the life of the only family she's ever known, 16-year-old Raven is sent to New Orleans to start over. She soon discovers that she can hear the thoughts of others around her ... and another, more disturbing, voice in her head."--
13) The golden twine
Author
Series
Cat's cradle volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
118 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dreaming of one day taming monsters, orphan street urchin Suri finds her self-confidence, cleverness, and ambition serving her well when a mysterious new wagon holding something monstrous joins her merchant camp.
16) City of illusion
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
251 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's been a peaceful three months since Hannah Morgan and Ever Barnes saved their beloved Oskars, and activated the powers of their city's Megantic. Ever now lives with the Morgan family and the two children watch over and learn more about Oskar (the Megantic) every day. But their conflict-free days come to an abrupt end when Mr. Morgan is captured while on a family trip to nearby Alexios, and the kids get into a spat with a group of street magicians...
17) Cat's cradle
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2012-]
Lexile measure
530L
Physical Desc
volumes : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
With monsters slipping through the mountains into the valley of Galatea, Suri, an orphan, dreams of becoming a monster tamer.
18) Me & my brothers
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
[2007-]
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old orphan Sakura discovers that she has four half-brothers, her world is turned upside down when she is forced to live with them.
19) Bungo stray dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016-
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
K.'s aunt, who works at the Bellsong Academy for Girls, has invited K. to attend the school. But as soon as she arrives, K. notices some strange goings-on: her aunt has suddenly taken ill; there are only three other students and no regular classes; and a statue speaks to K. when no one else is around.
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