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Classics. Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are...
2) Coraline
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Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
3) One piece
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Viz Media
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Shonen Jump graphic novel edition.
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English
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"Monkey D. Luffy, whose main ambition is to become a pirate. Eating the Gum-Gum Fruit gives him strange powers but also invokes the fruit's curse: anybody who consumes it can never learn to swim. Nevertheless, Monkey and his crewmate Roronoa Zoro, master of the three-sword fighting style, sail the Seven Seas of swashbuckling adventure in search of the elusive treasure One Piece"--Publisher's description.
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Dog Man volume 2
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
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English
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Dog Man, a crimefighter with the head of a police dog and the body of a policeman, faces off against his archnemesis Petey the cat. Dog Man, the newest hero from the creator of Captain Underpants, is still learning a few tricks of the trade. If only the Chief would throw him a bone every once and a while ... Dog Man needs to dry up the drool, dust away the dander, and roll out of the refuse if he's going to impress the Chief, and he needs to do it...
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Viz
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As young boys, Edward & Alphonse Elric dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed into a suit of armor. Now, they are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 7
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Papercutz
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English
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Geronimo Stilton is the editor of the Rodent Gazette, the most famous paper on Mouse Island. In his free tim he loves to tell fun, happy stories. In these adventures, Geronimo has to face his worst enemies, the Pirate Cats, who have discovered a way to travel back in time and change history.
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Three tales from Kipling?s ?Jungle Books?. "Mowgli?s Brothers" tells the story of Mowgli, the young boy raised by wolves and under the protection of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, as they face the threat of the tiger, Shere Khan. In "The King?s Ankus", Mowgli is led to a vast treasure in a hidden city by the python, Kaa. He does not realize, however that the allure of the treasure leads men to kill... In "Red Dog", Mowgli and his wolfpack...
10) Fairy tail
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Fairy tail. 100 years quest volume 14
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Del Rey/Ballantine Books
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English
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Created by manga-ka Hiro Mashima of Rave Master fame, FAIRY TAIL takes place in a unique magical world. Seventeen-year-old Lucy, mage-in-training, seeks to join a magicians guild and become a full-fledged magician. Her dream lies in the most famous guild in the worldFairy Tale. One day Lucy encounters Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously abandoned him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When he helps...
11) The bad guys
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Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 13
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English
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They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys ... and they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are tired of being the villains. Mr. Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' first good mission. They are going to break two hundred dogs out of the Maximum Security City Dog Pound. Will Operation Dog Pound go smoothly? Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys? And will Mr. Snake please stop swallowing Mr. Piranha?!...
12) Minecraft
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Minecraft graphic novels volume 1
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English
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"Tyler is your everyday kid whose life is changed when his family has to move from the town he's always known. Thankfully, Tyler has a strong group of friends forever linked in the world of Minecraft! Tyler, along with Evan, Candace, Tobi, and Grace have been going on countless adventures together across the Overworld and are in need of a challenge. They decide to go on the Ultimate Quest -- to travel to the End and face off against the ender dragon!"...
15) Pokémon XY
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Pokemon X-Y volume 12
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Viz Media
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Perfect square edition.
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English
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"As the new champion of the Pokémon Battle Junior Tournament in the Kalos region, X is hailed as a child prodigy. But when the media attention proves to be too much for him, he holes up in his room to hide from everyone - including his best friends."--Page 4 of cover.
16) Maximum Ride
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Maximum Ride manga volume 9
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Yen Press
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First Yen Press edition.
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English
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"Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of her 'flock'--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel--are just like ordinary kids, except they have wings and can fly! It may seem like a dream come true to some, but for the flock it's more like a living nightmare when the mysterious lab known as the 'School' turns up and kidnaps their youngest member. Now it's up to Max to organize a rescue, but...
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VIZ Media
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VIZ Kids edition.
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English
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"Meet Pokémon Trainer Black! His entire life Black has dreamed of winning the Pokémon League...Now he embarks on a journey to explore the Unova region and fill a Pokédex for Professor Juniper. Time for Black's first Pokémon Trainer Battle ever! Meet Pokémon Trainer White! Her entire life White has dreamed of making it in show biz. Now she runs a thriving talent agency for performing Pokémon. Will she make her favorite Pokémon, Tepig Gigi, into...
19) Yo-kai Watch
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VIZ Media, LLC
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Perfect Square edition.
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English
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Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch, which allows him to see Yo-kai of all shapes and forms.
20) Thea Stilton
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Papercutz
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English
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"The Thea sisters are five fun, lively students at Mouseford Academy on Whale Island, who 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!"--P. [4] of cover.
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