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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she's determined to keep up with the older girls. She's set herself a grueling training schedule: too grueling, because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who's still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting the pressure her to quit the team.
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Publisher
DC Comics
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the magical, mystical, topsy-turvy world of the House of Secrets, where Zatanna embarks on a journey of self-discovery and adventure...all with her pet rabbit, Pocus, at her side.
Zatanna and her stage magician father live in a special house, the House of Secrets, which is full of magic, puzzles, mysterious doors, and storybook creatures-it's the house everyone in the neighborhood talks about but avoids. Not that Zatanna cares, though,...
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Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Scatterbrained Cornelius, King of Kazoo, and his resourceful daughter, Bing, explore a mysterious cave at the top of Mount Kazoo. There they discover a famous alchemist named Quaf is planning a dangerous and forbidden experiment. Now Cornelius, Bing, and the brilliant royal inventor Torq must go all out to stop Quaf before his crazy undertaking threatens the entire kingdom" --
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Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Language
English
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A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. This wordless picture book, conceived by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and beautifully brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.
6) Emma
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Language
English
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"Emma, perhaps the most technically accomplished of all of Austen's novels, is also, after Pride and Prejudice, her most popular one. Its numerous film and television adaptations testify to the world's enduring affection for the headstrong, often misguided Emma Woodhouse and her many romantic schemes. Like the previous volumes in Harvard's celebrated annotated Austen series, Emma: An Annotated Edition is a beautiful and illuminating gift edition that...
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Series
Chronicles of Claudette volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Claudette sets out to slay the dragon that ate her father's legs and his legendary sword, she'll need more help than ever from her friend Marie and her brother Gaston.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of Ten Speed Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the grand scheme of the worlds at large, Callie thinks she's nothing special. Sure, she's friends with the ghost of a radish and her dad owns a magical antique shop--but she's spent her life in the human world. Her dad won't let her join him on his collection trips in the magical realm 'for her own protection', so she's only caught glimpses of that world through the gates of the town where her father's store is. On her seventeenth birthday, Callie...
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Series
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Language
English
Description
"Marceline embarks on a wicked-awesome quest to retrieve her axe from the Nightosphere but we all know that a trip home for Marcy is always...complicated. With Jake by here side, Marceline will see that she has a lot to learn about her father and even more to discover about herself."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Robyn Goodfellowe and her father arrive in Kilkenny, Ireland, tasked with hunting the last of the wolves, but Robyn's friendship with Mebh, a girl living in the forests and protecting the wolves, threatens everything Robyn--and her father--hold dear."--Provided by publisher.
13) Out there
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Julia didn’t always believe in aliens. It was her father who convinced her otherwise. You see—Julia’s dad believes he was abducted by aliens. And ever since then, he’s been obsessed with the extraterrestrial beings living out there. So when a festival commemorating the 75th anniversary of the infamous UFO crash in New Mexico rolls around, Julia turns down a dream vacation to Hawaii with her best friend, Sara, to join her dad for a weekend...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Barbara Gordon is no stranger to secrets. She's the daughter of GCPD Jim Gordon, the vigilante known as Batgirl and Oracle, the most powerful hacker on the planet, who until now has been kept completely hidden. Someone new has resurrected the Oracle mantle that Babs once controlled, and whoever is behind it is sending Batgirl on a wild chase all across Gotham City. By her side are two equally dangerous vigilantes--Dinah Lance, the rock star-turned-hero...
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Series
Rema chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Enter the rich and fantastical world of Rema in the first installment of this middle-grade graphic novel series with sweeping adventure and light romance! Tabby Simon is determined to learn what happened to her father, who was found dead after researching a tree that leaks a mysterious mist in her neighborhood. She is unexpectedly led to Rema, a distant world of magic and beauty that is periodically invaded by a nearby planet desperate for resources....
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"To prove that she is worthy of becoming a pilot, Amelia Erroway sets off alone on her father's prized craft until a fierce storm crashes her ship and she must use her wits to survive--and find a way home."--BTCat.
17) Oh my gods!
Author
Series
Publisher
Etch/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
"When an average girl moves to Mt. Olympus, she discovers her new classmates are gods and mythological creatures are actually real - as if junior high isn't hard enough! Karen is just an average thirteen-year-old from New Jersey who loves to play video games with her friends and watch movies with her mom. But when she moves to Greece to live with her eccentric, mysterious father, Zed, suddenly everything she thought about herself - about life - is...
Author
Series
Gamayun tales volume 1
Publisher
Nobrow
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The latest installment in the Gamayun Tales series introduces a clever heroine who has a secret even she doesn't know about. Tyna of the Lake rescues the Hunter's son from a life of servitude to her father the Water Spirit. Their attempt to make an escape to the surface world is interrupted when they are captured by the Water Spirit and he reveals the truth about who Tyna's real father is. An ideal book for kids who aren't quite ready for Percy Jackson...
19) Space dumplins
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"For Violet Marlocke, family is the most important thing in the whole galaxy. So when her father goes missing while on a hazardous job, she can't just sit around and do nothing. To get him back, Violet throws caution to the stars and sets out with a group of misfit friends on a quest to find him. But space is big and dangerous, and she soon discovers that her dad has been swallowed by a giant, planet-eating whale. With her father's life on the line,...
20) Jane
Author
Series
Publisher
Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë."
"Growing up in an unhappy family in a small New England town, Jane dreamed of escaping to New York City to study art and live a life of independent adventure. Soon after arriving, she takes a job as a nanny for a mysterious, powerful businessman, Rochester, and his lovable but lonely daughter, Adele, in a lavish apartment filled with unsettling secrets. Jane soon finds herself drawn into a world of intrigue,...
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