Gene Luen Yang
1) Dragon hoops
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Val is ready to give up on love.
It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed--no one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love.
But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance to break the family curse? Or is she destined to live with a broken heart forever?
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Aang and friends join together once again for an exciting new adventure, beginning with a faceoff against the Fire Nation! When a plan to resettle Fire Nation colonists living within the Earth Kingdom goes awry. Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei come to the verge of war. While Aang and Katara work tirelessly for peace between the two nations, Sokka helps Toph prepare her metalbending students to defend their school against a rival class of firebenders!...
Author
Series
North and south volume Part 3
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
76 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei arrive in the Southern Water Tribe amid protests of Gilak's imprisonment. While the leaders hold council to solidify Malina and Hakoda's unification plans, Gilak breaks free and leads a powerful rebellion! In the face of these two opposing tribes, Katara will have to make peace with her nostalgia and distrust to save the home she loves from being permanently torn apart.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First Edition ;
Physical Desc
232 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Avatar Aang and friends honor an Air Nomad holiday that hasn't been celebrated in over one hundred years. But when cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen lead Aang to a refinery operating on land sacred to the Airbenders, they soon find themselve in peril as dangerously powerful ancient spirit awakens with vengeance and destruction on its mind!
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First Edition ;
Physical Desc
232 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The biggest mystery of the Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series, the fate of Fire Lord Zuko's mother, is revealed! When Zuko discovers a clue to Ursa's fate, he enlists the aid of Team Avatar--and enters into a tense alliance with his sister, the deadly and insane Azula--to finally uncover the truth!
Author
Series
North and south volume Part 2
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
76 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
After attempting to kidnap Katara and Sokka, Southerner Gilak leaves a haunting note for Hakoda: "Soon you will see the truth, chieftain". The vow leaves everyone on edge--including Katara, who remains wary of the two tribes' integration. As Northerner Malina announces a partnership with the company owned by Toph Beifong's father, her own brother comes forward to defame her. Have Katara's worst fears been confirmed?
Author
Series
North and south volume Part 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
77 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Aang leaves to aid Zuko with the Kemurikage, Katara and Sokka return to the Southern Water Tribe by themselves. Katara is shocked to find that her beloved village has become a bustling city, with none other than their father, Hakoda, in charge! A Northerner named Malina seems to be behind this change, pushing the North and South to be more unified...but what are her true goals?