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1) Othello
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brilliant general in the service of Venice, Othello is also the new husband of the adoring - and young - Desdemona, whose innocent hero worship has blossomed into love. But can a beautiful girl, so much younger than her husband,truly be faithful? Othello's trusted ensign Iago seems to think not. Can Othello trust him? Can Othello trust anyone? Manga Classics presents Shakespeare's classic story of love, hate, vengeance, and betrayal, in its full,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Romeo and Juliet is the classic tragedy of western literature. Created by William Shakespeare, it is tale of two very young lovers from Verona, Italy who defy the wishes of their feuding families, get married then, and tragically, end their own lives in the name of love. It is their deaths that ultimately help the rival families of the Capulet's and Montague's find reconciliation. Manga Classics brings an incredible new reading experience with this...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about Amir, a forty-year-old novelist living in the U.S., who returns to his native Afghanistan to right a terrible wrong that ended his boyhood friendship with Hassan, a member of the persecuted Hazara people.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A Midsummer Night's Dream portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world."
5) Coraline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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.
6) Negima!: 2
Author
Series
Negima! volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballentine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
191 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
8) Dracula
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Since its original publication in 1897, Dracula has spoken aloud some of our deepest cultural anxieties: fear of sexuality, xenophobia, homophobia, and distrust of The Other. Award-winning writer Alexander Chee places these fears in today's context in a fascinating new introduction to the Restless Classics edition, gorgeously illustrated by Kaitlin Chan. One of the most culturally recognizable and pervasive characters ever written, Stoker's Count...
9) Negima!: 3
Author
Series
Negima! volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballentine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
143 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
There is a vampire stalking the night! Normally, ten-year-old teacher/magician Negi Springfield would have no problem dispatching such a villain, but this vampire has a magic-enhancing partner - and worse, the vampire is a student in his own class! Now he must find a partner of his own, but with a class full of beautiful girls all vying for the position, it won't be an easy task. Add in Negi's old friend, a skirt-chasing, wisecracking weasel from...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
76 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jedi Master Mace Windu leads a battle against Separatist forces for control of the planet Simocadia! While the Confederacy of Independent Systems battles for the planet's rare fuel source, and the Republic tries to repel the invaders, the rulers of Simocadia choose a different option to save the planet: awakening the Ardana Shadex, an indestructible, mechanized giant that has been sleeping for centuries under the planet's surface! But awakening the...
Author
Series
Pokemon Adventures volume 7
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
VIZ Kids ed.
Physical Desc
209 pages : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
On her search for famous Pokemon trainer Red, Yellow Caballero finds both human and Pokemon friends--and enemies. Now Yellow must team up with other trainers, gym leaders and even evil Team Rocket to fight the Elite Four! Yellow Caballero prepare to battle the Elite Four's top trainer, Lance... It'll take everything you have and everybody you know to beat him!
Author
Series
Pokemon Adventures volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2010], c2008
Edition
VIZKIDS ed.
Physical Desc
199 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Red doesn't just want to train Pokemon, he wants to be their friend too. Bulbasaur and Poliwhirl seem game. But independent Pikachu won't be so easy to win over! And watch out for Team Rocket, Red... they only want to be your enemy!
14) Marvel 1602
Author
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
10th anniversay edition.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bold tale where Gaiman places several of Marvel Comics most popular characters four hundred years into the past. The year is 1602 and strange things are stirring in England. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. Her majesty's premier spy, Sir Nicholas Fury, fends off an assassination attempt on the Queen by winged warriors rumored to...
Author
Series
The Umbrella Academy volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who had previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against...
16) Jane Eyre
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the story of an orphaned young English woman who accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
Author
Series
Case Study of Vanitas volume Vol. 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
234 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Noé is searching Paris for a notorious clockwork grimoire when a man, claiming to be a vampire doctor, delivers the tomb to him, and Noé is unwillingly thrust into a conflict that threatens the peace between humans and vampires.
Author
Series
Bleach volume Vol. 1
Language
English
Description
Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts, but this ability doesn't change his life nearly as much as his close encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper and member of the mysterious Soul Society. While fighting a Hollow, an evil spirit that preys on humans who display psychic energy, Rukia attempts to lend Ichigo some of her powers so that he can save his family; but much to her surprise, Ichigo absorbs every last drop of her energy.
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