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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent...
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Rosalinda, The Dragon Whisperer, and her brave friends embark on a deadly stage of their rescue of Obsidian, the last dragon; The Flats! Full of danger and traps! Rosalinda learns that it is not only dragons she can "whisper" to. In the distant past, we see a growing Obsidian begin leading his legion of creatures, utilizing his flourishing magical abilities to horrific failure! Meanwhile, an old adversary shows up to tempt the savage goblin Ack and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Dorian grey has a portrait done of himself and finds that he becomes jealous of it, because it will remain forever young, and he will not. He then makes a pact to sell his soul so that he may remain forever young. Then, believing himself immortal, he creates many immoral acts against others. In the end, Dorian receives his just deserts.
Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can...
4) Kitsune
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The first clash with the rebels resulted in a victory for Kitsunichi Shimitzu and Yamanouchi Karamatsuki. However, the friends' momentary triumph will not staunch the flow of blood. The violence will continue, demanding the ultimate sacrifice from loyal warriors. Meanwhile, as the political situation in the district becomes increasingly dangerous, Kitsunichi risks death-at the hands of his own son!
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The next volume in the striking collection in co-publication with the Louvre museum. An art assessor must evaluate the vast collections of the Louvre in an alternate Kafkaesque world where all is warehoused in an endless ever deepening succession of basement levels. Mathieu, an artist who marries Escher with Kafka, brings stinging irony to the pompousness of art history.
6) Graceling
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Graceling Realm volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
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Discover the Graceling Realm in this unforgettable, award-winning novel from bestselling author Kristin Cashore.
A New York Times bestseller * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Winner * Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, and BCCB Best Book of the Year
"Rageful, exhilarating, wistful in turns" (New York Times Book Review) with "a knee
...7) Magic
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Magic The Gathering volume 21
Magic The Gathering volume 20
Magic The Gathering volume 16
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Magic The Gathering volume 20
Magic The Gathering volume 16
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A newly-debuted Planeswalker must reach Ravnica to seek Kaya the ghost assassin's help with a vengeful specter, while Chandra seeks ancient machines that could breach the unseen barrier around Ravnica, and Garruk's tireless pursuit of the sadistic and elusive Tibalt may be Chandra's best lead.
Meanwhile, our new trio of Planeswalkers join together as their goals align, speeding off to pick up the trail in Emeria, the shifting Sky Ruin in Zendikar!...
8) Dead Kingdom
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After the shocking discovery and the loss of his fellow soldiers, Kain with the help of another survivor must find the strength to carry on and get back to his love Alice. Let's hope he gets to Field Valley before the undead does. The second issue of a 5-part story arc, Dead Kingdom is a multi-layered saga that will explore a world where sorcery, brotherhood, and love collide with the rising nightmare of the living dead.
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Heed the tiger's tongue, and you will not be led astray.
Under the militant rule of The Tiger's People, empowered by their animal familiars, the Claw is on the brink of war. At the precipice of adulthood, twin princesses Kelindi and Aridani hold the future of the Claw in their hands. Kelindi would sue for peace with The River's People, those who were subjugated "to bring order," while Aridani has never aspired to rule. But an ancient prophecy is...
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Knights of the Golden Sun volume 9
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Now, after Ishbaal explained what happened to her sister, Azrael, Camiel joins the archangels to look for God's armor. In the meantime, on the other side of the continent, Metatron gathers the Ogre king's army and heads to Babylon looking for the seven seals, a powerful weapon that could bring about the end of the world.
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Beorn The Littlest Viking Saga volume 4
Beorn The Littlest Viking Saga volume 3
Beorn The Littlest Viking Saga volume 2
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Beorn The Littlest Viking Saga volume 3
Beorn The Littlest Viking Saga volume 2
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As featured on Free Comic Book Day! Beorn's world is big, full of living myths and fairy tales, but that won't stop the littlest Viking from living a legendary life! After Beorn finds his way to an uncharted island, he wastes no time launching headfirst on his quest for adventure...or at the very least, his quest to find a sandwich! What perils await young Beorn in this new land, and will the littlest Viking be big enough to rise above the dangers...
12) Merlin & Hector
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All legends have an origin, all heroes an awakening. By fate's design, a young swineherd named Merlin meets an intrepid thief named Hector. And it is at that moment, in that fortuitous encounter, when the legends are born: that of the greatest sorcerer known to men and that of King Arthur's adoptive father. Together, Merlin and Hector will not only face the fearsome Skinshifters, but also discover what fate has in store for them. If they manage to...
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New special edition with bonus material by Dave McKean! Best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, McKean defied expectations with his stunning debut as writer and artist in Cages, winner of multiple awards for Best Graphic Album. Dark Horse proudly presents a new original graphic novel by the legendary artist based on the life of Paul Nash, a surrealist painter during World War 1. The Dreams of Paul Nash deals with real soldier's memoirs,...
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Identity Crisis volume 1
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Novelist Brad Meltzer's #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling miniseries that rocked the DC Universe and influenced new storylines for years to come. When Sue Dibny, wife of the Elongated Man, is murdered in her own home, the superhero community is devastated. They come together in mourning, hold their loved ones closer, and immediately begin a worldwide search to find her killer. But a handful of heroes think they already know who murdered Sue Dibny. Years...
16) Aleister & Adolf
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Media theorist and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff weaves a mind-bending tale of iconography and mysticism against the backdrop of a battle-torn Europe. In a story spanning generations, and featuring some of the most notable and notorious idealists of the 20th century, legendary occultist Aleister Crowley develops a powerful and dangerous new weapon to defend the world against Adolf Hitler's own war machine spawning an unconventional new form of warfare...
17) Coda: Issue #5
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Coda volume 5
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For every hero's weakness, one of their companions will be there to pick up the slack, and that's exactly how Hum and company will get through the city, in search of the Spriggan.
But there are some unexpectedly unthinkable things that only Hum is capable of, and after a massive portal appears, Mildew's followers also do something unexpected–take a deadly leap of faith.
18) Coda: Issue #4
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Coda volume 4
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As Hum ruminates on his personal connection to stories of the past and how it left him in his current state, the threads of connectedness continue to weave through the tale as he wrestles with feelings over his own body.
Meanwhile, Mildew crosses paths with Hum and Serka after a harrowing rescue in the midst of a brutal battle.
While things may not turn out how they hope, Serka has a new plan to set things right…
19) Coda: Issue #2
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Coda volume 2
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Hum and the Sprigganist come into conflict as the death of the child led not to a doomed movement… but new, twisted promises of paradise….
Meanwhile, Serka and the Gnomads track the evil to a familiar source, and follow the breadcrumbs of a madman who stole half the population, all leading to a reunion many of our heroes might find less than satisfying…
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Weird Work volume 1
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After months of gang shootings, Detective Ovra Sawce and his new partner Donut Trustah are given a high-profile triple homicide case. But what were a billionaire's assistant, a hood-turned-cult leader, and Sawce's former partner doing in that warehouse?
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