Showing posts with label graphic novels. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

New books and graphic novels out today


Gotham Academy. Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy by Becky Cloonan
Gotham City's most prestigious prep school is a very weird place. It's got a spooky campus, oddball teachers, and rich benefactors always dropping by...like that weirdo Bruce Wayne. But nothing is as strange as the students! Like, what's up with Olive Silverlock? Is she crazy or what? Where did she go last summer? And what's the deal with her creepy mom? And how come that Freshman Maps is always following her around? And is she still going out with Kyle? P.S. Did you hear the rumor about the ghost in the North Hall?! Collects Gotham Academy #1-6 GOTHAM ACADEMY is a new teen drama set in the shadow of Batman and the craziness of Gotham City, with new characters and old plus a secret tie to Gotham's past..


Ms. Marvel. Vol. 3: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson

Ant Man Prelude by Will Corona Pilgrim


Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
Sheltered seventeen-year-old Emmy's childhood best friend Oliver reappears after disappearing with his father ten years ago.


A Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes
A mysterious book and ancient magic bring together four young people in modern-day Toronto and the ancient kingdoms of Mytica.

Monday, January 12, 2015

New books to warm you up!

Remember Me by Romily Bernard
Teen hacker Wick Tate has to decide between right and wrong as she tries to solve another murder and discover the truth about her mother's suicide. Sequel to Find Me.

The Halcyon Bird by Kat Beyer (series)
Mia Della Torre is happy to be settled in Milan, learning her family's ancient trade of demon hunting, and able to put her fear of her own, personal demon aside--until she falls in love and realizes how much more than her own happiness is at stake. Sequel to The Demon Catchers of Milan.

The Terminals by Royce Scott Buckingham
Nineteen-year-old Cam Cody takes the opportunity to join a covert unit of young spies who, like him, are terminally ill but have extraordinary abilities due to an experimental super-steroid, but he soon learns the program is not what it seems--and they may not even be ill.

Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle
Sixteen-year-old Vivian Apple returns home after the alleged 'Rapture' to find her devout parents gone and two mysterious holes in the roof. Vivian never believed in the Rapture, or the uber powerful Church of America. Now that she has been left behind, Vivan's quest for the truth begins.

Little White Lies by Katie Dale
The first time Lou meets mysterious Christian, she knows he is The One. But when Christian's secret is unveiled in front of the whole world, it seems everything he's ever told Lou is a lie, and Lou finds herself ensnared in a web of deceit.

The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
It's 1993, and Generation X pulses to the beat of Kurt Cobain and the grunge movement. Sixteen-year-old Maggie Lynch is uprooted from big-city Chicago to a windswept town on the Irish Sea. Surviving on care packages of Spin magazine and Twizzlers from her rocker uncle Kevin, she wonders if she'll ever find her place in this new world. When first love and sudden death simultaneously strike, a naive but determined Maggie embarks on a forbidden pilgrimage that will take her to a seedy part of Dublin and on to a life-altering night in Rome to fulfill a dying wish. Through it all, Maggie discovers an untapped inner strength to do the most difficult but rewarding thing of all--live.

Frostfire by Amanda Hocking
Tracker Bryn Aven's goal of becoming a member of the elite King's Guard is threatened when she is sent to stop Konstantin, a fallen hero who she once secretly loved, who appears to be kidnapping changelings.

This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (series)
Flynn, leader of the rebellion on Avon, captures Jubilee "Lee" Chase, captain of the forces sent to crush the terraformed planet's rebellious colonists, but later saves her and the two, caught between sides in a senseless war, flee together.

Monkey Wars by Richard Kurti
When rhesus monkeys are brutally massacred on the streets of Kolkata by a troop of power hungry langur monkeys, a young langur soldier's life is changed forever.

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Told in alternating voices, when Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school--both teetering on the edge--it's the beginning of an unlikely relationship, a journey to discover the "natural wonders" of the state of Indiana, and two teens' desperate desire to heal and save one another.

Paper Airplanes by Dawn O'Porter
The story of the strong bond of friendship between two fifteen year-old schoolgirls in Guernsey in the mid-1990s, who became friends through their shared loneliness and dysfunctional families, despite their differences in personality and ambitions.

Firefight by Brandon Sanderson (series)
David and the Reckoners continue their fight against the Epics, humans with superhuman powers, except they may have met their match in Regalia, a High Epic who resides in Babylon Restored, the city formerly known as the borough of Manhattan. Sequel to Steelheart.

X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon
A novel covering the life of Malcolm X from childhood to age 20.

Hold Tight, Don't Let Go by Laura Rose Wagner
In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Nadine goes to live with her father in Miami while her cousin Magdalie, raised as her sister, remains behind in a refugee camp, dreaming of joining Nadine but wondering if she must accept that her life and future are in Port-au-Prince.

Memoir and Non Fiction:

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela De Prince
Michaela DePrince lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until she was adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.

We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist
The Paralympic ski racer, YouTube star, and motivational speaker documents his coming of age as an amputee cancer survivor and his efforts to investigate past dates gone wrong to discover why he was still single.

Sneaker Century: A History of Athletic Shoes by Amber V. Keyser

Graphic Novels:
Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 2 by Aya Shouoto

My Love Story vol. 3 by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko

Batman/Superman vol. 2: Game Over

Aquaman vol. 5: Sea of Storms

Batman Detective Comics vol. 5: Gothtopia

Friday, November 7, 2014

New graphic novels


I Remember Beirut by Zeinia Abirached

Battle Royale: Angel's Border by Koushun Takami
The Program is a brutal military experiment that pits junior high students against each other every year in a brutal battle to the death. Most of the students from Shiroiwa Junior High scatter as soon as they reach the remote island where they must participate in the latest round of the Program. But Yukie Utsumi and five of her friends lock themselves in the lighthouse, clinging to a desperate hope of survival. They all trust each other, but they also know that only one can survive the Battle Royale.

Wonder Woman vol. 5: Flesh by Brian Azzarello

Earth 2 vol. 4: The Dark Age by Tom Taylor


Black Butler vol. 18 by Yana Toboso

Batwoman: This Blood is Thick by J.H. Williams III

My Love Story!! vol. 2 by Kazune Kawahara
Giant Takeo Goda's love life takes a surprising turn when he saves a girl named Yamato, but will she be drawn instead to Takeo's handsome best friend, Sunakawa?

Saturday, October 11, 2014

New books

Hunt for Jade Dragon by Richard Paul Evans
Fourth book in the Michael Vey series. Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.

Being Audrey Hepburn by Mitchell Kriegman
With Audrey Hepburn as her inspiration, nineteen-year-old Lisbeth strives to rise above her broken home, alcohol-abusing sister and friends, the culture of "the shore," and her mother's meager dreams for her but when she secretly tries on Audrey's iconic Givenchy dress, she gets a chance to become who she longs to be.

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
Sequel to The 5th Wave. Cassie Sullivan and her companions lived through the Others' four waves of destruction. Now, with the human race nearly exterminated and the 5th Wave rolling across the landscape, they face a choice: brace for winter and hope for Evan Walker's return, or set out in search of other survivors before the enemy closes in.

Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts
The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with questionable taste in music. In the real world, he wouldn't--couldn't--be friends with her. In hospital different rules apply, and what begins as a knock on the wall leads to a note--then a friendship neither of them sees coming.

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
A collection of five spine-tingling short stories.

Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank
In this novel in verse, two very different girls bond while hospitalized for Crohn's disease.

Secrets and Lies by Jacqueline Green
Sequel to Truth or Dare. In Echo Bay, Massachusetts, a beach town haunted by misfortune, Tenley Reed, Sydney Morgan, and Emerson Cunningham come together to investigate a murder, while old mysteries resurface and new dares appear.

Heir of Fire by Sarah Maas
Third book in the Throne of Glass series. Royal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world.

The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
When ugly rumors and lies about Alice Franklin start after one of the guys she allegedly slept with at a party dies in a car accident, questions about truth arise in her small town

My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak
Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.

Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Isla has had a crush on classmate Josh since their freshman year at the School of America in Paris, but after a chance encounter over the summer in Manhattan they return to France for their senior year where they are forced to confront challenges every young couple in love must face.

Play Me Backwards by Adam Selzer
A promising and popular student in middle school, Leon Harris has become a committed "slacker" but with graduation approaching and his middle school girlfriend possibly returning to town, Leon's best friend Stan, who claims to be Satan, helps him get back on the right track--for a price.

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
In alternating chapters, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel navigates the New York City publishing world and Lizzie, the heroine of Darcy's novel, slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack and becomes a spirit guide, as both face many challenges and both fall in love.

Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes
The third most popular girl in school's choice between the hottest boy in town and a lonely but romantic misfit ends in tragedy and self-realization.

New to the graphic novel collection:

Justice League Dark vol. 4: Rebirth of Evil

Black Widow 1: The Finely Woven Thread

Green Lantern Corps vol. 4: Rebuild

Green Lantern: New Guardians vol. 4: Gods and Monsters

The Walking Dead 21: All Out War

The Flash vol. 4: Reverse

Hellboy in Hell vol.1: The Descent

Batman: Li'l Gotham vol. 2

Alice in the Country of Clover: Knight's Knowledge vol. 2

Black Science vol. 1: How to Fall Forever

The Movement vol. 1 : Class Warfare

 Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos