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Lexile measure
HL 1010L
Language
English
Description
Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers; however the first edition contained...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new...
3) The tempest
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter Miranda have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples. Includes explanatory notes, plot summaries, critical essay, and illustrations.
Author
Series
I survived volume 5
Lexile measure
GN 550L
Language
English
Description
No grizzly has ever killed a human in Glacier National Park before... until tonight. Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family come to Glacier every year. Mel loves it here - the beautiful landscapes and wildlife make it easy to forget her real-world troubles. But this year is different. With Mom gone, every moment in the park is a reminder of the past. Then Mel comes face-to-face with a mighty grizzly.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 440L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of Julian's Grandmére's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.
In R. J. Palacio's bestselling collection of stories Auggie & Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian's grandmother, Grand̈mre. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grand̈mre's heartrending...
Author
Series
March volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
GN 760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A graphic novel trilogy based on the life of civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
148 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With his French village under Nazi control, Paul Colbert joins a secret resistance after rescuing an American paratrooper and gets his chance to make a difference in the midst of the largest invasion in history, working to do his part in turning horror into hope.
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 3
Lexile measure
GN 330L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party's predicament in the Sierra Nevada...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 490L
Physical Desc
147 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox becomes caught up in a gunfight between American and British troops during the American Revolution.
Author
Lexile measure
GN 270L
Language
English
Description
"'I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.' These are the famous last words of Nathan Hale, a spy for the American rebels in the Revolutionary War. But who was this Nathan Hale? And how did the rebels defeat an army that was bigger, better, stronger, and more heavily armed than they were? The book you are now holding has answers to these questions, as well as stories of ingenuity, close calls with danger, and acts of heroism in the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
148 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle's little New Jersey town. He has three new friends, and they love cooling off in the creek on hot summer days. But then comes shocking news: A massive shark has been attacking swimmers in the ocean along the Jersey Shore, not far from where Chet is staying. Fear is in the air. So when Chet spots a gray fin in the creek, he's sure it's his imagination running wild. It's impossible he's about to come...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 400L
Physical Desc
147 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Robbed on the train platform as soon as he arrives in the city, eleven-year-old Oscar Starling soon finds himself in the middle of the Great Chicago Fire when he chases after his thief, who is herself in need of rescue." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Physical Desc
147 pages, 11 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young Jewish boy escapes the ghetto and finds a group of resistance fighters in the forests of Poland, and he must determine if he has what it takes to survive the Nazis and fight back.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
120 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
127 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of the Haitian Revolution and its role in Napoleon's decision to sell Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe the whole Louisiana Territory, when they sought to buy only New Orleans.
Why would Napoleon Bonaparte sell the Louisiana Territory to the recently formed United States of America? It all comes back to the island nation of Haiti, which Napoleon had planned to use as a base for trade with North America....
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Series
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts MEGASCOPE
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
55 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, author Alverne Ball and illustrator Stacey Robinson have crafted a love letter to Greenwood, Oklahoma. Also known as Black Wall Street, Greenwood was a community whose importance is often overshadowed by the atrocious massacre that took place there in 1921. Across the Tracks introduces the reader to the businesses and townsfolk who flourished in this unprecedented...
18) Major impossible
Author
Language
English
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Description
John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869, he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition-- ten men in four boats-- to float through the Grand Canyon. Ten explorers went in, but only six came out....
Author
Series
Mary Pope Osborne's Magic tree house volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First graphic novel edition.
Lexile measure
GN 400L
Physical Desc
153 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.
20) Issunboshi
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, an Oni Press Publication
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a feudal Japan where creatures of myth and folklore are real, a demon sets out to reforge an ancient weapon to take over the world. The only person who can stop him is a six-inch-tall would-be samurai, who also happens to be the final and most important piece of the weapon"-- Page [4] cover.