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Author
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
"The Handmaids Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely...
Author
Series
Publisher
Skybound Comet
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
248 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own. But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys north to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, zombie-free settlement. As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh...
3) The Giver
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
GN 500L
Physical Desc
176 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jonas' life assignment is as the Receiver of Memory, where he will apprentice the Giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia: color, emotion, and even more complicated secrets.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In a postapocalyptic world where everyone has unusual abilities, Doom Thorax, whose only power is reading, gets left in charge and is responsible for the survival of all the other kids at camp.
Author
Description
"Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party's seemingly omniscient leader, Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people's history and language. Now, the Party is forcing the use of an invented language called Newspeak which will prevent political...
Author
Publisher
Palazzo Editions Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party's seemingly omniscient leader, Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people's history and language. Now, the Party is forcing the use of an invented language called Newspeak which will prevent political...
Author
Publisher
Skybound Comet
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
288 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Clementine and her new friends are rescued by an island community led by an enigmatic doctor called Miss Morro, but just as Clementine's scars are finally beginning to heal, she discovers dark secrets that threaten to tear her new life apart. Can Miss Morro be trusted? What about the rest of the islanders? And just how far will Clementine go to protect the ones she loves?"
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
222 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. Orwell's best-known work of unrelenting dystopian realism warns against totalitarianism. The story is told from the point of view of Winston Smith, a functionary of the Ministry of Truth whose work involved the "correction" of all records each time the "Big Brother" decided that the truth had changed.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) with captions ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying future. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family, he must now sort...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) with captions ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Police Officer Rick Grimes and his son, Carl, find shelter in a house while zombies roam outside, but their supplies are dwindling and Rick decides it is time to move on and they encounter a familiar face along the way.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (275 pages) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Contains a collection of graphic novel short stories depicting the creator of "Moebius" meeting his own creations, and explores the ideas of life, aging, and creativity.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (227 pages) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Contains a collection of graphic novel short stories depicting the creator of "Moebius" meeting his own creations, and explores the ideas of life, aging, and the power of animation.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (259 pages) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Contains a collection of graphic novel short stories depicting the creator of "Moebius" meeting his own creations, and explores the ideas of life, depression, and the power of animation.
15) SP4RX
Author
Publisher
Nobrow
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 380L
Physical Desc
116 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"SP4RX is the story of mankind clawing for survival. Set in a future where a class system has emerged, the world is divided into four levels, with the elite ruling from the extravagant top level. SP4RX, a young hacker who lives off grid, hacks into corporations and sells stolen data to wealthy buyers on the black market-- just your average thief. Mega corporation Structus Industries introduces a welfare program called the Elpis Program, which allows...
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
110 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 x 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From fearsome engine to final car, all surviving human life is here: a complete hierarchy of the society we lost. The elite, as ever, travel in luxury at the front of the train - but for those in the rear coaches, life is squalid, miserable and short. Now the poor have had enough: it's time to seize control of the engine - and their future!" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Who is Negan? Since his debut in THE WALKING DEAD #100, the charismatic psychopath has antagonized Rick Grimes, murdered his friend with a baseball bat wrapped in barb wire (which he calls "Lucille"), and led the Saviors into war against Alexandria and the neighboring communities. But who was he before society broke down? That question will finally be answered in this collection" --
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
915 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"For readers eager to dive right into Jeff LeMire's strange sci-fi story, Sweet Tooth the compendium is now available! An inexplicable plague has women giving birth to human-animal hybrid children all over the world. The deer-child Gus is left to fend for himself after his father dies, leaving him with more questions than answers. A cross between Bambi and Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Sweet Tooth follows the innocent journey of a young hybrid boy suddenly...
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition, TV edition.
Physical Desc
110 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
On a future, frozen Earth, humanity has been packed onto self-sustaining trains, doomed to circumnavigate the globe until the end of the interminable ice age - or until the engines give out. When a scrap of music piques their interest, the inhabitants of the Icebreaker take the ultimate risk and cross the frozen ocean, a vast expanse with no train tracks ... and no way to return to them.
20) No. 6: Volume 8
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Risking everything, Shion and Rat have finally made it to the top floor of the Correctional Facility, where Shion is finally reunited with Safu! But has Shion's rescue attempt come too late? Is the Safu he once knew gone forever? As Rat rushes to find a way out, Shion must make a heartbreaking decision: Leave, saving Rat and himself from capture, or stay, and find another solution? Either way, Shion may lose a friend, or his own life!" -- Page [4]...