Batman
Ten years after his retirement, a troubled Batman returns to the streets, evening the score with criminals in an increasingly violent manner, which brings trouble from the police and a gang called the Mutants and a conflict with Superman.
741.5
year: 2016
copies: 26
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: batman (fictitious character), good and evil, heroes, batman (fictional character), comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], batman, superheroes, comics & graphic novels / superheroes, superhero comics, detective and mystery comics
Naruto
"Naruto is a ninja-in-training whose wild antics amuse his teammates.
741.5
year: 2015
copies: 646
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: ninja, pariahs, competition (psychology), caste, competition, martial arts, graphic novels, shonen manga, manga, japanese language, adventure graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, adventure fiction, graphic novels [X], fiction / media tie-in, cartoons and comics, brothers, humorous comics, naruto, good and evil, teenage boys, action and adventure comics, comic books, strips, etc, fantasy comics, naruto (fictitious character), sibling rivalry, adventure stories, martial arts fiction
The Metamorphosis
An adaptation of Franz Kafka's story of a young man who faces disgrace and alienation after waking up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant beetle-like insect.
741.5
year: 2003
copies: 24
call number/section: 741.5
lexile: 670
subjects: kafka, franz, metamorphosis, comic books, strips, etc, embryology, cartoons and comics, graphic novels [X], alienation (social psychology), psychological fiction, allegory, graphic novels, psychological fiction, allegory
The Best Of Poe
Presents four classic stories by Edgar Allan Poe written in graphic novel format, and includes "The Pit and the Pendulum, " "The Fall of the House of Usher, " "The Cask of Amontillado, " and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
subjects: poe, edgar allan, cartoons and comics, comic books, strips, etc, horror stories, horror fiction, horror tales, mystery and detective stories, horror graphic novels, mystery graphic novels, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, short stories, graphic novels, horror comic books, strips, etc, mystery comic books, strips, etc, short stories, graphic novels [X]
Malcolm X
Presents a brief biography of Malcolm X in graphic novel format that describes his life from his early experiences with racism through his political and religious conversions.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: x, malcolm, black muslims, african americans, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X]
American Born Chinese
Alternates interrelated stories about three characters, including a Chinese American trying to participate in popular culture; a Chinese folk hero attempting to be worshipped as a god; and a teenager who is so ashamed by his Chinese cousin's behavior that he changes schools.
741.5
year: 2009
copies: 117
call number/section: 741.5
lexile: 530
subjects: chinese americans, identity, schools, cartoons and comics, identity (psychology), school stories, identity (philosophical concept), comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, graphic novels [X]
Deogratias
A graphic novel that describes the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda in 1994 through the eyes of a boy named Deogratias, a Hutu, who is in love with Benigne, a Tutsi.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: genocide, hutu (african people), tutsi (african people), rwanda, cartoons and comics, graphic novels [X]
Tokyo Mew Mew
Eleven-year-old Ichigo is involved in an odd incident when her DNA is mixed with the DNA of an almost extinct wildcat, and soon discovers she and her friends have been chosen to participate in a top secret project to protect the planet from aliens who are using the world's animals to attack humans.
741.5
year: 2005
copies: 18
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: extraterrestrial beings, science fiction, cartoons and comics, mun?equitos, tiras c?micas, etc, comic books, strips, etc, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, girls, graphic novels, munn?equitos, tiras co?micas, etc, spanish language, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X]
Yu-gi-oh!
"While Kaiba, the world's second greatest gamer, duels Pegasus, Yugi and his friends explore Pegasus' castle.
741.5
year: 2018
copies: 50
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: games, teenagers, ghosts, cartoons and comics, spirit possession, spirits, manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, graphic novels [X], ghost stories, revenge
Around The World In Eighty Days
In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 86
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: voyages around the world, adventure and adventurers, historical fiction, adventure fiction, adventure and adventures, adventure stories, voyages and travels, large type books, large print books, audiobooks, verne, jules, cartoons and comics, wagers, adventure fiction, action and adventure fiction, graphic novels [X], comic books, strips, etc, adventure, travel, quest, tourism
Great Expectations
Pip is a poor young orphan, living with his sister and her husband Joe, a blacksmith.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 179
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1230
subjects: young men, england, dickens, charles, orphans, coming of age, man-woman relationship, ex-convicts, benefactors, youth, bildungsromans, great britain, man-woman relationships, revenge, historical fiction, closed caption video recordings, closed captioning, dvds, audiobooks, working class, inheritance and succession, literature - adapted, gifts, bildungsromane, audiobooks, bildungsromans, adaptations, graphic novels [X], love stories, love, cartoons and comics, conduct of life, industrial revolution, social classes, electronic books
Slaughterhouse-five; Or, The Children's Crusade
The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great anti-war books.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 160
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, time travel, historical fiction, science fiction, dresden (germany), war stories, vonnegut, kurt, audiobooks, novelists, american, interplanetary voyages, books and reading, literacy skills, science, free will and determinism, human-alien encounters, graphic novels, graphic novels [X]
The Man In The Iron Mask
A graphic adaptation of Alexander Dumas's novel in which the four Musketeers plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: man in the iron mask, adventure and adventurers, historical fiction, cartoons and comics, adventure fiction, france, adventure graphic novels, adventure stories, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, adventure fiction, historical fiction, graphic novels [X]
Beautiful Creatures
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 113
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: supernatural, psychic ability, high schools, schools, dreams, south carolina, love stories, school stories, graphic novels [X], love, recluses, romance fiction, paranormal fiction, hermits, psychics, united states, confederate states of america, love stories
Mercury
A necklace that reportedly has the power to find gold serves as a link between Tara Fraser, a teen who is facing the angst of living with relatives and being the new girl in school after her home burns down, and Josey, a distant relative who lived in Tara's house over one hundred years earlier and fell in love with Asa Curry, a mysterious man who claimed to be a gold dowser.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 370
subjects: necklaces, teenage girls, cousins, genealogy, man-woman relationships, nova scotia, cartoons and comics, man-woman relationship, girls, teenagers, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, graphic novels [X], adjustment (psychology)