The Giver
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1623
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: science fiction, newbery medal, newbery, memory, coming of age, utopian fiction, bildungsromans, dystopias, boys, control (psychology), social control, ethics, audiobooks, newbery honor book, children's audiobooks, audiobooks, chinese language, dystopias, science fiction, bildungsromans, control, dystopian comics, science fiction comics, graphic novels, large type books, electronic books, electronic books, dystopian fiction, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, comics adaptations [X]
Silverwing
In this graphic novel edition of a best-selling story, young silverwing bat Shade is blown off course during his colony's migration to Hibernaculum, during which he meets other winged loners on his journey back to his family, but with a long and dangerous flight ahead, he must figure out who he can trust.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 139
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
Percy Jackson & The Olympians
A graphic novel adaptation of "The Lightning Thief" in which Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood, a special camp to prepare him to stop a war among the gods.
741.5
year: 2023
copies: 295
call number/section: 741.5
lexile: 470
subjects: riordan, rick, fathers and sons, camps, friendship, poseidon (greek deity), gods, greek, poseidon, mythology, greek, fantasy, cartoons and comics, father-son relationship, gods and goddesses, greek mythology, fantasy graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, jackson, percy, fantasy comics, comics adaptations [X]
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
A graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel about the hunchback Quasimodo and his love for the beautiful Gypsy, Esmeralda.
741.5
year: 2020
copies: 9
call number/section: 741.5
lexile: 270
subjects: quasimodo (fictitious character), esmeralda (fictitious character), people with disabilities, paris (france), quasimodo, notre-dame de paris (cathedral), esmeralda (fictional character), historical fiction, france, historical comics, graphic novels, comics adaptations [X]
Warriors
"[A] collection of three . . . books in the Ravenpaw's Path manga trilogy: Shattered Peace, A Clan in Need, and The Heart of a Warrior.
741.5
year: 2023
copies: 153
call number/section: 741.5
lexile: 1120
subjects: cats, quests (expeditions), fantasy, graphic novels, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, manga, fantasy comics, graphic novels, adventure and adventurers, hunter, erin, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, action and adventure comics, adventure graphic novels, fantasy graphic novels, survival, leadership, cartoons and comics, comics adaptations [X], animals, clans, adventure stories, survival skills, animal fiction, graphic novel adaptations, adventure fiction, comic books, strips, etc
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape Kyle Keeley is the class clown and a huge fan of all games--board games, word games, and particularly video games.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 344
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: libraries, books and reading, games, mystery fiction, graphic novels, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels
Artemis Fowl
Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must join forces with his nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police, in order to save his father--one of the few people in the world Artemis loves--who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 132
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: fairies, kidnapping, magic, fathers and sons, fantasy, england, father-son relationship, comic books, strips, etc, fowl, artemis (fictitious character), fowl, artemis (fictional character), organized crime, fantasy fiction, mothers and sons, mother-son relationship, children's stories, children's stories, fowl, artemis, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics, fantasy graphic novels, fantasy comics, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels, french language
The Odyssey
A graphic novel adaptation of Homer's epic poem in which Odysseus struggles to make his way home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
741.5
year: 2009
copies: 5
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: homer, odysseus (greek mythology), gods, greek, mythology, greek, odysseus, gods and goddesses, greek mythology, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels
Anna Sewell's Black Beauty
Contains the original text and a graphic novel adaptation of Anna Sewell's "Black Beauty," in which a horse tells the story of his life in nineteenth-century England, and his treatment under both good and bad masters.
741.5
year: 2018
copies: 6
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: black beauty (fictitious character), horses, human-animal relationships, black beauty, human-animal relationship, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels
Las Aventuras De Huckleberry Finn
A graphic novel adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel that depicts the adventures and misadventures of a young boy who attempts to help Jim, a runaway slave, find freedom in the North.
868
year: 2016
copies: 5
call number/section: 868
lexile:
subjects: spanish literature, spanish language, esclavos, novelas de aventuras, muchachos, fugitive slaves, spanish language materials, misisip?i (r?io), mississippi river, finn, huckleberry, runaway children, male friendship, coming of age, missouri, action and adventure comics, bildungsromans, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
"Jack Skellington is the undisputed Pumpkin King of Halloween Town.
741.5
year: 2023
copies: 35
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: santa claus, halloween, holidays, christmas, manga, horror comics, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels, ghost comics, dogs, ghosts, ghost stories, skeleton, imaginary places, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, paranormal fiction, graphic novels, fantasy, supernatural, fantasy graphic novels, supernatural graphic novels, fantasy comics, paranormal comics
Tom Sawyer
A graphic novel version of the adventures of Tom and his friends growing up in a small Missouri town on the banks of the Mississippi River in the nineteenth century.
741.5
year: 2008
copies: 5
call number/section: 741.5
lexile: 400
subjects: comic books, strips, etc, adventure fiction, cartoons and comics, adventure stories, missouri, mississippi river, sawyer, tom, boys, action and adventure comics, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels
Rebeli?on En La Granja
A graphic novel adaptation of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" a political satire in which the animals take over running the farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1030
subjects: totalitarianism, animals, domestic animals, revolutions, comics & graphic novels / literary, fiction / classics, dystopian comics, comics adaptations [X], allegorical fiction, satire, dystopian fiction, graphic novels
The Heroes Of Olympus
A graphic novel adaptation of "The Lost Hero" in which Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 91
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: riordan, rick, mythology, greek, camps, hera (greek deity), gaia (greek deity), monsters, greek mythology, hera, hera (greek deity), fantasy comics, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels
Les Mis?rables
A graphic novel adaptation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 400
subjects: ex-convicts, orphans, manga, paris (france), graphic novels, historical graphic novels, france, electronic books, historical fiction, historical comics, comics adaptations [X], graphic novels