Children and Teens

2010 Summer Favorites - Graphic Novels

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta: Lunch Lady #3 (Paperback)

By Jarrett J. Krosoczka
$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780375860942
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 12/2009
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In LUNCH LADY AND THE AUTHOR VISIT VENDETTA (Knopf, $5.99), a famous author, Lewis Scribson, visits Thompson Brook School.  Lunch Lady and her sidekick Betty know something is wrong when the PE teacher goes missing and they suspect the visiting author is involved. The pair head for their secret headquarters behind the cafeteria refrigerator and, armed with high tech cooking gadgets, “serve justice while serving lunch.”  Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s newest title will delight Lunch Lady’s fans. Click here to see more from this series.  Ages 7-10.  ESL

Missile Mouse #1: The Star Crusher (Paperback)

By Jake Parker
$10.99
ISBN-13: 9780545117159
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Published: GRAPHIX, 1/2010
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The Galactic Security Agency’s special agent, MISSILE MOUSE (in The Star Crusher) (Scholastic, $10.99), needs to be a little more careful in his assignments. His boss tells him he’s not allowed to fly solo anymore and assigns him a partner for his newest mission: to save a GSA scientist from evil forces in space. But Missile Mouse’s new partner may not be who says he is – and this is only the beginning of our special agent’s problems. Cartoonist Jake Parker creates an adventurous, action-packed universe for Missile Mouse to save. Volume #2 will be available in January 2011. Ages 7 and up. JEH

The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (Hardcover)

By Amy Ignatow
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780810984219
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Published: Amulet Books, 4/2010
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To get ready for middle school, Julie and Lydia set out on a mission: to figure out how to be popular. Using a top-secret notebook known as THE POPULARITY PAPERS (Amulet Books, $16.95), the girls devote their fifth-grade year to their social improvement. After a year filled with adventures from joining the field hockey team to a failed attempt at hair-dyeing, Julie and Lydia learn that the social world is more complicated than they thought and that ultimately it’s most important to do the things they love. Sweet illustrations, journal-style writing, and a whole lot of attitude converge in Amy Ignatow’s hilarious graphic novel.  Ages 8-11.  AJK

Calamity Jack (Paperback)

By Dean Hale, Shannon Hale, Nathan Hale
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9781599903736
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Published: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 1/2010
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Jack and Rapunzel are back, this time finding Jack’s home city in the Wild West overtaken by the evil Blunderboar. Trouble follows the duo from Rapunzel’s Revenge to CALAMITY JACK (Bloomsbury, $14.99), a retelling of the classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Accompanied by new friends Pru (a pixie) and Freddy (a journalist), Rapunzel and Jack will be lucky to survive Shyport’s current ordeal. Shannon, Dean, and Nathan Hale have done it again!Ages 8-14. JEH

 

 

Rapunzel's Revenge (Paperback)

By Dean Hale, Shannon Hale, Nathan Hale
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781599902883
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Published: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 8/2008
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