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2) The giver
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
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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.
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Collects X-Men (2019) #21, Marauders (2019) #21, Excalibur (2019) #21, X-Force (2019) #20, New Mutants (2019) #19, X-Factor (2020) #10, Hellions (2020) #12, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #6, Way of X (2021) #3, X-Corp (2021) #2, Wolverine (2020) #13, Planet-Size X-Men (2021) #1, material from Classic X-Men (1986) #7, Hellfire Gala Guide. The X-Men are rolling out the red carpet for the biggest Krakoan event of the season - and this high-class hardcover details...
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Avengers by Jonathan Hickman volume 1
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Collects Avengers (2012) #1-5, New Avengers (2013) #1-6, material from Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld (2008) #1-6. Jonathan Hickman's epic saga begins here! Earth's Mightiest Heroes expand their sphere of influence to a global - even interplanetary - level, but who will answer Captain America's call? When Earth is attacked, the new team's first mission takes them to Mars - and sets them on a dangerous path filled with deadly, godlike enemies beyond...
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Avengers volume 89
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Caught in the crossfire, Earth has become the staging ground for a conflict of star-spanning proportions! For those eternal intergalactic enemies, the merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls, have gone to war, and our planet is situated on the front lines! Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, bring about an end to the fighting before humanity becomes a casualty of war?
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Daredevil volume 226
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"And I -- I have shown him... that a man without hope is a man without fear." The definitive Daredevil tale! Karen Page, Matt Murdock's former lover, has traded away the Man Without Fear's secret identity for a drug fix. Now, Daredevil must find strength as the Kingpin of Crime wastes no time taking him down as low as a human can get.
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Superman For All Seasons volume 1
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In this coming-of-age tale, witness the experiences and adventures that transform a simple country boy into the world's greatest hero. Told through the course of four seasons in the Man of Steel's adolescent life, it illustrates that it is the person, not the powers, that makes Superman a hero. The catalyst for the "Smallville" television program, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS is emotional and insightful, humanizing the alien from another planet so that...
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Collected Gotham central volume 2
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Cops just don't have it easy in the city of the Bat. Not only do they have to deal with the violence and corruption of the world's most notoriously crime-infested city, catering to some of the most insane and homicidal criminals, but they also have to deal with a vigilante who's hell-bent on playing by his own rules. And to make things worse, the Joker is terrorizing the city at Christmastime - randomly executing people with a rifle, and no one from...
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Collected Gotham central volume 3
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"A brutal gang war wages in Gotham City. After a tragic mistake, the police feel that they can no longer trust Batman, so the commissioner makes a fateful decision; the Dark Knight is now a wanted man, and the famous Bat-Signal is removed from the roof of headquarters. But it couldn't have come at a worse time, as the Major Crimes Unit has to face a super-villain they've never dealt with before, and a good cop's life hangs in the balance"--P. [4]...
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Critically acclaimed storytellers Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons team with superstar artists Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason and Ethan Van Sciver to tell the most tragic story in the Book of Oa. Once one of the most honored members of the Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro of Korugar fell to the corrupting influence of the Green Lantern's power ring, and its nearly limitless power, and was banished from the known universe for his crimes. Now, together with some...
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Batman The Long Halloween volume 2
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" It is early in Batman's crimefighting career, when James Gordon, Harvey Dent, and the vigilante himself were all just beginning their roles as Gotham's protectors. Once a town controlled by organized crime, Gotham City suddenly finds itself being run by lawless freaks, such as Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and the Joker. Witnessing his city's dark evolution, the Dark Knight completes his transformation into the city's greatest defender. He faces multiple...
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Uncanny X-Men volume 138
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Relive the first journey into the dystopian future of 2013.
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Collects Powers Of X #1-6, House Of X #1-6. Face the future - and fear the future - as superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (Infinity, New Avengers, Fantastic Four) changes everything for the X-Men! In House Of X, Charles Xavier reveals his master plan for mutantkind - one that will bring mutants out of humankind's shadow and into the light once more! Meanwhile, Powers Of X reveals mutant kind's secret history, changing the way you will look at every...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unexpected offer threatens the bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the two Jedi navigate a dangerous new planet and an uncertain future in the first canon Star Wars novel to take place before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
A Jedi must be a fearless warrior, a guardian of justice, and a scholar in the ways of the Force. But perhaps a Jedi’s most essential...
A Jedi must be a fearless warrior, a guardian of justice, and a scholar in the ways of the Force. But perhaps a Jedi’s most essential...
15) Wild Storm
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Derrick Storm novels volume 2
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Hired to look into a recent spate of plane crashes that have killed powerful people in politics, business and religion, Derrick Storm goes up against an maniacal extremist who has created a laser with the power to shoot down planes from the ground.
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The story that drew national media attention when DC Comics killed their greatest hero is collected here. When a hulking monster emerges from an underground resting place and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop the colossal force of nature. But it soon becomes apparent that only Superman can stand against the monstrosity that has been nicknamed Doomsday. Battling their way through America, the two fight to a...
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Complete Dracula volume 1
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Dynamite presents the complete story of the Lord of the Undead--Dracula! For the first time in 112 years the original masterpiece from Bram Stoker is fully restored in this sensational graphic collection. If you thought you knew how it all began or how it ends, you were wrong! Open this book and enjoy the real story of Dracula as Bram Stoker had originally imagined it. Writers John Reppion and Leah Moore are joined by painter Colton Worley for an...
18) Emma
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 30
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As daughter of the richest, most important man in the small provincial village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse is firmly convinced that it is her right--perhaps even her "duty"--To arrange the lives of others. Considered by most critics to be Austen's most technically brilliant achievement, "Emma" sparkles with ironic insights into self-deception, self-discovery, and the interplay of love and power.
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The Mistress of the Dark has become unstuck in time! Elvira crashes Mary Shelley's monster weekend, beginning an epic journey through horror history, stalked by the most terrifying nightmare to ever walk the Earth. (No spoilers!) Writer David Avallone (Bettie Page, Doc Savage, Twilight Zone) and Dave Acosta (Doc Savage) bring you the thrills, chills and double-entendres in the first chapter of this four-issue miniseries! Played by actress-writer Cassandra...
20) Hotel Portofino
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"Hotel Portofino has only been open a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its coproprietor Bella Ainsworth. She is short of staff and ready money. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she is being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot political cauldron of Mussolini's Italy. To make matters worse, her marriage is in trouble, and her children are still...
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