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1) Paper girls
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Series
Paper girls volume 6
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
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"In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and supernatural mysteries collide in this smash-hit series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood"--Page [4] of cover.
2) Another kind
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Language
English
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"Six kids search for a new place to call home in this middle grade graphic novel debut by comic creators Cait May and Trevor Bream, for fans of Marvel's Runaways and The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag. Another Kind is not your average monster story. Tucked away in a government facility nicknamed the Playroom, six not-quite-human kids learn to control their strange and unpredictable abilities. Life is good -- or safe, at least -- hidden from the...
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Series
Making friends (Kristen Gudsnuk) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
August 2018.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Dany is in a new middle school, feeling her friends drift away, when she inherits a magic sketchbook from her eccentric great-aunt and uses it to draw Madison, a new best friend.
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Series
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English
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Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!
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Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]-
Language
English
Description
"Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather's ability to see spirits--and his massive debt to them. Now she's been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to make good on his bill. Her options: marry the head of the inn her grandfather trashed, or get eaten by ayakashi. But Aoi isn't the type to let spirits push her around, and she's determined to redeem her grandfather's IOU on her own terms."
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Series
Making friends (Kristen Gudsnuk) volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Dany, Madison, and... wait -- another Dany?! -- must navigate some very complicated friendships while trying to capture a magical dog that is turning their town upside-down! Almost everything is going great for Dany. She and Madison are still best friends, she still has her magic sketchbook, and the new school year is looking up. But when Dany creates a duplicate of herself to secretly help with homework and raise her social status, the two of them...
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Series
Okay witch volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she's about to discover that witches aren't just the stuff of movies, books, and spooky stories. When some eighth-grade bullies try to ruin her Halloween, something really strange happens. It turns out that Founder's Bluff, Massachusetts, has a centuries-old history of witch drama. And, surprise: Moth's family is at the center of it all! When Moth's new powers show up, things get totally out-of-control....
8) Snapdragon
Author
Publisher
First Second, of an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town's witch and discovers the strange magic within herself.
Snap's town had a witch. At least, that's how the rumor goes. But in reality, Jacks is just a crocks-wearing, internet-savvy old lady who sells roadkill skeletons online--after doing a little ritual to put their spirits to rest. It's creepy, sure, but Snap thinks it's kind of cool, too. They make a deal: Jacks will teach Snap how to take...
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Series
Something is killing the children volume 3
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Language
English
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"When the children of Archer's Peak--a sleepy town in the heart of America--begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories--impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only one who sees what they can see. Her...
10) Hooky
Author
Series
Hooky volume 3
Publisher
Etch / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Dani and Dorian missed the bus to magic school, they never thought they'd wind up declared traitors to their own kind! Now, thanks to a series of mishaps, they are being chased by powerful magic families seeking the prophesied King of Witches and royals searching for missing princes. But they aren't alone. With a local troublemaker, a princess, and a teacher who can see the future on their side, they might just be able to clear their names...but...
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old goblin and witch-in-training Beetle enlists her former best friend, Kat Hollowbones, to help stop Kat's sorceress aunt from demolishing the mall where Beetle's friend Blob Ghost is trapped."--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Language
English
Description
The highly-acclaimed fifth arc of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure shifts the action from Japan to Italy, as Koichi Hirose heads to Europe to find an aspiring gangster named Giorno Giovanna, the secret son of Dio Brando, scourge of the Joestar family.
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Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Stranded on a strange island after a mishap on their way to a South American dig site, Hellboy and Professor Bruttenholm are confronted by all manner of monsters on land, sea, and sky! A stranger who rescues them turns out to be one of Hellboy's heroes, but they still aren't as safe as they think they are! An old evil that the island protects is about to reawaken, drawing Hellboy and his new allies into a desperate battle!"--
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Belmont Library Latest: Lunar New Year Romance (February 13, 2024)
Medfield Cozy Reads for Teens - Heartwarming Romance
Medfield Cozy Reads for Teens - Heartwarming Romance
Description
Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love. Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed--no one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love. But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance...
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English
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"After sneaking out against her mother's wishes, Artie Irvin spots a massive wolf--then watches it don a bathrobe and transform into her mom. Thrilled to discover she comes from a line of werewolves, Artie asks her mom to share everything--including the story of Artie's late father. Her mom reluctantly agrees. And to help Artie figure out her wolflike abilities, she recruits some old family friends. Artie thrives in her new community and even develops...
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive a harsh world. After being killed on a job, Denji is revived by his pet devil-dog Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous--Chainsaw Man! With the climactic battle against the Gun Devil close, Aki may be wavering. Has he found something more important to him than revenge? And what is the true meaning behind the vision shown to him by the Future Devil?" --
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Spirited (Liv Livingston) volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Olivia "Liv" Livingston loves her town Pleasant Place, but when her family moves to spooky Gloomsdale, she must learn to adjust to this ghost town where its residents are all from various decades and centuries, the hall monitors are bats, and some students have fangs.
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Series
Malevolent spirits volume 6
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]-
Language
English
Description
Hyoma is a young man who despises tsukumogami, powerful beings whose spirits dwell within old objects, and his mission is to use the supernatural powers granted to him to dispatch these spirits back to their own world, no matter what it takes.
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