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Graphic Novels February 2018
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Curse Words: The Devil's Devil Volume One
by Charles Soule
A wizard has appeared in present-day New York! His name is Wizord, and he's here to save us all from dark magical forces bent on our destruction. He's the best wizard of all time! Or...he's not, and he's lying to everyone, and secretly is the dark magical force, but wants to hang out in our world for a while because it's so much nicer than the hellhole he comes from. Secrets, and spells, and talking koalas --Curse Words is a gonzo dark fantasy from Charles Soule and Ryan Browne.
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Jessica Jones 2: The Secrets of Maria Hill
by Brian Michael Bendis
Jessica Jones is back where she belongs - in her own comic, and taking cases as Alias Investigations! But as the most dangerous book on the stands digs even deeper into the new mysteries of the Marvel Universe, Jessica has uncovered a truly startling secret. Is this case to hot for even her? Will it shatter everything she has built for herself? Can she put the pieces of her life back together...or is it already too late?
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Assassination Classroom 19
by Yusei Matsui
Koro Sensei's lessons in verbal defense are put to the test when karma must use his brains instead of his brown to rescue a classmate. Then things finally begin to go smoothly for the students of 3-E. Everyone receives some good news about their futures, and Nagisa settles on a career goal. But the peace is broken when the world's nations miraculously manage to coordinate their efforts long enough to launch a plan to assassinate Koro Sensei--with the aid of the strongest mercenary in the world and an ultimate weapon! Will anyone break ranks to protect everyone's favorite tentacled teacher...?
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I, Parrot
by Deb Olin Unferth
When Daphne loses custody of her son, she is willing to do whatever it takes to get him back--even if it means enlisting the help of the wayward love of her life, a trio of housepainters, a flock of passenger pigeons, a landlady from hell, a super-sized bag of mite-killing powder, and more parrots than she knows what to do with.
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Young Adult Graphic Novels
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Piper
by Jay Asher
Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love. When Maggie meets the mysterious Piper, it seems that all her wishes are coming true. Spellbound, Maggie falls hard for him and plunges headfirst into his magical world. But as she grows closer to the Piper, Maggie discovers that he has a dark side. The boy of Maggie's dream might just turn out to be her worst nightmare...
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The Stories of Edgar Allen Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe is a brilliant collection of some of his best-known stories: The Tell Tale Heart (a murder's haunting guilt), The Cask of Amontillado (a story of brilliant revenge), and The Fall of the House of Usher (an ancient house full of very dark secretes). Also included in this collection are The Mask of the Red Death (horrors of 'the Plague'), and the most famous of all his poems: The Raven (a lover's decline into madness). Best read in a dimly-lit room with the curtains drawn, Poe's brilliant works come to life in this darkly thrilling ways in this Manga Classic adaptation.
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Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man 1: Into the Twilight
by Chip Zdarsky
The webslinging, wallcrawling wonder returns to New York City in the all-new Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man. A companion series to the best-selling Amazing Spider-Man series, Peter Parker is going back-to-basics for big heroics in the Big Apple. Featuring adversaries old and new, be there as Spider-Man returns to his friendly neighborhood for his never ending battle against crime and the dreaded "Parker Luck."
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Chafed by the "sivillzed" restrictions of his foster home, and weary of his drunkard father's brutality, 14 year-old Huck Finn fakes his own death and sets off on a raft down the Mississippi River. He is soon joined by Jim, an escaped slave. Together, they experience a series of rollicking adventures that have amused readers, young and old, for over a century. The fugitives become close friends as they weather storms together aboard the raft and spend idyllic days swimming, frying catfish suppers, and enjoying their independence.
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My Hero Academia. Vol. 9
by Kōhei Horikoshi
The academy students head off to summer camp where they engage in high-impact training to further develop their Quirks, and though the teachers set up some tough challenges, the most life changing is the threat posed by a new group of enemies
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My Hero Academia. Vol. 10
by Kohei Horikoshi
In the wake of uproarious negative publicity stemming from the abduction of Bakugo by the League of Villains, the faculty of the Hero Academy scrambles to reverse public opinion about their hero protectors, a situation that prompts the students of Class 1-A to organize a daring rescue mission.
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