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Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
English edition; Kodansha Comics edition.
Language
English
Description
A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages! Theo has completed the first part of the grueling exam to become a kafna, but he's not in the clear yet--there are two more trials he must face. Even if he makes it through the second test, an intense face-to-face oral examination, the last challenge...
662) School stories
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Miss Nelson has a field day: Everyone at the Horace B. Smedley School is down in the dumps - until the arrival of the notorious Viola Swamp who takes it upon herself to whip the football team into shape for the big Thanksgiving Day game.
Miss Nelson is back: When the kids in Room 207 find out that their teacher, Miss Nelson, will be away for a few days, they prepare to act up - despite the likely appearance of Miss Viola Swamp, the meanest substitute...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Whitney and Ben are two middle school students on a field trip to a college library for a research project; but the bored teens venture through a door marked "Special Collection Sinister History" and meet the evil Archivist who collects tales of the world's oldest, most terrifying creatures and uses magic to bring them to life--she is looking to bring a local legend called The Stalker into the real world and only the Librarian can save Ben and Whitney...
664) Spell-bound
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
While cramming for her spelling test at an old library, Avery suddenly finds the words of her vocabulary workbook coming alive and wrapping around her --it is a cursed book, created by the evil Spellbinder, and only the Librarian can help her escape from the trap.
665) The howling book
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Shay Isley loves to read but she has become bored by the usual stories so she turns to the horror section and finds the book, Attack of the Moon Beast; but when night comes this book turns into a monster, part werewolf and part book--and only the Librarian can save her and her little brother from becoming its prey.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Unshelved entertains tens of thousands of library workers, teachers, and book nerds around the world with tales of what really goes on behind the desk, between the stacks, and in the staff lounge of your local public library. In this, the final collection, you'll find over two years of full-color comic strips including the third Unshelved graphic novella, Lights out.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
English edition; Kodansha Comics edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ambition tested. Theo has set out from his hometown on a journey to the great city of Aftzaak with three goals: to see the city he's longed for his whole life, to take the test to become a Kafna, and to return the book lent to him by Sedona seven years earlier -- the book that changed his life. The journey is difficult and the road long, but the world is filled with things for a young scholar like Theo to learn. Yet no matter how prepared he feels,...
668) Book of storms
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Pablo, twelve, and his younger brother Alex find a book on extreme weather, only to discover the book does not just discribe weather, it creates it--and only the Librarian can control the book's power.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A gifted puppeteer and storyteller, Pura Belpré captivated millions of bilingual readers across New York City--and worldwide. Her children's book, Perez y Martina, became the first Spanish language children's book published by a mainstream U.S. press. She left such a lasting impact on the reading world and Puerto Rican community that the Pura Belpré Award is named after her legacy"--
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