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Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"WEIRD?! Nothing weird EVER happens in The Bad Guys. Like, you would NEVER see a chain-saw monster confronting a velociraptor who has eaten an elderly piranha, or the disturbing antics of a deranged dentist running amok with an oversized drill. NOPE. None of that nonsense here. So relax and be entirely unsurprised by the Bad Guys' next adventure!"--
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Pop quiz! You are on the roof of a skyscraper. Every floor of that building has nasty things that just don't like you. And you really need to get to the basement. Whaddaya do?! (And no, you can't just join the B-Team and fly away in their glamorous new spaceship.) Think quick, chico, because the multiverse is getting worse!"--Provided by publisher.
4) Orientation
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
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Description
Kamala Khan, Miles Morales, Doreen Green, America Chavez, and other young Marvel heroes join forces to defeat . . . the academic decathlon? Welcome to the Avengers Institute!
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 4
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Big Nate Wright is president of P.S. 38, the after school cartooning club. When he doodles his observations in his cartoon notebook: "Mighty Jefferson Middle School always wins," Nate decides it's time to go from zeroes to heroes! Will Nate crack under the pressure of the "Ultimate Snowdown"? Or lead P.S. 38 to its biggest victory ever?
Author
Series
Adventures of Beanboy volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Wheaton, Kansas seventh-grader Tucker MacBean loves comic books, so when his favorite comic has a contest to create a sidekick, he is hopeful that he can win, thereby fixing his struggling family.
Author
Series
Captain Awesome volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When second-grader Eugene's favorite comic book goes missing, he blames his best friend Charlie even though he has no evidence.
8) Locker hero
Author
Series
Misadventures of Max Crumbly volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Questioning his resolve to attend public school after being homeschooled when he is targeted by a bully, Max aspires to become like his favorite comic book heroes and finds an unexpected opportunity to be the hero his middle school needs.
Author
Series
My brother is a superhero volume 1
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Luke, a hardcore fan of comics and superheroes, is jealous when his undeserving older brother Zack is zapped by an alien and turned into a superhero, until a plot to destroy the Earth incapacitates Zack, and Luke, accompanied by Lara, the nosey girl next door, must come to the rescue.
Author
Series
Adventures of Beanboy volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"This sequel to The Adventures of Beanboy combines comic illustrations, a small-town bully facing off against a budding artist, and a rousing, decisive game of dodge ball"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"Derek Fallon has expanded his taste in cartoons to the world of manga and anime. Together with his friends Carly, Matt, and Umberto, Derek has fun learning about all the cool aspects of ninja culture. When someone starts vandalizing their school with graffiti of a mischievous troll-like figure, these ninjas-in-training are convinced they'll be able to crack the case. But it turns out that being a ninja is a lot more work than they thought, and this...
12) Squint
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Flint Minett has keratoconus, an eye disease, but desperately wants to win a comic book art contest so that he and his new friend McKell Panganiban will be better accepted at middle school.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
After her father's death, aspiring sixth-grade writer Addy McMahon feels like she is cursed with bad luck, and when she temporarily loses her best friend, and is forced to admit that her mother is dating again, she vows she will never write another word.
Author
Series
Misadventures of Max Crumbly volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza after taking a late night tumble through the vents at South Ridge Middle School--and he was completely surrounded by three ruthless criminals! Will Max be shredded to bits like mozzarella cheese on the hard and crunchy pizza crust of doom? Can his friend and sidekick, computer whiz Erin, help get him out of this sticky situation alive?"--Page 4 of cover....
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"George's friend is always working on his cool Toiletman superhero comics. Now George gets to be a character in the comic--but as a bad guy named Gassy George. Totally not cool! And what's even worse than being called a supervillain? The super burp!"--Back cover.
17) Secret origins
Author
Series
Story thieves volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Owen and Bethany have sworn off jumping into books for good. But they didn't make any promises about not jumping through strange portals that lead to a comic book world. Jupiter City was once filled with brightly costumed superheroes and villains, but nowadays, there's nothing left but the Dark. Even the villains are terrified of the Dark's shadows, and most of the heroes have either disappeared or been lost to mind control. The one hero who might...
Author
Series
After-school superstars volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Third-grader Vera, a budding artist who loves every minute of her after-school comic-book camp, searches for a way to get her mother's permission to attend the camp's final field trip to Comic-Con.
19) Dan, unmasked
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This heartfelt middle grade debut about grief, creativity, and the healing power of friendship shows that not all heroes wear capes and is perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Ali Benjamin. Whether they're on the baseball field or in Nate's basement devouring the newest issue of their favorite comic book, Dan and Nate are always talking. Until they're not. After an accident at baseball practice, Nate's fallen into a coma. And if Dan ever wants...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Everyone's favorite knight-in-training is back...to back! Max's twin is public enemy number one, and it's up to the Midknights to find her before time runs out! But dangers loom, including bloodthirsty trolls, murderous pirates, and even a ruthless king--or two. Can Max and her band of loyal friends unlock the mystery of her past?
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