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Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Alanna and her older brother Hamel are orphans and doing their best to take care of each other until one day Alanna stumbles upon a cave full of dragon eggs. When the eggs hatch with no mother dragon in sight, Alanna decides to take care of the babies herself, even creating a clever costume so that the babies think she, too, is a dragon. With their large appetites and accidental fire burps, Alanna learns that dragon babies are hard...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this modern graphic novel retelling of Anne of Green Gables from graphic novelist Kathleen Gros, foster kid Anne Shirley finally lands in a loving home and befriends a girl who she may have more-than-friends feelings for.
Anne Shirley has been in foster care her whole life. So when the Cuthberts take her in, she hopes it's for good. They seem to be hitting it off, but how will they react to the trouble that Anne can sometimes
...3) The Keeper
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Black girl finds herself trapped between desperation and her family's dark history in this horror graphic novel
Aisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash, and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha's grandmother's health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected...
Aisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash, and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha's grandmother's health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected...
4) Essex County
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Presents the award-winning trilogy of graphic novels set in an imaginary version of the author's hometown, and reveals the problems and issues the families within the community face.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Twin homeless orphans Elliot and Liza take part in the Raven Quests--magical tasks that when completed promise the victors untold riches--but when a quest goes terribly wrong and Liza is poisoned, Elliot sacrifices everything to find the cure.
Author
Series
Red's planet volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After crash landing on a distant planet, a ten-year-old redheaded orphan finds herself in a new home surrounded by a host of odd and intriguing friends who must band together when Uskog space pirates return, searching for a mysterious stolen treasure.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Teru and Kurosaki continue to investigate the fake DAISY incident and are on the verge of solving the case when Teru gets kidnapped! What does the kidnapper want with her, and will Kurosaki be able to rescue her in time?!" -- p. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Cat's cradle volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Dreaming of one day taming monsters, orphan street urchin Suri finds her self-confidence, cleverness, and ambition serving her well when a mysterious new wagon holding something monstrous joins her merchant camp.
10) Sunny: Vol. 1
Author
Series
Sunny volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides a trio of boys with a means of escape from their bleak everyday lives."--MangaHere.com review.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this modern retelling, Anne is fostered into the West Philly home of siblings Marilla and Matthew, and while she initially has a hard time at school, she ends up joining the robotics team and competes for a spot in an elite STEM program.
12) Queen of the sea
Author
Publisher
Walker Books U.S., a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But the island is also home to Margaret, a mysterious young orphan girl whose life is upturned when the cold, regal stranger arrives. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of the island's sinister true purpose as...
Author
Publisher
Lion Forge Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The conclusion of the first "season" of this epic space opera finds the surviving members of the deadly Orphan Squadron split against each other, with Ringo and Juno deadset on bringing the truth about the Terran disaster back to Earth, while Jonas and Rey dutifully do everything they can to stop them. Returning from deepspace to Earth undetected is the first hurdle to surmount, but only the first of many... -- from Amazon.
Author
Series
Graveyard book (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Gaiman's tale of Nobody Owens, who's a normal boy--except that he's been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After orphan Teru Kurebayashi loses her beloved older brother, she finds solace in the messages she exchanges with DAISY, an enigmatic figure who can only be reached through the cell phone her brother left her. Meanwhile, mysterious Tasuku Kurosaki always seems to be around whenever Teru needs help... Could DAISY be a lot closer than Teru thinks?
18) Heroman: 2
Author
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Like most teens at Central City Middle School, Joey Jones is in desperate need of a hero. But the hero of his desire isn't someone in tights, instead it's the latest technological fad, a remote-controlled bot called The Heybo. Without much in terms of savings, Joey's little hero seems out of reach, but in a twist of fate not only does he come to possess one of these machines, his new Heroman comes to life to help him save th eearth from alien invasion!"--Publisher's...
Author
Series
39 clues volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Marie Curie to Harry Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family's power is lost. 39 Clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and siblings Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what really happened to their parents."--...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The magic of L.M. Montgomery's treasured classic is reimagined in a whimsically-illustrated graphic novel adaptation perfect for newcomers and kindred spirits alike. When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan who can help manage their family farm, they have no idea what delightful trouble awaits them. With flame-red hair and an unstoppable imagination, 11-year-old Anne Shirley takes Green Gables by storm. Anne's misadventures bring...
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