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Cirque du freak. Vol. 02, The vampire's assistant /

Shan, Darren,


Graphic novel. Book is read from right to left and back to front. With his mentor, Lartan Crepsley, Darren joins the Cirque Du Freak and slowly begins settling into his new role there, an adjustment made simpler when he makes a couple of new friends.
Date Published:2009

The name of this book is secret

Bosch, Pseudonymous.


Various publishers. Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.
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Brave

Chmakova, Svetlana, 1979-,


Graphic novel. Althouh shy Jensen daydreams about being a hero, the reality of his school life is very different, but when two school newpapers writers begin to put him in their stories, he discovers he may have to find real solutions for his problems.
Date Published:2017

Darkwing

Oppel, Kenneth, 1967-


Various publishers. Prequel to: Silverwing. It is 65 million years ago, during a cataclysmic moment in the earth's evolution, and Dusk, just months old, has no way of knowing he will play a pivotal role in creating a new world. What he does know is that he is different from the other newborn chiropters. Not content to use his large sails to glide down from the giant sequoia tree, Dusk discovers that if he flaps quickly enough, he can fly. But this strange gift that makes him feel like an outcast from the colony will also make him its saviour. After most of the colony is savagely massacred by the felids - the earth's first mammalian carnivores - Dusk must lead his fellow chiropters to a new home, and a new life.
Date Published:2007

Various publishers. Prequel to: Silverwing. It is 65 million years ago, during a cataclysmic moment in the earth's evolution, and Dusk, just months old, has no way of knowing he will play a pivotal role in creating a new world. What he does know is that he is different from the other newborn chiropters. Not content to use his large sails to glide down from the giant sequoia tree, Dusk discovers that if he flaps quickly enough, he can fly. But this strange gift that makes him feel like an outcast from the colony will also make him its saviour. After most of the colony is savagely massacred by the felids - the earth's first mammalian carnivores - Dusk must lead his fellow chiropters to a new home, and a new life.

Date Published:2007

The dead of night

Lerangis, Peter,


Various publishers. When the Vespers continue their abductions and cross a line by kidnapping Atticus, an 11-year-old non-Cahill civilian and Dan's only friend, Dan and Amy confront their biggest challenge ever in order to keep Atticus alive.
Date Published:2012

Methamphetamine : the dangers of crystal meth

Spalding, Frank.


Methamphetamine and society -- Users and pushers -- Human behavior and addiction -- Meth and the legal system -- Meth and society -- Meth and the media.
Date Published:2007

Escape from Lucien

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Graphic novel. Navin journeys to the city of Lucien where he searches for a beacon essential to his fight against the Elf King; while Emily heads back into the Void with Max, one of the Elf King's followers, where she learns his darkest secrets.
Date Published:2014

The silver eyes

Cawthon, Scott,


Various publishers. Ten years after the murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, Charlie and her childhood friends get together on the anniversary of the event at the abandoned pizza place to find that the four animatronic entertainment mascots have changed.
Date Published:2015

Les chercheurs de nuages

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Roman graphique. Traduction de : The cloud searchers. Deux ans après la mort de leur père dans un accident de voiture, Emily et Navin emménagent avec leur mère dans la maison de leur arrière-grand-père. Dans la bibliothèque de son aïeul, Emily trouve un curieux médaillon qu'elle s'empresse de glisser autour de son cou. Dès la première nuit, d'étranges phénomènes se produisent dans la maison et leur mère se fait kidnapper par une ignoble créature. Les enfants n'hésitent pas à venir à son secours et se trouvent bientôt projetés dans un monde parallèle.
Date Published:2015

Roman graphique. Traduction de : The cloud searchers. Deux ans après la mort de leur père dans un accident de voiture, Emily et Navin emménagent avec leur mère dans la maison de leur arrière-grand-père. Dans la bibliothèque de son aïeul, Emily trouve un curieux médaillon qu'elle s'empresse de glisser autour de son cou. Dès la première nuit, d'étranges phénomènes se produisent dans la maison et leur mère se fait kidnapper par une ignoble créature. Les enfants n'hésitent pas à venir à son secours et se trouvent bientôt projetés dans un monde parallèle.

Date Published:2015

Scarlet

Meyer, Marissa.


Various publishers. Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
Date Published:2013

The demigod files

Riordan, Rick,


Various publishers. Presents three original short stories, interviews, character profiles, and puzzles about demigod Percy Jackson and his world.
Date Published:2009

Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone

Rowling, J. K.


Various publishers. Also published under the title: Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the forlorn Harry goes to live under the stairs in his uncle's house after his parents die in a car crash. Then he learns who he truly is: a budding wizard with powers that will soon rival those of the evil wizard who killed his parents.
Date Published:1997

Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess

Russell, Rachel Renée,


Various publishers. When her crush Brandon reveals that the animal shelter where he volunteers is in danger of being closed, Nikki and her friends enter an ice skating competition to help raise money, an effort that is compromised by an interfering Mackenzie.
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Big Nate : a good old-fashioned wedgie

Peirce, Lincoln,


Graphic novel. Nate endures a series of middle school hijinks and adventures while dealing with his crush on his baseball team's new pitcher.
Date Published:2017

Winter turning

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-


Various publishers. Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family, unlike his sister Icicle, who has been raised to challenge IceWing queen--but now that Icicle has broken the truce and escaped from Jade Mountain Academy, so Winter, accompanied by his new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, embarks on his own quest to free his brother from the clutches of Queen Scarlet, and win the respect of his family.
Date Published:2015

Various publishers. Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family, unlike his sister Icicle, who has been raised to challenge IceWing queen--but now that Icicle has broken the truce and escaped from Jade Mountain Academy, so Winter, accompanied by his new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, embarks on his own quest to free his brother from the clutches of Queen Scarlet, and win the respect of his family.

Date Published:2015

Thea Stilton and the legend of the fire flowers

Stilton, Geronimo.


Various publishers. Traveling to Hawaii to compete in an international hula festival, the Thea Sisters' fun is about to change when they realize a volcano is about to erupt and they must warn the other competitors before it is too late.
Date Published:2011

The dark secret

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-


Various publishers. When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.
Date Published:2012

Talons of power

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-


Various publishers. When the war ends with the fulfillment of a false prophecy, the dragonets confront the rise of a dark evil while a young NightWing experiences what may be a first true prophecy in generations.
Date Published:2017

The assassin's curse

Sands, Kevin.


Various publishers. When Christopher Rowe's code-breaking uncovers the true target of an assassination attempt, he and his friends are odered to Paris to investigate a centuries-old curse on the French throne.
Date Published:2017

The black circle

Carman, Patrick,


Various publishers. A mysterious telegram sends Amy and Dan Cahill off to Russia, where they search for a treasure stolen by the Nazis, the truth about the end of the Romanov dynasty, and information about the death of their parents.
Date Published:2009