Mariko Tamaki
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Lumberjanes (Chapter books) volume 1
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English
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"Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. The five scouts of Roanoke cabin--Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley--love their summers at camp. They get to hang out with their best friends, earn Lumberjane scout badges, annoy their no-nonsense counselor Jen. and go on supernatural adventures. That last one? A pretty normal occurrence at Miss Qiunzella's, where the woods contain endless mysteries. Today...
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Lumberjanes (Chapter books) volume 2
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English
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"Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. The five scouts of Roanoke cabin--Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley--love their summers at camp. They get to hang out with their best friends, earn Lumberjane scout badges, annoy their no-nonsense counselor Jen . . . and go on supernatural adventures. That last one? A pretty normal occurrence at Miss Qiunzella's, where the woods contain endless mysteries....
3) The good egg
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Lumberjanes (Chapter books) volume 3
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English
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"When Ripley comes across an abandoned egg, she's determined to take care of it until the parent comes back. Unfortunately, her plan is quickly foiled by egg poachers, who steal the egg for their own collection"--Provided by publisher.
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2019
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English
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Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further...
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In this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality and where she becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events.
6) Cold
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English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
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Told in alternating perspectives, Todd replays the events that lead to his death in the local park, watching as detectives investigate his murder and talk to the students responsible for it, and meanwhile Georgia, who does not know Todd, cannot stop thinking about him.
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"With just five dollars and a knapsack to her name, fifteen-year-old Harleen Quinzel is sent to live in Gotham City. She's not worried, though--she's battled a lot of hard situations as a kid, and knows her determination and outspokenness will carry her through life in the most dangerous city in the world. And when Gotham's finest drag queen, Mama, takes her in, it seems like Harley has finally found a place to grow into her most "true true" with...
8) Skim
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English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Young Adults
Back to School, More Titles - Young Adult
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
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Back to School, More Titles - Young Adult
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
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"Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school in the early '90s. When her classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. Suicide, depression, love, homosexuality, crushes, cliques of popular, manipulative peers-- the whole gamut of teen life is explored in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being 16.
9) Ghost cabin
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Lumberjanes (Chapter books) volume 4
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English
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"Shine[s] the spotlight on inseparable couple Mal and Molly who find an extra cabin at camp, one that's full of ghosts!"--
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Seventeen-year-old Mandy, who dyes her hair black and hates almost everyone, is not like her mother, the tall, sparkly alien superheo Starfire, so when someone from Starfire's past arrives, Mandy must make a choice about who she is and if she should risk everything to save her mom.
11) This one summer
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2014.
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English
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"Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach. It's a summer of secrets and heartache, and it's a good...
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Supergirl Being Super volume 2
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English
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Caldecott Honor and Eisner Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer) combine forces for this incredible coming-of-age tale! This is the Girl of Steel as you've never seen her before. She's super-strong. She can fly. She crash-landed on Earth in a rocket ship. But for Kara Danvers, winning the next track meet, celebrating her 16th birthday and surviving her latest mega-zit are...
13) Roaming
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Spring Break, 2009: Five days, three friends, and one big city. Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of the city, capturing a spontaneous queer romance in all of its fledgling glory. Slick attention to the details of a bustling, intimidating metropolis...
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X-23 (2018) volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Cloned from a warrior, raised as a killer, Laura Kinney has gone through hell and come out the other side a hero. Now, after a stint following in her "father's" footsteps as the All-New Wolverine, Laura returns to her roots to make sure no one else ever has to go through the horrors she did! With her sister Gabby and their pet wolverine, Jonathan, in tow, Laura forges her own destiny as X-23! But when Gabby becomes a target, all bets are off . As...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A state-of-the-art facility, Arkham Tower, has been erected in the heart of Gotham City. It's advertised as a place for healing, but what is its mysterious founder Dr. Wear hiding? That's just the question that leads the Bat-Family to infiltrate the facility and unravel the dark secrets locked away in Arkham Tower. Will this fact-finding mission turn into a rescue operation for Batman and his team--and is there an even more mysterious threat than...
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She-Hulk (2017) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Jennifer Walters survived the second Civil War ... barely. But having risen from the rubble, she re-enters the world a very different kind of hero. Fueled by a quiet rage, Jen is determined to move forward with her life -- but the pain of the past and all that she's lost is always there. An undercurrent, a pulse waiting to quicken -- and trigger her transformation into the one thing over which she has no control. As Jen returns to practicing law,...
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[2018]
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English
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"It's the Girl of Steel as you've never seen her before, when Caldecott Honor-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) teams with Eisner Award-nominated artist Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer) for a coming-of-age tale in SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER. Kara Danvers isn't any different than any other teenager in her hometown. Problems with school. Problems with boys. Problems with friends. But while growing pains shake up Kara's world, a series of earth-shaking...
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Series
X-23 (2018) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"A series of gruesome murders. A killer who disappears without a trace. Laura and Gabby are on the hunt. But when Laura comes face-to-face with the mysterious X-Assassin, nothing is as it seems ... Laura and Gabby face the creators of the X-Assassin ... and find they might not agree on what to do about this barely human killer."--Provided by publisher
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[2023]
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English
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"Is Harvey Dent back to save Gotham City? Two-Face has at all times been considered as Batman's most tragic villain. If solely Harvey Dent hadn't been scarred by acid, he might have continued his good work as D.A. in Gotham City and been Batman's biggest ally and good friend...proper? Or has Batman prolonged Harvey Dent an excessive amount of grace in his a number of makes an attempt at reform? He'll query himself as Harvey Dent is free as soon as...
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2021.
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English
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"Now, truly alone for the first time in her life, Willow must rely only on her instincts -- and her magic -- to save herself from a different kind of threat than Buffy ever prepared her to face in her first ever comic book series! No more Sunnydale. No more Scooby Gang. No more... Willow? After everything -- and everyone -- she lost to the Hellmouth, Willow is leaving Sunnydale behind for a new school that promises "to help you prioritize your true...