Amelia Cole and the Unknown World
10 best books like Amelia Cole and the Unknown World (Adam P. Knave): Paper Girls, Vol. 6, Noughts & Crosses, ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times, Batman: The Long Halloween, Under Milk Wood, Batman: A Death in the Family, The Princess who Flew with Dragons, The Wrong Foot, The Burning Page, Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying
| Author | Brian K. Vaughan |
| ISBN | 1534313249 |
THE END IS HERE!
After surviving adventures in their past, present and future, the Paper Girls of 1988 embark on one last journey, a five-part epic that includes the emotional double-sized series finale. Featuring a new wraparound cover from Eisner Award-winning co-creator CLIFF CHIANG,...
| Author | Malorie Blackman |
| ISBN | 0552555703 |
Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice in an alternate society.
Sephy is a Cross -- a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a Nought -- a “colourless” member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The...
ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times
| Author | Andrew MacLean |
| ISBN | 1616555661 |
The premiere graphic novel from underground sensation Andrew MacLean (Head Lopper), ApocalyptiGirl is an action-packed sci-fi epic!
Alone at the end of the world, Aria is woman with a mission! Traipsing through an overgrown city with her only companion, a cat named Jelly Beans, Aria's search...
Batman: The Long Halloween
| Author | Jeph Loeb |
| ISBN | 1563894696 |
Taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, this new edition of the classic mystery tells the story of a mysterious killer who murders his prey only on holidays. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the clock as he tries to discover...
| Author | Dylan Thomas |
| ISBN | 0811202097 |
Some works of literature just beg to be read out loud - This is the House that Jack Built and Hiawatha are two that most people are familiar with. Under Milk Wood too, is better appreciated read aloud.
Try it for yourself. A sample (read aloud with Welsh accent, sing-song, go up like a question at...
Batman: A Death in the Family
| Author | Jim Starlin |
| ISBN | 0930289447 |
Batman readers were allowed to vote on the outcome of the story and they decided that Robin should die! As the second person to assume the role of Batman's sidekick, Jason Todd had a completely different personality than the original Robin. Rash and prone to ignore Batman's instructions, Jason was always...
The Princess who Flew with Dragons
Princess Sofia of Drachenheim is sick of being used for her older sister’s political gains. At twelve years old, she’s already been a hostage to invading dragons and a promised future fiancé to a wicked fairy. Her only comfort lies in writing letters to her pen pal and best friend--Jasper, a young...
Sophia has no desire to be a princess. She'd rather be a scholar and never marry at all. However, the prince comes looking for the woman who fits the slipper she left behind at the ball quite determined to marry her. Since he was too busy looking at her bosom to glance at her face, the glass slipper she left...
| Author | Genevieve Cogman |
| ISBN | 1447256271 |
The third title in Genevieve Cogman's clever and exciting The Invisible Library series, The Burning Page is an action-packed literary adventure!
Librarian spy Irene has professional standards to maintain. Standards that absolutely do not include making hasty, unplanned escapes through...
Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying
| Author | George Mann |
| ISBN | 1782760393 |
Writer George Mann (Dark Souls, Doctor Who, Warhammer 40,000) brings his hit steampunk mystery novels to comics for their 10th anniversary, alongside artist Dan Boultwood (It Came!, The Phoenix). Explosions rock London, the dead rise, and Queen Victoria is not amused - a job for Sir Maurice Newbury...
| Author | Chris Claremont |
| ISBN | 0785122125 |
Introduction:
I have been reading the “X-Men” comics for awhile now, but there was one story line that fans were raving about during the 1990s and that was “X-Men: Mutant Genesis!” Well, the reason why “X-Men: Mutant Genesis” was praised a lot by the fans during the...
| Author | Ananth Hirsh |
| ISBN | 1620102870 |
If Penny Brighton didn't have bad luck, she'd have no luck at all. She lost her job. And her apartment. In the same day. But it's okay, her friend has a cozy storage unit she can crash in. And there's bound to be career opportunities at the neighborhood laundromat— just look how fast that 12-year-old who...
