Ares: Bringer of War
10 best books like Ares: Bringer of War (George O'Connor): The Return of Zita the Spacegirl, Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood, Calamity Jack, Dragons Beware!, One Dead Spy, One Trick Pony, The Lost Islands, The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth, Boy-Crazy Stacey
The Return of Zita the Spacegirl
| Author | Ben Hatke |
| ISBN | 1596438762 |
Ben Hatke brings back our intrepid space heroine for another delightful sci-fi/fantasy adventure in this New York Times-Bestselling graphic novel trilogy for middle grade readers.
Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she...
| Author | Ben Hatke |
| ISBN | 1626722668 |
Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone — carried into another realm by an ogre.
When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy’s captor through the portal, they are ready for anything... except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power...
| Author | Nathan Hale |
| ISBN | 1419708082 |
World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative, and lively,...
| Author | Shannon Hale |
| ISBN | 1599900769 |
Jack likes to think of himself as a criminal mastermind...with an unfortunate amount of bad luck. A schemer, plotter, planner, trickster, swindler...maybe even thief? One fine day Jack picks a target a little more giant than the usual, and one little bean turns into a great big building-destroying...
| Author | Jorge Aguirre |
| ISBN | 1596438789 |
Claudette is such a breath of fresh air. She is so much fun and her sidekicks happen to be the best sidekicks ever.
We start out with Claudette and Maria separated by Maria's parents as Claudette is such a bad influence on her. The city is attacked and Claudette's father goes out on his own to retrieve...
Alternate cover edition here.
Nathan Hale, the author’s historical namesake, was America’s first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country” before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales...
| Author | Nathan Hale |
| ISBN | 1419721283 |
The aliens have arrived. And they’re hungry for electricity. In the Earth of the future, humans are on the run from an alien force — giant blobs who suck up electrical devices wherever they can find them. Strata and her family are part of a caravan of digital rescuers, hoping to keep the memory of civilization...
The highly anticipated second volume to the critically acclaimed Explorer series, The Lost Islands is a collection of seven all-new stories written and illustrated by an award-winning roster of comics artists, with each story centered around the theme of hidden places. Edited by the New York Times...
The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth
| Author | Ian Lendler |
| ISBN | 1596439157 |
The Stratford Zoo looks like a normal zoo... until the gates shut at night. That's when the animals come out of their cages to stage elaborate performances of Shakespeare's greatest works. They might not be the most accomplished thespians, but they've got what counts: heart. Also fangs, feathers,...
| Author | Gale Galligan |
| ISBN | 1338304518 |
Stacey and Mary Anne are baby-sitting for the Pike family for two weeks at the New Jersey shore. Things are great in Sea City: There's a gorgeous house right on the beach, a boardwalk, plenty of sun and sand... and the cutest boy Stacey has ever seen!
Mary Anne thinks that Stacey should leave Scott...
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
| Author | Sonia Sotomayor |
| ISBN | 0525514120 |
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us special.
Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more...
In a companion volume to his award-winning adaptation of The Odyssey, the incomparable graphic novelist Gareth Hinds masterfully adapts Homer's classic wartime epic.
More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced each other in an epic battle that rewrote history and came to be known...
The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
If you want a beautifully illustrated, graphic novel retelling Homer’s Odyssey, read this!
I read this with my almost 11 year old twins, and we loved it. There were a few panels that had some partial nudity and some blood and gore, so be aware of that if you were going to show this to younger children....
| Author | Kazu Kibuishi |
| ISBN | 0545850029 |
Emily has lost control of her Amulet and is imprisoned in the Void, where she must find a way to escape the influence of the Voice. Meanwhile, Emily's brother, Navin, travels to Lighthouse One, a space station where the Resistance is preparing to battle the approaching Shadow forces that would drain...
| Author | Nathan Hale |
| ISBN | 1419731483 |
The Frenchman who changed the course of the American Revolution.
Gilbert du Motier became the Marquis de Lafayette at a young age, but he was not satisfied with the comforts of French nobility—he wanted adventure!
A captain at eighteen and a major general by nineteen, he was eager...
Wow! I borrowed this today from the library. I was going to concurrently read it with the other two library books I have at home and other reading material too. I had three phone calls I meant to make today. I picked up the book to start it, and I didn’t put it down until I finished it. I did not expect that....
