Poseidon: Earth Shaker

Author	R. Kikuo Johnson
ISBN	1935179160

Meet Nanaue, a boy craving to be who he truly is.

From the islands of Hawaii comes the electrifying tale of Nanaue, who has to balance his yearning for Dad's guidance with his desire for Mom's nurture. Award-winning cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson transports young readers to the lush tropical shores...

Author	Jennifer L. Holm
ISBN	0307982998

Introducing Squish--a hilarious, action packed graphic novel series from the award-winning creators of Babymouse! Filled with superheroes, comics within comics, and gross-out science, Squish is perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants, Dan Gutman's Weird School, and Jarrett Krosoczka's...

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	Jane Yolen
ISBN	1596432799

This review is for both books in the series, Foiled and Curses! Foiled Again. I read them one right after another, so they do sort of blend together a bit in my mind. For what it's worth, I'm shelving it as both middle grade and young adult because I feel like it straddles that very hazy line between the two...

Author	Maris Wicks
ISBN	1626721459

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth...

Author	Luke Pearson
ISBN	1909263060

Getting used to life in the big city is proving difficult for Hilda. The diminutive explorer is still missing the enchanted valleys and magical friends that surrounded her home in the fjords. But tonight is somehow different; tonight is the night of the mysterious Bird Parade.

Finding herself...

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...

Author	Jordan Mechner
ISBN	1596433930

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Revered for their nobility, their ferocity in battle, and their religious devotion, the Templars were knights of God, free of sin and pure of will.

Well, MOST of them.

Martin isn't exactly the most steadfast or pious knight, but he does manage to escape when...

Author	Chris Duffy
ISBN	1626721076

From classics like "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Grasshopper and the Ants" to obscure gems like "The Frogs Who Desired a King," Fable Comics has something to offer every reader. Twenty-eight fables from different cultures and traditions are wonderfully adapted and illustrated in comics format...

Author

Matt Phelan

Matt Phelan, graphic novelist extraordinaire, presents a rollicking tribute to vaudeville, small-town dreams, and Buster Keaton as a boy.

In the summer of 1908, in Muskegon, Michigan, a visiting troupe of vaudeville performers is about the most exciting thing since baseball. They’re...

Author	Carla Jablonski
ISBN	1596432934

The final installment in Carla Jablonski’s Sydney Taylor Honor-winning Resistance trilogy.

World War II thunders to a conclusion in this third and final installment of Jablonski and Purvis’ critically-acclaimed historical trilogy. As the Allied Forces move to retake France from...

Author	Frank Viva
ISBN	1935179195

Are we there yet?

There’s so much to see at the bottom of the world! Join a young explorer and his best friend, Mouse, on a sea journey to Antarctica, where they make new friends with penguins and a whale — and have all kinds of fun. Young readers won’t stop grinning as they’re swept away...

Author	Maxwell Eaton III
ISBN	0375864482

The Flying Beaver Brothers are back, and this time they're hot on the trail of another eco-villain: Fish Stix  Environmental Manufacturing. When Fish Stix sets up shop, most of the islanders are thrilled. After all, Fish Stix are the most popular, best-selling sticks around AND they're good for the...

Author

Derek Kirk Kim

Andy's life is going nowhere, fast. He left art school with his career all worked out ahead of time, but ...to say  it didn't work out is the understatement of the century. Unemployed and living with his overbearing parents, Andy  struggles to keep sight of the lofty goals that once drove him. But it's...

Author	Cecil Castellucci
ISBN	1596435577

Theodora is a perfectly normal duck. She may swim with a teacup balanced on her head and stay north when the rest of the ducks fly south for the winter, but there's nothing so odd about that.  Chad, on the other hand, is one strange bird. Theodora quite likes him, but she can't overlook his odd habits. It's...

Author	Dave Roman
ISBN	1596436212

The wild and wacky world of Astronaut Academy is back! It's spring semester at this futuristic institution of learning, and Hakata Soy has lost his heart. Literally. And he's not the only one . . . something  is stalking the halls of Astronaut Academy, impersonating the crush-objects of students and...

Author	Steven T. Seagle
ISBN	1596432632

Ted Marx works hard at his career as a quantum physicist. But lately the demands of his job have begun to overwhelm him. Then Ted makes a startling discovery: his wife's father once knew Einstein and claims that Einstein entrusted to him a final, devastating secret—a secret even more profound...

Author

Thien Pham

Scott is a washed-up football player who never made it, and whose girlfriend abandoned him along with his dreams of playing pro football. But things have a way of working out, in this sweet, poetic tale--and a new chapter in Scott's life begins as the old one ends. Offered a position in a Japanese sumo...