Galen Showman
1) The Giver
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odins son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki-son of a giant-blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassed manipulator. Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits...
3) The giver
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Presents a graphic novelization of Lois Lowry's novel in which Jonas, a boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is receives special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.
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Graveyard book (Graphic novels) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that his entire family has been murdered and he is now being raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
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Graveyard book (Graphic novels) volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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The concluding volume of the graphic novel adaptation. A boy, raised by the inhabitants of the local graveyard rally to protect him from a league of villains named Jack who seek to destroy him.
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Sin Eternal is more than just a re-tooling of the immortal classic, Dante's Inferno. It plants itself firmly in the modern world and away from the political crimes that dominated Dante's work. Sin Eternal brings a very basic questioning of a man's faith as he witnesses some of the most horrendous punishments that could be exacted. The story covers the travels of a man who is sent to Hell to examine the various torments and punishments that the sinners...
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Seeker volume 3
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After Tracy LeMasters escapes her prison, she pledges to restore the name of Seeker to its rightful place, herself, and the fraud who now wears the costume shall pay for their desecration against the Seeker legend. The current Seeker, LeAnn Heywood, is blamed for the deaths of members of TAC Force and Maxine finds out the future plans in store for her and the Seeker program. All the while corporate spy Medea has played the TAC Force for fools and...
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Renfield volume 5
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The concluding issue to the saga that is Renfield. The Master decides to take Mina Harker as his next victim but Renfield has determined that it is true evil being offered to him, not deliverance. It's a race against time and Mina's life is in the balance as Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, and the others desperately try to stop the Count of Darkness.
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Raven Chronicles volume 10
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"The Ghost of Alonzo Mann". Based on the true-life saga of the murder of young Mary Phagen in 1913 and the lynch hanging of the convicted murderer Leo Frank in 1915. One of the Raven members' claims to see the ghost of a man named Alonzo Mann who claimed 80 years later to know what had happened to Mary. What secret does he hold for a case nearly 80 years old?
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Renfield volume 3
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Dr. Seward finds things are happening beyond his understanding and hopes that Professor Van Helsing can help him. Lucy Westenra sleepwalks at night and is found in the morning, nearly drained of blood. Renfield, however, now has figured out what life truly is...human blood is the secret. Rating: 10 out of 10. "...a rare treat; a truly classic piece... Whether you're a horror buff, a comics fan or just one who enjoys this chunka reading format, you're...
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Renfield volume 4
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Renfield finally meets his anointed "Master" as the asylum is plunged into despair with the death of Lucy. Renfield now understands what is Master is and the price he will have to pay for immortality.
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Renfield volume 2
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As Renfield grapples with his bizarre obsession of flies, Mina Harker worries about her missing fiancé Jonathan Harker who has gone to Transylvania. Dr. Swales tries to comfort her but is suddenly un-nerved about a sailing ship approaching the coast with no one seemingly guiding her. Now Renfield truly senses the arrival of the "Master"...Dracula.
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Renfield volume 1
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Renfield is haunting and sophisticated mini-series of the bug-eating inmate from Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel. It centers on a man who is slowly being consumed by madness because of the visions and voices that intrude upon his dreams and nightmares. While the events from the Dracula novel swirl around him, Renfield faces his pre-ordained task of preparing for his mysterious "master" and struggles to understand what his "messiah" is asking of...
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Sinergy: Sin Eternal is a re-tooling of the immortal Dante's Inferno literary work where a man descends into Hell to witness the plight of the sinners doomed for eternity. The apprehensive traveler and his mysterious guide enter Hell to witness the fates of The Opportunist, the Virtuous Pagans, the Gluttons, as well as encounter some of the sentient guardians of Hell. Each of the levels of Hell are drawn by different artists as a man begins a journey...
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Renfield volume 1
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Renfield is haunting and sophisticated mini-series of the bug-eating inmate from Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel. It centers on a man who is slowly being consumed by madness because of the visions and voices that intrude upon his dreams and nightmares. While the events from the Dracula novel swirl around him, Renfield faces his pre-ordained task of preparing for his mysterious "master" arrival and struggles to understand what his "messiah" is...
20) Savage: Issue #1
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Caliber Comics' Savage volume 1
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"Guns and Crosses" Meet Christian Savage, monster hunter in the wildest backlands of the old Wild West. Abandoned by his parents at birth and raised by a kindly priest, Savage was momentarily lured to the black arts of the occult and it cost him the life of the priest. Now Savage roams the countryside ridding the frontier of the supernatural enemies of civilization, attempting to make the Wild West safe for homesteaders, until his mission brings him...