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Seven starred reviews! "It's rare to find a book so thought-provoking and haunting that also feels like it's welcoming the reader with a warm hug." – The New York Times. With all the heart of The Wild Robot and the wonder of A Rover's Story, two children and one robot form an unbreakable bond as they survive in a world that values the efficiency of tech over the care of humanity. JieJie and her little brother, DiDi, are living on their own in a barren desert while their mother works tirelessly to earn their admission into Oasis City.

Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Winner. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. From the acclaimed author of The Wolf Suit comes another weirdly hilarious, masterfully thought-provoking, and lushly painted early reader graphic novel. Two sisters, one stubbornly cheerful (Beatrice) and one relentlessly grumpy (Magnolia), live in a drafty old house with a family of helpful spiders. When Beatrice is gifted magic yarn from a giant forest spider obsessed with sustainability named Bog Myrtle, she and the spiders set to work knitting up a perfectly warm sweater.

An uplifting celebration of the joy that love in all its unique, quirky and diverse dimensions can bring us. Alberta Comics Love features 50 original short comic stories told by Albertan storytellers. From romance to comedy, memoir to science fiction. A group of sparrows, tired from their flight, take refuge inside a heart-shaped hole. A tree spirit proves itself to be muse, mentor and best friend. Two young nuns laboriously write, hide, then destroy love letters to each other. In this second volume of comics by Alberta creators, love wins the day, in all kinds of ways.

After losing her arms, a young judo teacher gains cybernetic prosthetics. She must use her fists and her kung fu skills to right the wrongs of her husband's sordid past.Jolanda O'Bryne had it all... a loving husband, a great career as a Judo instructor, and a heart for helping others. It was that heart that led her to Cambodia where she sought to help clear land mines to save children from death and ruin. It is not until she accidentally trips one of the mines, that she discovers just how resilient she can be.

Referencing a classic Haida oral narrative, this spectacular full-color graphic novel blends traditional Haida imagery with Japanese manga to tell the powerful story of Red, an orphaned leader so blinded by revenge that he leads his community to the brink of war and destruction. When raiders attack his village, young Red escapes dramatically - but his sister Jaada is whisked away. The loss of Jaada breeds a seething anger, and Red sets out to find his sister and exact revenge on her captors.

A dystopian horror story about music and mental illness. Nat and her bandmates in The Dead Layaways want to go on tour, but the demonic entities who run their city have other ideas, not to mention the dark cloud that hangs over everything stifles their creativity. This ruined place is not their home, and they have no idea how they ended up here, or where "home" even is. Is there really nothing but endless wasteland beyond the city limits, as the demons claim?

Jessica and Elizabeth are ready to take on middle school... but are they ready to take on each other? The New York Times bestselling world of Sweet Valley Twins returns in these all-new adaptations. “This series should be as popular with readers as The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels.” — Booklist. Jessica and Elizabeth have always been inseparable twins, but starting middle school means a chance for new beginnings. Elizabeth is excited to organize a school newspaper, but Jessica is more interested in joining the exclusive Unicorn Club.

It's warm-up time in this newest installment in the Brinkley Yearbook series. Will Alexandra make the cut and help the historically boys' baseball team defend their 9-year championship title? Alexandra, also known as Al, has been playing baseball with her older brothers for as long as she can remember. But when she ages out of Little League, it seems like it’s the end of the road for Al and the sport she loves. Until, that is, her friend Sammy suggests that Al try out for the middle school team—a team that has always been boys-only.

Exploring family, loss, tragedy, identity, and self-discovery, the third book in the award winning Pass Me By series, Lily, is a heartfelt tale about how our stories carry through time, and how we come to terms with change.17 year old trans girl Lily, visits her estranged grandfather Ed, as he struggles with his rapidly developing Alzheimers. Lily too, faces struggles of her own.

Hope & Merritt fight their way deeper into Cradle to heal the wound that could allow the demons of hell to spew their terror into the world. Shame, trapped and broken into pieces, puts her plans to recover her powers and free herself and her sorcerous allies into action. Will Hope and Merritt stop Shame in time or will the queen of the darkest powers vanquish them all? Book 6 in the Eisner nominated fantasy series.