Book Description
Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
Author : Jason Reynolds
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,74 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481450166
Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
Author : Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0544551532
A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is "took" to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years.
Author : Walt Brody
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1728408296
Tales about ghost ships have been told for centuries around the world. Explore the truth behind the stories in this fascinating bookbut beware: discover at your own risk!
Author : Mark Crilley
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1616554606
Brody gets a pivotal lead in his search for the Penny Murderer and his quest to save his ex-girlfriend's life! But to follow it, Brody has to break ties with his ghostly guide Talia, just when he needs her most! * From multiple Eisner nominee Mark Crilley (Akiko, Miki Falls)! * Brody's quest races toward its climax! * Bargain-priced 96-page digest!
Author : Jessica Brody
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,38 MB
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481499181
Ryn, eighteen, trapped by a massive blizzard in the Denver airport, meets some unique characters who help her cope with survivor's guilt on the first anniversary of her best friend's death.
Author : Mark Crilley
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 20,18 MB
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1630081779
Everything has changed for Brody since teenaged ghost Talia entered his life. Now trained in the supernatural arts, strong in mind and body, and with Talia's murder solved, Brody has mere hours to stop her killer from making his ex-girlfriend Nicole the next victim. Everything Brody has worked for has been building up to this day. But first, he'll have to pull his greatest feat yet--convincing a furious Talia to help him escape from jail! Even if he manages that, the race is on save Nicole before her criminal boyfriend or the police find him!
Author : Mark Crilley
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2006-07-11
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 162115176X
Brody hoped it was just a hallucination. But no, the teenaged ghostly girl who'd come face to face with him in the middle of a busy city street was all too real. And now she was back, telling him she needed his help in hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden supernatural powers. Thirteen-time Eisner nominee Mark Crilley joins Dark Horse to launch his most original and action-packed saga to date in Brody's Ghost, the first in a six-volume limited series. * Paramount Pictures and Brad Pitt's Plan B have acquired Miki Falls, a four-volume manga series created by Mark Crilley. * Crilley is best known for his Akiko young-adult novels and comic books. From the creator of the Eisner-nominated Akiko!
Author : Mark Crilley
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 39,32 MB
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1621151786
Brody's fight training, under the tutelage of samurai ghost Kagemura, has toughened his body and honed his senses so finely that Brody can not only communicate with ghosts, but envision how and when someone dies. However, his new skills aren't quite powerful enough to uncover the whereabouts of the mysterious Penny Murderer. With the help of the ghost Talia, herself hoping to bring the killer to justice, Brody must result to desperate measures to find the killer before he strikes again—and Brody's received a psychic vision of his ex-girlfriend Nicole in the worst trouble imaginable… • By thirteen-time Eisner Award nominee Mark Crilley!
Author : Michael Pawuk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 50,43 MB
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1440851360
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
Author : Mark Crilley
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1616559012
After losing his job, his girlfriend, and his home, Brody learns that things can get even worse when he begins seeing a ghostly teenage girl watching him in the street. What he hopes is a hallucination proves all too real when the ghost tells him she needs his help hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden ghost talker powers.