Simon Gane
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He knows he'd good enough, but he's not sure his partner Rocky is. The advantage goes to new readers as they follow Henry as he helps Rocky train and, at the same time, works on his history project. Can Henry serve up an ace on and off the court?
2) Track attack
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jazz is a born runner who loves being on the school's track team. Her biggest fan is her dad--and that is a problem. He gets over-involved in her training, talks too much to the coach, yells at the track ref, and cheers way too loudly during the meets. How can Jazz tell him to stay away from the track without hurting his feelings?
3) Sunburn
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Rachel is a teenager who lives a grey suburban life in grey suburban England. It's a world of scrambled eggs every Tuesday, brown sauce and warm beer. With her summer already mapped out for her, a job working at the butcher and a caravan holiday in Clacton, she longs to be treated as an adult. When a family friend invites her to spend the summer with them in Greece she jumps at the chance to escape her life. The Warners are everything her parents...
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2010[2008-2009]
Language
English
Description
Rita tries to decide whether to remain the best swimmer on the Dolphins team or the worst on the Sharks team, where she could be with her friends, and Jazz needs to tell her father she can't concentrate when he yells at the referees during the track meet.
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Generation after generation, it's the same old S.O.S. There's no hope for the future, because young people think only of themselves. They have no respect for authority. They think they know everything. They are arrogant. They are reckless. They want to tear the world apart. In a time full of possiblilities, yet rife with disappointment, the youth are changing. They look the same, but they act different, think different, and have abilities we can...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics/Vertigo
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"[S]et in the days after Hurricane Katrina... [t]wo small-time ex-cons with big dreams get the idea that this would be the perfect time to rob a bank. Catch is, the bank is in New Orleans, and they're on parole in Houston. Now, as every sane person tries to get out of The Big Easy, Emmit and Dabny will do whatever it takes to get in. As they journey through a tide of human suffering, Dabny wants to help, and Emmit sees only the money. But a rogue...
8) Ghost tree
Author
Series
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Seeking a refuge from an unhappy life, Brandt returns to his ancestral home in Japan to find a haunted tree and the departed souls that are drawn to it, including his Grandfather. Getting more involved with the tree's inhabitants he attempts to heal some of history's wounds but will he be able to find any measure of peace for himself when someone special from his past returns?"--Provided by publisher.
Series
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
May 2021.
Language
English
Description
"In a world where monsters roam freely, some stories have been lost to time... until now! In Legends, the kaiju of Godzilla's fearsome rogues' gallery get the spotlight. Featuring Anguirus, Rodan, Titanosaurus, Hedorah, and Kumonga!"--
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Godzilla continues to destroy cities and lives all over the world and ex-special forces tough guy Boxer is a man with a grudge who vows to end the terror of Godzilla - no matter what! He assembles a top notch team to take him and the other monsters down at $7 billion a bounty.
Author
Series
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The Turtles learn the amazing story of their previous lives, and begin their journey as a true team of brothers! Meanwhile, Baxter Stockman unveils a deadly new strategy for capturing them...just as General Krang arrives in New York demanding results!