Boxcar Children Book 1 (The Boxcar Children Graphic Novels) created by Gertrude Chandler-Warner, adapted by Shannon Eric Denton, illustrated by Mike Dubisch
Enter the Dragon (Marvel Iron Man) by Fred Van Lente, James Cordeiro (Illustrator)
Super Zero by Donald B. Lemke, Douglas Holgate (Illustrator)
Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth by Robert Deas, Richard Appignanesi
Satchel Paige began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues in Alabama in the 1920s. For years, Jim Crow laws, which segregated blacks and whites, kept him out of the major leagues. But they couldn't stop him from becoming a world-class athlete. This is a fictionalized account of a real-life sports hero. To find out more, go to this book's homepage.
On a whim, the rabbi's cat, the rabbi, a sheikh (also a cousin of the rabbi), and a very misplaced Russian painter set out on a fantastic journey (even encountering a young reporter named Tintin in the Congo) in search of an African Jerusalem. It turns out to be very fortuitous that the rabbi's cat is not just a talking cat, but a multilingual talking cat"--Jacket.
The adventures of The Plain James continue in the second graphic novel of the series. The coolest clique of misfits plays cupid and becomes entangled in affairs of the heart. P.L.A.I.N. People Loving Art In Neighborhoods, goes global once the art gang applies for a grant from the National Foundation for the Arts. And the Janes will discover that in art and love, general rules don't often apply.
Kin (The Good Neighbors Series #1), Vol. 1 by Holly Black, Ted Naifeh (Illustrator)
Li'l Kids: An original graphic novel collecting three webcomic short stories by Von Allan (Illustrator)
with the moneylender Shylock. Only Bassanio’s heartfelt efforts — and a clever intervention by Portia — will save Antonio from paying Shylock "a pound of flesh." Moody and mesmerizing, this graphic novel adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s more controversial plays boasts a chic modern cast, high drama, and all the dark, familiar beauty of Venice.
A thousand years ago in Persia (before a young adventurer escaped a dungeon to rescue a princess, before a scheming vizier tricked a prince into unleasing the sands of time) a prophecy was made: "a palace must fall. A prince must rise from the waters where none has known him, save for a sad girl under a fig tree."
Sumno and Duffy (brothers) are told they must travel to a volcanic island to help an aunt they have never met. When they arrive on the island, they soon discover that their mysterious auntie is up to no good. They are sent on an expedition that take them on a wild boat ride straight into an erupting volcano. Facing extreme danger, they hike inside the volcano and eventually escape--after Sumno saves Duffy's life.
Visit Don Wood's website to discover more about volcanoes and the making of this book.
are being dragged against their will on a summer-long vacation with their family. And not to somewhere cool like Disney World, but to a little port town in Maine named Chowder Bay, far away from anyplace fun. But what promises to be a very bleak summer quickly becomes a series of exciting adventures in one of the most mysterious places on earth!
focus, somehow making everything clearer, and Ursa finds that she just can’t stomach the way her life is going. It is then that she meets Rafi, an illegal immigrant whose life isn’t going the way he’d pictured it either. Their encounter is the catalyst for Ursa and Rafi, who take different roads to the realization that wanting your life to change isn’t enough to make it happen.
Flight Volume Five (Flight Graphic Novels) by Kazu Kibuishi 
Runaways: Dead End Kids by Joss Whedon
Sardine in Outer Space, Vol. 5, My Cousin Manga and Other Stories by Emmanuel Guibert, illustrated by Walter Pezzali, translated by Edward Gauvin
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel.
through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves. Read this interview with the author, Kazu Kibuishi.
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