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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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Description
Follows Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.
2) The hero
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Language
English
Description
"In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world--arguing that we need them now more than ever. From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, we have always had our heroes. The hero...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six. But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia, Padmini, and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading--and destroying the entire universe in the process--the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor...
Publisher
crunchyroll
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
日本語
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Armed with the power of science, high school genius Senku has awoken himself and his friends from their petrified state. While they've escaped the stone-cold eye of Tsukasa, Senku must leave his friends to find new allies and grow the Kingdom of Science. Although his new friends might be human, they're certainly not from his time. Get excited the road to saving humanity is paved in stone.
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic fantasy tale, about the history of a land that never was, begins when an ambitious young man steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred plant. He falls to its darker temptations and in so doing, unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. As his power grows over the years, it falls to people of different ilk and cultures to attempt to stop him. Among those who stand against him are a daring tomb robber, star-crossed lovers, a maniacal necromancer,...
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Series
Language
English
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"Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares. When their lives suddenly become intertwined in strange ways, can they put aside their differences and work together to uncover the mysteries of their situation and save each other's communities from certain disaster? "--
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Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
Author
Series
Empowered volume 5
Language
English
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Description
After saving much of the superhero community from certain doom, costumed crime fighter Empowered is dismayed to find that, in the suspicious eyes of her caped colleagues, she's gone from being merely a "pair of training wheels for supervillains" to possibly being a closeted supervillain herself! Worse yet, she's wrestling with envy and resentment that her roommate Ninjette and boyfriend Thugboy are now more popular in masks-and-tights circles than...
Author
Series
Empowered volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
As if life as an often-struggling superheroine weren't already hard enough, now costumed crimefighter "Empowered" discovers that another female superhero is ripping off her distress-prone persona-and cashing in, big-time! Even worse, her relationship with live-in boyfriend (and semi-reformed Witless Minion) Thugboy has run afoul of an extremely literal set of "power issues" ! Worse yet, a singularly bloodthirsty and ruthless ninja clan is gunning-no,...
13) Traitor's blade
Author
Series
Greatcoats volume 1
Language
English
Description
Reduced to demeaning work when the Greatcoats are disbanded after the king's death, swordsman Falcio Val Mond and his fellow magistrates are framed for murder by a scheming adversary who would destroy everything they once worked to create.
14) The redbreast
Author
Series
Harry Hole volume 03
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A tale moving from the final months of World War II to the present, and from the Russian front to contemporary South Africa, follows the dual adventures of a freedom-seeking war martyr and an alcoholic police officer who is drawn into a mystery with past origins.
Author
Series
Strange the dreamer volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In the aftermath of a war between gods and men, a hero, a librarian, and a girl must battle the fantastical elements of a mysterious city stripped of its name.
Author
Series
Empowered volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Not only is the costumed crimefighter "Empowered" saddled with a less-than-ideal superhero name, but she wears a skintight and cruelly revealing "supersuit" that only magnifies her body-image insecurities. Worse yet, the suit's unreliable powers are prone to failure, repeatedly leaving her in appallingly distressing situations-- and giving her a shameful reputation as the lamest "cape" in the masks-and-tights business"--Cover, P. [4].
Author
Series
Empowered volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Not only is the costumed crimefighter "Empowered" saddled with a less-than-ideal superhero name, but she wears a skintight and cruelly revealing "supersuit" that only magnifies her body-image insecurities. Worse yet, the suit's unreliable powers are prone to failure, repeatedly leaving her in appallingly distressing situations-- and giving her a shameful reputation as the lamest "cape" in the masks-and-tights business.
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
The yakuza make their move with a new drug that nullifies Quirks, and a little girl is being experimented on to create it! Luckily, she runs into Deku and Mirio while they₂re out on patrol, launching them on a dangerous rescue mission with the pros.
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