Alan Gratz
1) Heroes
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"A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee; Ground Zero; Two Degrees) is a major publishing moment. A new World War II novel from Alan Gratz? That's even bigger! Get ready for an action-packed, inventive, and powerful take on the attack on Pearl Harbor, as only Alan Gratz can tell it. December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the...
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"In this thrilling historical adventure set during World War II, Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes, encounter a threat like none they've ever seen -- a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace. How can Cap and Buck fight...
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Baseball is in the Schneider family blood. Each member of this family, from family founder Felix Schneider in the 1800s to Snider Flint in the present day, has a strong tie to the game and to Brooklyn. Through the years this family has dodged bullets on a battlefield, pitched perfect games, and dealt with the devastating loss of family and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Nine innings-nine generations. One game-one family. Through it all, one thing remains true:...
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee, Ground Zero) comes an all-new, original Captain America graphic novel!En esta emocionante aventura histórica ambientada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Steve Rogers (alias Capitán América) y su joven compañero Bucky Barnes se enfrentan a una amenaza nunca antes vista: un ejército fantasma. Los muertos de esta guerra y de guerras anteriores están volviendo a la vida, inmunes a...
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League of Seven volume 3
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Wielding the Dragon Lantern, the maniacal Philomena Moffet unleashes a monster army on the American continent, forcing Archie to put aside his reservations about his league membership and rally his forces to stop the threat.
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Denmark, Tennessee, stinks. The smell hits Horatio Wilkes the moment he pulls into town to visit his best friend, Hamilton Prince. And it's not just the paper plant and the polluted river that's stinking up Denmark: Hamilton's father has been poisoned and the killer is still at large. Why? Because nobody believes that Rex Prince was murdered. Nobody except Horatio and Hamilton. Now they need to find the killer, but it won't be easy. It seems like...
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1845: Felix Schneider, an immigrant from Germany, cheers the New York Knickerbockers as they play Three-Out, All-Out.
1908: Walter Snider, batboy for the Brooklyn Superbas, arranges a team tryout for a black pitcher by pretending he is Cuban.
1945: Kat Snider of Brooklyn plays for the Grand Rapids Chicks in the All-American Girls Baseball League.
1981: Michael Flint fi nds himself pitching a perfect game during the Little League season at
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December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far America has stayed out of the fight. There's nothing to fear, right? December 7th, 1941: Everything implodes. Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship when Japanese planes zoom overhead,...
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League of Seven volume 1
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When an alternate 1875 steam-driven America rediscovers electricity, the lifeblood of the Mangleborn monsters, and the secret society to protect humanity from the Mangleborn is compromised, twelve-year-old Archie must assemble a team of seven young heroes to save the world.
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"Josef es un chico judío que vive en la Alemania nazi, Isabel es una chica cubana que se ve obligada a huir de su país después de las revueltas en contra del gobierno de Castro, en 1994, y Mahmoud es un muchacho que padece la guerra de Siria en 2015. Tres jóvenes distintos y una misión en común: huir de su país."--Publisher's description.
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League of Seven volume 2
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Archie Dent and his friends Hachi and Fergus, the first three members of a new League of Seven, a group of heroes who come together to fight the Mangleborn whenever the monsters arise to destroy humanity, undertake separate missions and in the course of their adventures meet potential candidates to join their League, while learning deep-rooted secrets that could destroy the League forever.
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En esta emocionante aventura histórica ambientada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Steve Rogers (alias Capitán América) y su joven compañero Bucky Barnes se enfrentan a una amenaza nunca antes vista: un ejército fantasma. Los muertos de esta guerra y de guerras anteriores están volviendo a la vida, inmunes a las balas, las llamas o cualquier otra cosa que los aliados puedan arrojarles. Los ejércitos salen de sus tumbas en la noche y parecen...
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Cuando Amy se dirige a la biblioteca de la escuela para recoger su libro favorito, Pippi Calzaslargas, descubre que no est̀ en su estanter̕a. En un principio piensa que otra persona se lo ha llevado, pero la bibliotecaria le explica que no es as̕: ella misma se ha visto obligada a retirarlo porque algunos padres creen que el libro no es apropiado para una escuela primaria. Con el paso de los d̕as, la lista de libros censurados por el consejo escolar...
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Horatio Wilkes mysteries volume 2
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In a contemporary story based on Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, Horatio Wilkes seeks to solve the murder of Duncan MacKae at the Scottish Highland Games in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
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Horatio Wilkes mysteries volume 1
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In a contemporary story based on Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, Horatio Wilkes seeks to solve the murder of his friend Hamilton Prince's father in Denmark, Tennessee. Something is rotten in Denmark, Tennessee, and it is not just the polluted Copenhagen River.
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Starfleet Academy (Simon Spotlight) volume 4
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Kirk and Bones team up to find the source of a terrorist attack again Starfleet Academy, with prime suspects ranging from one of the visiting Varkolak to a member of an Academy secret society dedicated to erasing threats to the Federation.