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Twelve-year-old Vale is guildless, and there are two things the guildless of Siannerra fear most of all. First, an injury or illness that prevents them from working. And second, losing their homes. When Vale’s Nonno breaks his ankle and is unable to work, Vale is afraid their family will soon be evicted. How will Vale be able to support their family with the meager coins the guildless make working at the docks? Luckily for Vale, there is a new maestro in town. Maestro Giuseppi and his daughter, Stella, don’t care that Vale is guildless. In fact, they don’t care about the rules of the guilds at all. They are here to build Siannerra’s first astronomical clock, and they aren’t asking for the guild’s permission. Better yet, Giuseppi wants Vale to be his apprentice! Could this be the answer to all Vale’s dreams? Or the start of all their problems? After all, the city doesn’t take breaking the rules lightly. With nuanced and instantly loveable characters and a fully realized, vibrantly illustrated setting, bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp and breakout illustrator Sylvie Bi show once again how anyone—no matter their age—can change their world. An excellent choice for fans of the Lightfall and Wingbearer series.

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HarperAlley partners up with The Wizards of the Coast in the first book of a new graphic novel series by Molly Knox Ostertag and Xanthe Bouma. Best friends Olivia and Jess have always loved making up stories…first with little-kid games of imagination and, more recently, with the sword-and-sorcery tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Olivia runs the game as Dungeon Master, while Jess is the solo party member, playing a take-no-prisoners, lone-wolf character of her own design named Sir Corius. But when Olivia wants to add a new player to their club, Jess finds herself struggling to share their game—and her best friend.

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Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There’s only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon’s savior and Earth’s last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail-clipping robot, the first cat in space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world. Will these unlikely heroes save the moon in time? Can a toenail-clipping robot find its purpose in the vast universe? And will the first cat in space ever eat some pizza? The massively popular Live Cartoons sensation from New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris was originally an Instagram show with puppetry, comics, and music, recorded live over Zoom to entertain families stuck at home during quarantine. The hit series has now been expanded and transformed into a hysterical graphic novel series—perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and Jeff Kinney.

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Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father. Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the "Fun Home." It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve. In her hands, personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power, written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail.

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-loved books of all time. Carefully abridged and beautifully painted, David Wenzel’s graphic novel has become a bestselling classic in its own right. This new edition also includes additional content from the artist revisiting the original version of The Hobbit Graphic Novel and telling the story of how it came to be. With insights and never-before-seen artwork, David Wenzel reveals a process that will delight lovers of The Hobbit and graphic novels alike.

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Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughter, Bea. Keepers of the Endless Flame, they live a quiet and peaceful life, crafting medicines and potions for the people of their once-prosperous world. All that changes when Bea meets Cad, a member of the Galdurians, a race thought to be long-extinct. Cad believes that if anyone can help him find his missing people, it’s the Pig Wizard. But when the two arrive home, the Pig Wizard is nowhere to be found—all that’s left is the Jar of Endless Flame and a mysterious note. Fearing for the Pig Wizard’s safety, Bea and Cad set out across Irpa to find him. Meanwhile, a dangerous being grows more powerful each day, and will stop at nothing to rid the world of whatever light it has left. Will these two unexpected friends find the beloved Pig Wizard and prevent eternal darkness from blanketing their world? Or has Irpa finally seen its last sunrise?

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In Lightfall: A Place Between, our heroes arrive at long last to the island nation of Pellidyr and face a devastating loss, and—for one of our heroes—an impossible decision. After surviving a shipwreck on the Fuerre Sea, Cad washes ashore on the outer banks of Pellidyr only to discover that Lorgon, a water spirit and ally in the fight against the Mire, has died. Instead he meets Mirko, the spirit of Death and Knowledge, and together they travel to Mirko’s realm, A Place Between. While there, Cad works to uncover the reason Lorgon summoned them to Pellidyr in the first place. Meanwhile, Bea and the rest of the fellowship land upon the shores of the capital city. Pellidyr’s leader has heard the tales of Bea’s derring-do and believes her to be the chosen one—a hero with all the answers—but Bea couldn’t feel more like a fraud. When her journey also brings her to A Place Between, Bea makes a shocking discovery that changes her understanding of everything that came before her, and what could soon follow. In a poignant and riveting story about the reasons we carry on through the darkness, Tim Probert delivers the next spellbinding installment of the critically-acclaimed Lightfall saga.

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Mary Seaver lives in her own world. It’s not her fault if sometimes her enthusiasm creates chaos. To Mary, that’s what being 10 years old and a huge science fiction fan is all about. Allison “Al” Seaver is Mary’s older sister. Al is everything that Mary is not—cool, calm, collected, and super popular. So it makes sense that when aliens invade their hometown of Pleasant Valley, the two sisters have opposite reactions. While Mary’s trying to warn everyone about the end of the world, Al’s hoping the whole thing will go away so she can make it to the spring dance. But when a secret emerges from their family’s past, Mary and Al find themselves turning to their most unlikely ally: each other. A heartfelt exploration of sisterhood, forgiveness, and outer space invasions await in Dani Jones’s dazzling debut graphic novel.

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Nimona is an impulsive young shape-shifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren’t the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona’s powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit. Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic from ND Stevenson, based on the web comic Slate called “funny and vibrant, with wonderful energy in Stevenson’s illustrations and a wicked wit in [his] storytelling.” Featuring an exclusive epilogue not seen in the web comic, along with bonus conceptual sketches and revised pages throughout, this gorgeous full-color graphic novel is perfect for the thousands of fans of the web comic and is sure to win ND many new ones.

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When Yumeko discovers her love for her close friend, the vice president, is unrequited, she tries to find the silver lining. But even her new positive outlook isn’t enough to combat the heartache as she listens to him talk about his mysterious new love. All seems lost until the vice president brings up their shared past and how he fondly remembers Yumeko, even before her accident and self-confidence…

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The Simpsons notoriety will be hard to keep under wraps with this brand new collection of comic stories that will catapult them once again onto the world stage. This new series, Colossal Compendium, will maintain the same recognizable series name throughout its run. Each volume will also have a unique name and volume number. Each collection will have a minimum of 5 comics, chosen carefully and specifically because the comics work together to provide a deeper, darker meaning than each on its own. Each new volume boasts upgraded heavier paper, and increased page count to 176 pages and includes a unique and collectible paper craft. As the series progresses, fans will be able to assemble their own three-dimensional version of the city of Springfield and usher in a paper paradise! Volume 1 kicks it off with a replica of Moes Tavern. The series will also feature artwork on the spine that creates an image of the Simpsons family when the volumes are aligned on the book shelf. The series will ultimately encapsulate Simpsons Comics issues #106 - #199. It is all the Simpsons Comics fun that fans have come to expect wrapped in an invigorating new package.

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Team Unihorn and Woolly have saved Burlap Beach not once, not twice, but three times. Now it’s time for them to bask in the sun and enjoy some good ‘ole fashioned R&R. And that’s exactly what they get—until their cooler accidentally tips over and they discover a map inside a bottle! Where could it lead? Forgotten ruins? Buried treasure? A notable landmark? Determined to solve mystery, Team Unihorn (and Woolly!) set off to find what’s out there—but the most priceless treasure might be closer than they think.

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“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement.Now, this most beloved and acclaimed novel is reborn for a new age as a gorgeous graphic novel. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, and the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, are all captured in vivid and moving illustrations by artist Fred Fordham. Enduring in vision, Harper Lee’s timeless novel illuminates the complexities of human nature and the depths of the human heart with humor, unwavering honesty, and a tender, nostalgic beauty. Lifetime admirers and new readers alike will be touched by this special visual edition that joins the ranks of the graphic novel adaptations of A Wrinkle in Time and The Alchemist.

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The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication. Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art form.

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For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest. But the cats of ThunderClan are in grave danger, and sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. In the midst of this turmoil appears a house cat named Rusty—who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all. Ever since the first Warriors book hit shelves, readers have devoured these epic adventures. This stunning new adaptation retells the original Warriors story arc as a full-color graphic novel.