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In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
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"[In this graphic novel adaptation,] Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the...
8) Dead seas
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"Ghosts are real, and they are dangerous. But they're also valuable, their ectoplasm capable of curing countless diseases. There's only one problem: harvesting the wonder drug can be just as deadly. But prisoner Gus Ortiz is willing to take the risk in return for a reduced sentence that will allow him to see his daughter again. All it will take is a few months at sea scraping ectoplasm off the walls of the Perdition, a floating prison ship owned by...
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"All Alea has ever known is life in the Outpost. Long before she was born, the Outpost crash-landed on an uninhabitable frozen planet that was never meant to support humanity...and yet, life has gone on. School, friends, the fights every Friday night--there's plenty to distract her, yet Alea's sure there's something else out there. And when tragedy strikes, Alea vows to uncover the truth...even if it upends her world forever."
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"A prison the size of a city. A lonesome, snowy place that houses all manner of criminals. It's within this cage that an orphan named Chloe struggles to survive while caring for her baby brother. But when her neighbor hatches a plan to bust them out, the wheels of her fate begin to turn. This is the story of one girl's battle to hold onto hope."--Publisher marketing.
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"Desperate to find Eos before the shades bring it down, Sundog Convoy is locked in a race against time as they barrel across the country to the unknown. Their mission: deliver the equation and bring back the light. But what they find might just be the most terrifying darkness of all...Don't miss the thrilling conclusion of Nocterra's first cycle!"--
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Most of the Face Card games continue to be a deadly challenge to Borderland's visitors, their often complicated or confusing rules meant to trick players into dooming themselves. In contrast, the King of Spades' game is refreshingly direct--kill or be killed! Can an uneasy coalition of visitors band together to take down the sniper King before his bullets declare game over for everyone?
14) Blackguard: 1
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"SURVIVE, THEY SAID. HAVE HOPE, THEY SAID. The world is no longer what it used to be. Shojo--ferocious, ape-like creatures who feed on humans--roam the land, and anyone who's bitten becomes infected with the same mysterious virus. Humanity has resisted by building aerial cities and forming special units called Guards to fight back. Among them, a young man with a blank stare battles without regard for his life--Minami. People call him a messiah, but...
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"It's been ten years since Val Riggs saw the sun swallowed up by darkness. Ten years since nearly everyone she knew was infected and changed into hideous 'shades' -- know the signs: black gums, gnarled bones, and haunting yellow eyes. The only way to survive is to stay close to artificial light. Now a 'ferryman' providing transport for people and goods, she traverses the deadly unlit roads in her eighteen-wheeler, taking on whatever evils the night...
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Fear is reborn! On a planet far from Earth, eight strangers find themselves in a deadly game. But this time, the Predators aren't the only ones on the hunt. Someone has the Yautja in their sights - and they've been searching for the Predators' game preserve for a long time. Theta Berwick is back, still hell-bent on revenge - and her kill count is climbing! But when she's ambushed by a Predator, is it the same enemy she's been tracking all these years?...
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"Minami, what would you do if Miyaji asked you to kill him? A new breed of shojo has invaded Pricketpolis. The city has fallen into chaos, and no one is safe. Some promise their loved ones that they will take their lives if they turn into a monster, while others refuse to. As Minami fights to protect the city, he must make a choice. Will he, or will he not, kill the people dear to him?"--Page [4] of cover.
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"I don't want to lose you. Minami has never really felt any sort of attachment to the world around him..until now. Miyaji is infected, and all Minami can think about is how to save his comrade-in-arms. Meanwhile, Todoroki has vanished after discovering an explosive secret about the virus, and Kawakami--with the help of a few others--starts looking for answers. Who is the real enemy, and what is the true nature of the virus? Amidst the confusion and...
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"After escaping abject horror in the events of Full Throttle Dark, Val, Em, Bailey, and the Ferrymen are seeking out the location of Eos, the place where evil was first unleashed onto the world as the sun was forever set. As our heroes traverse the shade-infested waters, shocking new pacts will have to be forged if they ever hope to survive."--
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"What if Sleeping Beauty never got her happily ever after... and instead had to save herself instead? One hundred years after Briar Rose first fell into her slumber, the sleeper has now become the sleepwalker, and she must face a brutal, bleak world ruled by a tyrant from her past. Burdened by prophecy and betrayal, it will take everything Briar and her band of misfits have to survive the wasteland where magic went to die. As they journey through...
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