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Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past. The promised land of Amonlogia has turned out to be a nightmare for the people of the Mud Whale. Suou and the Unmarked are being held hostage, and in order to save them Ouni and Chakuro agree to become captive soldiers for the duke. A battle is inevitable...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Hifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past... Orca has captured Ouni and Lykos, and seems to have no further interest in Amonlogia or the Mud Whale. But the chaos he left behind continues to reverberate as Rochalízo is forced to make a critical choice and Suou must face the true burden of leadership....
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past... Chakuro and the other Marked children have freed the Unmarked from the Amonlogian dungeon, but their rescue mission is far from over. The people of the Mud Whale still need to get back to their island home, and the path to safety is blocked by imperial...
1308) Alpha: Abidjan to Paris
Author
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Determined to reunite with his family, Alpha sets off from his home in Cote d'Ivoire, bound for Paris, where his sister-in-law has a hair salon near the Gare du Nord train station. Alpha's wife and son left for France months ago, traveling without visas, and he has heard nothing from them since. With a visa, Alpha's journey would take a matter of hours. Without one, he is adrift for over a year, encountering human traffickers in the desert, refugee...
1309) The tempest
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Miranda and her father, Prospero, have been living on an isolated island for twelve years. When the survivors of a shipwreck land on the island (thanks to Prospero's magical machinations), they're drawn into a web of coincidences, love at first sight, and old revenges that only Prospero's forgiveness--and some otherworldly assistance--can remedy"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Classical Comics
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in which Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter, Miranda, have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples.
Author
Publisher
Tradewind Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Marianne is fortunate. She one of the first two hundred Jewish children on the heroic rescue operation known as the Kindertransport, which arrived in London, England in December, 1938. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939 Marianne finds herself being evacuated to Wales. She is shuffled from one unsuitable home to another, but there is a surprise in store and Marianne's courage and resilience is finally rewarded.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This striking graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Providence Community Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Alice describes her birth and early years in Germany, the discrimination the family suffered as Jews, and their struggle to emigrate to the U.S. Later she talks about her education in America and how her early years formed her views about refugees and civil rights. Mention of Adolph Hitler.
Author
Publisher
Lion Forge LLC/Magnetic
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Shanghai, November 1937. Yaya, the eight-year-old daughter of a diamond merchant, lives a life of luxury in the French Concession in Shanghai. Her one great passion is the piano. While she is preparing for an important audition, her father decides that the family must leave town in the face of the imminent Japanese invasion. The evening before all the family is to leave, stubborn Yaya, unaware of the danger, runs away in an attempt to make it to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Magnetic Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"China, 1937. Young Yaya and Tuduo are lost while trying to reach Hong Kong to find her parents. Her memory lost, Yaya is found by the wicked gangster Zhu, who now wants to trade her back to her rich parents for a huge reward..."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Magnetic Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"China, 1937. After a long and harrowing journey, Yaya and Tuduo are happy to be back in Shanghai again. But it isn't an entirely happy homecoming. Yaya's parents are missing, and the wicked Zhu is still on their trail... The exciting conclusion to this thrilling adventure!" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Magnetic Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"China, 1937. Yaya is almost back in Shanghai where she hopes to finally find her parents. But she doesn't realize the wicked Zhu plans to ransom her for riches! Fortunately, Tuduo is on their trail, and he'll do anything to rescue her first..."--Back cover.
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