vigilantes

"Pop has emerged as the new Queen Bee, her transformation forced upon her by the villainous Nomura, a.k.a. Number 6. At his direction, Pop begins to rain destruction down on Naruhata. With a villain on the loose, it's only natural for heroes to be called in to deal with the situation, but Koichi knows his friend's life and soul are at stake. Will inspiration from his old master and training with past foes help him find the hero within?"--Back cover.

"Knuckleduster has saved his daughter Tamao, but for now, he's not letting anyone else know that he's back. That's just as well, since Koichi and Pop Step have their hands full getting ready for an all-out entertainment extravaganza--Captain Celebrity's final appearance in Japan at the Sky Egg stadium! Unfortunately, the high-speed villain from Osaka is also preparing to initiate a major catastrophe at the event. When the chips are down, Captain Celebrity and Koichi may not be the heroes we want, but are they the heroes we need?"--Back cover.

"Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Destination. It's as rad as she imagined--her boss is BOSS, her co-workers spend their time arguing over music, pushing against the patriarchy, and endlessly trying to form a band. When Rosie Riot, the staff's favorite singer, mysteriously vanishes the night before her band's show, Chris discovers her co-workers are doing more than just sorting vinyl . . . Her local indie record store is also a front for a teen girl vigilante squad"--Back cover.

"Its 1999 and Chris is living her dream: working at a vinyl destination by day and fighting for justice by night, in the world's coolest teen girl vigilante squad, but when the gals of vinyl destination enter a battle of the bands -- to investigate and, of courese, win--they learn that the shadowy corporate masters of the music industry are planning something big ... and want to blame it on Y2K. It's time for Chris and the gang to dial up 56K of justice so they can save the day once again!"--Back cover.

Los Angeles homicide detective Alex Brandon, investigating the murder of a notorious drug dealer, soon comes to the realization that the killing was just the first in a rash of crimes committed against felons on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, and that the deaths are somehow related to Kit Logan, a young man who murdered his stepfather--an abusive serial murderer.

"April thought she had her happy ending. After all, she has her new house and new friends and new guardian. But she also has a very big new secret. The kids of Winterborne House are the only ones who know that Gabriel Winterborne--famous billionaire and terrible cook--is really a sword-wielding vigilante. What they don't know is that he's not the only one. When a masked figure breaks in, looking for something--or someone--it's clear that Gabriel has met his match, and now no one is safe. April and her friends will have to solve a decades-old mystery in order to hang on to the most important thing in the world: each other"--Provided by publisher.

"Ater returning from an eventful trip to Osaka, Koichi starts experimenting with his Quirk--does he have more potential then he thought? Dective Tskauchi continues to investigate the instant villain incidents, quietly enlisting the help of Eraser and even consulting All Might. And with Hachisuka out of the picture, the shadowy figure behind the Trigger drug deploys a new and even more dangerous agent..."--Back of cover.

"The deaths of Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, and others have shined a light on the disturbing problem of racism and vigilantism. Explore this modern threat to Black lives and the history of racially motivated attacks"--.

"When you're not a licensed hero, sometimes you need all the help you can get. For Koichi, unexpected--but not entirely unwelcome--assistance comes in the form of Makoto Tsukauchi, one of Koichi's friends at school. Makoto's got a self-confident vibe that makes Pop Step more than a little anxious and...jealous? Meanwhile, out in the streets of the Naruhata district, the scheming bee user Hachisuka continues her distribution of the 'instant villain' drug, Trigger"--Back cover.

"It's February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. While the town's men embrace the coming prosperity, its women intimately know and fear the violence that always seems to follow. In the early hours of the morning after Valentine's Day, fourteen-year-old Gloria Ram?rez appears on the front porch of Mary Rose Whitehead's ranch house, broken and barely alive. The teenager had been viciously attacked in a nearby oil field--an act of brutality that is tried in the churches and barrooms of Odessa before it can reach a court of law. When justice is evasive, the stage is set for a showdown with potentially devastating consequences"--OCLC.