graphic novels

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D. Gray-Man

2011
Allen Walker, a fifteen-year-old boy who roams the earth in search of Innocence, the mysterious substance used to create weapons to fight off demons, is washed away to unknown parts of the world after The Great Flood.

Brody's ghost

2010
In the first of a six-volume graphic novel series, Brody is depressed and barely surviving after breaking up with his girlfriend Nicole. Then a teenage ghost named Talia enlists his help to find a serial killer. If Talia and Brody can find him, she can get into Heaven and Brody gets the reward money. Before they can get to work though, Brody needs some training by the spirit of an ancient samurai to unlock his psychic powers.

Graphic novels for young readers

a genre guide for ages 4-14
2011
A genre guide to graphic novel reading interests that is designed to help librarians and teachers choose titles appropriate for children and tweens.

D. Gray-Man

2007
In a fictional nineteenth-century England, Allen is an Exorcist seeking "Innocence," a substance that can kill akuma demons. Now he is questioning his mission because his left eye is injured leaving him unable to detect akuma. Still he is sent to seek his master, Cross, to discover why the akuma are targeting leaders of the Black Ministry.

D. Gray-Man

2010
When Lenalee sets out to confront a Level 4 Akuma that's out to kill Komui, the Level 4 goes against the efforts of Lavi and Kanda and pursues its mission. Meanwhile, Allen is left to hold the line and finds it too much on his own.

D. Gray-Man

2009
As Krory becomes trapped in a seemingly hopeless situation, his comrades continue to traverse the Ark and encounter Tyki Mikk. As Tyki and Allen work out a truce, Lavi suspects that the Innocence is far more powerful than anyone can understand.

D. Gray-Man

2008
The Noah aid Lenalee, Lavi, and the others in their fight against the Millennium Earl's forces, but the agents of the Black Order refuse to give in, realizing that this may be the last stand of the Exorcists.

D. Gray-Man

2006
Fifteen-year-old exorcist Allen continues his mission to find Innocence to battle the deathly demons that plague his world. He uses the Innocence in his disfigured left hand, his ability to see into people's souls, and his connections with other exorcists to lead the battle against the Millennium Earl out to destroy mankind.

Teaching graphic novels

practical strategies for the secondary ELA classroom
2010
Offers practical strategies and standards-based lessons for secondary teachers to use graphic novels in the classrooms to encourage literacy and reading, and provides examples from graphic novels.

Case closed

2005
High school detective Jimmy Kudo continues to solve cases despite having been physically transformed into a first grader after eating a mysterious substance. In this volume, Jimmy works on the case of a cursed piano while trying to discover why a mysterious woman he doesn't recognize claims to be his girlfriend.

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