characters and characteristics in literature

In the quiet town of Hamelin, 12-year-old twins Tommy and Gerta ask a local scientist to help remove visiting space aliens who appear kind and helpful but may be planning something evil. In graphic novel format.

Young fashionista Milly is excited to compete in a design contest, so when a strange custodian appears with an offer to help she accepts, but is wary of the catch: she must guess the mysterious person's favorite thing to wear or give up the first-place prize. In graphic novel format.

"A woman in a fancy suit has shown up unexpectedly and unannounced at Kip's apartment, and she's asking questions Kip doesn't want to answer about all odd characters who've escaped her imagination. The Odds have no choice but to go on the run! But running away isn't as simple as should be--not when Lance the rabbit and Ninja-Nina are dueling, Racer's trying to drive everywhere but straight ahead, Booster the rooster wants to leave, and Unicorn and the family cat just can't seem to get along. Kip is hiding secrets from her dad, Diana the dinosaur keeps scaring Kip, and the Woman in the Suit seems to know their every move"--Provided by publisher.

"The Strong family is having a reunion in New Orleans, and twelve-year-old Tristan is supposed to be keeping an eye on his younger cousin Terrance when several things happen at once: he sees his archenemy, King Cotton, and a mysterious girl grabs his magic cellphone--her name is Seraphine, and she seems to know everything about Tristan and the god Anansi (currently inhabiting the cellphone), and she has a mission for Tristan, one that is going lead to a final confrontation with haint King Cotton"--OCLC.

"Kip is a quiet kid in a loud city. She's easy to miss and that's the way she likes it. Then, one day, Kip's quiet life is suddenly interrupted. Ten of her favorite characters have stepped out of their worlds and into hers. But what happens when a dragon-hunting rabbit leaves his comic strip? When an old man leaves his picture book? When a ninja leaves her TV show, a race-car driver leaves their video game, and a dinosaur turns up from Kip's nightmares?"--Provided by publisher.

"Humpty Dumpty and his nursery rhyme friends are discussing what they want to be when they grow up. Humpty wants to be a boiled egg, but his friends are encouraging him to think bigger!"--Amazon.

In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past, and is aided by boys who will one day be known as "The Three Musketeers.".

A bump on the head suffered during gym class causes middle school drama queen Nikki Maxwell to have a crazy dream where all of her acquaintances assume the roles of familiar fairy tale characters.

In rhyming text, a young girl sets traps to catch the Big Bad Wolf.

"London, 1898. As the twentieth century approaches, there is a need for a new kind of champion--adventurers bound by the chaste order that characterizes the stagnant Victorian Era. The enigmatic Campion Bond of British Intelligence has begun a recruiting mission, collecting a menagerie of individuals who can be of value to his superiors due to... activities that have forced them beyond the pale. But, as Mina Murray, Allan Quartermain, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde discover, British Intelligence has plans for them that go far beyond mere spying. And if they survive their first test against the devil doctor of Limehouse, they'll have to battle an even stranger menace from the stars!"--Back cover.