comic books, strips, etc

Nine-year-old Nathan is struggling to make sense of the world around him, now that his older brother is off with his friends, and a bully begins threatening Nathan. One day Nathan explores an old lighthouse where he finds a portal to a secret world where his imagination rules and he is in control. Nathan begins escaping to this world each day, especially when he overhears his parents talking about a serious issue. But when he's eventually unable to control events in his imaginary world, he isn't sure if he can handle what's waiting for him in his real one.

Deja and Josie are best friends on a seasonal basis--every autumn all through high school they both come to work at the world's best pumpkin patch. Now, though, is their last Halloween, the last year of high school--they will never work together again. Realizing this, Josie and Deja decide to skip work and actually make a night of it, doing all the fun things the patch offers--and maybe they will come to some realizations that only the ending of an era brings.

Ruskin heads to Crestwood to gather lava rocks to help save the Kingdom of Wrenly from a terrible firestorm. However, when he and Cinder arrive, they are tricked into going into the Shadow Hills, not marked on any map.

The night stalkers are some of the most elite members of the U.S. Army. Their dangerous missions frequently take them behind enemy lines.

It takes a brave soldier to run straight into enemy fire. But that's just what Green Beret Sergeant Bernard Good did when his team was in trouble during the Iraq War.

Kurt Muse spoke out-and was taken in. Who did the U.S. send to rescue the American citizen locked in a Panama jail?.

Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds! But when Olive finds out that a school policy is keeping some kids from going on the trip, she decides to act. She's prepared to do whatever it takes to be heard--even if it means running against Trent and Sawyer, two of her closest friends, in the student council election! With intense campaign competition and emotions running high, can Olive make a big change and keep her friends?.

When terrorists struck the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, heroes stepped up. Follow canine Trakr and his handler James as they locate a survivor in the rubble more than a day after the towers fell. The search and rescue team from Canada was working beside many heroes responding to the attacks on 9/11. Based on the true story and in honor of the K9 and handler team who found the last survivor trapped at Ground Zero. Additional material provides an overview of the events of the day and other stories of canine heroism at Ground Zero.

While the cats are away, the other cats will play! Flight Director Maisy is off on her first vacation in years, and World's Best Scientist is looking for a secret vacation of his own.

From loved to loathed. As the crown prince's favored maiden at court, Kou Reirin's future as the next empress is all but assured. That is, until her rival Shu Keigetsu, the court's "sewer rat," pushes her over a balcony! Reirin survives, but wakes up in Keigetsu's body! Turns out Keigetsu has used magic to swap bodies with Reirin in order to steal her position at court. After being sickly her whole life, Reirin is determined to use this new body to turn things around. She won't let anything stop her, not even her impending execution!.