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The odyssey

2012
Presents a retelling of Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son are forced to scheme to protect his throne.

Boys who rocked the world

heroes from King Tut to Bruce Lee
2012
Recounts the stories of forty-six men throughout history who impacted the world when they were teenagers or younger, covering Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Steve Jobs, Crazy Horse, Stephen King, and others.

My sister's stalker

2012
When fifteen-year-old Rig, a loner, discovers that his popular older sister is being stalked while away at college, he sets out to save her, with unexpected help from his divorced parents.

Drowned Wednesday

2006
Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur's.

A true princess

2011
Twelve-year-old Lilia goes north to seek the family she has never known, accompanied by her friends Kai and Karina and their dog Ove, on an adventure fraught with peril, especially when they become lost in Bitra Forest, the Elf King's domain. Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale, The princess and the pea.

All in the family

a look-it-up guide to the in-laws, outlaws, and offspring of mythology
2010
Presents a guide to the Greek mythological family, including Achilles, Hector, Midas, Pandora and more.

Ultimate Spider-Man

2004
After a brutal battle, Spider-Man seeks Dr. Conner's help to mend his wounds. Conner takes some DNA from Peter's blood and experiments with it, accidentally creating the famous villain Carnage. Can Spider-man defeat an enemy so much like himself?.

Hottie

2009
When a power surge during experimental plastic surgery turns fourteen-year-old Alison into a human flamethrower, she drops from popular Beverly Hills princess to social outcast, but with the help of a comic-loving "geek," she becomes a real-life superhero.

Beowulf

2007
Presents a graphic novel adaptation of the Old English epic poem, "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.

Whizzard!

2002
Tym, an inept young wizard's apprentice, creates a potion that gives him the power of super speed for limited periods of time, and sets off on a long-distance quest to find a magical item needed to save the life of the beautiful Lady Zamarind.

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