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"Six weeks into the slow burn of the historic Arroyo Fire, a crew of women from an inmate firefighting program are risking everything on the frontlines when their newest recruit--a white-collar convict with a deep network of shady dealers--discovers they're mere miles from her crooked former associate's abandoned mansion. When she proposes a plan to abandon their duties and hunt for riches under cover of smoke and ash, the team must decide if they're...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
418 p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A second collection of "Locas" comics by Jaime Hernandez, following the lives of Maggie, Hopey, and Ray, beginning shortly after Maggie and Hopey's reunion, and continuing through Ray's relationship with Vivian.
3) Re-gifters
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
148, [27] p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Jen Dik Seong--or 'Dixie' as she's known to her friends. She's living on the ragged edge of LA's Koreatown, and her only outlet is the ancient martial art of hapkido. In fact, she's on the verge of winning a championship--until she falls for fellow hapkido fan/California surfer boy Adam and gets thrown spectacularly off her game. As she struggles to win the tournament--not to mention Adam's affections--Dixie learns that in love and in gift-giving,...
4) Lost at sea
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
153 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While traveling home to Canada from California with three teens she hardly knows, eighteen-year-old Raleigh tries to understand her feelings about herself, her life, and her reason for going to California in the first place.
6) Freeway
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
414 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alex Kalienka is in an awful jam. Literally, a traffic jam--but figuratively, his whole life is a mess. A dream job turned nightmare at the biggest animation studio in the world. A love affair that is not what he imagined. And possibly someone with a life-threatening grudge against him. In his first new graphic novel since 2001's acclaimed Mail Order Bride, Mark Kalesniko compresses an entire life into a single day as the frustrated animator, stewing...
Author
Series
Earthseed books volume 1
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
266 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower, by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America's future. In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger...
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