Great Expectations
After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: orphans, coming of age, cartoons and comics, great britain, dickens, charles, young men, bildungsromans, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels, england [X]
Artemis Fowl
While preparing to steal a famous Impressionist painting from a German bank, Artemis Fowl has no idea that Opal Koboi has cloned herself and escaped from jail, leaving only Captain Holly Short of the LEPrechon fairy police to save Artemis before Opal seeks revenge on him.
741.5
year: 2014
copies: 135
call number/section: 741.5
lexile: 460
subjects: fairies, kidnapping, magic, mothers and sons, england [X], colfer, eoin, fathers and sons, fowl, artemis (fictitious character), adventure fiction, fantasy fiction, comic books, strips, etc [X], mother-son relationship, fantasy, cartoons and comics, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, computers, adventure and adventurers, graphic novels
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Presents nineteenth-century Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson's novel about good and evil in human nature, in which a scientist named Dr.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: good and evil fiction, graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc [X], good and evil, reading materials, physicians, multiple personality, psychological fiction, london (england), supernatural, horror fiction, horror tales, horror stories, multiple personalities, horror fiction, monsters fiction, comic book, scientists, england [X], hyde, edward (fictitious character), audiobooks, jekyll, henry (fictitious character), jekyll, henry (fictional character), psychological fiction, horror fiction, genetic transformation, science fiction, paranormal fiction, allegories
Outlaw
A graphic novel retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, revealing why he decided to become an outlaw in Crusades-era England, fighting for justice rather than personal gain.
398.2
year: 2009
copies: 28
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 420
subjects: robin hood (legendary character), heroes, outlaws, england [X], thieves, comic books, strips, etc [X], sherwood forest (england)
Artemis Fowl
Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must join forces with his nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police, in order to save his father--one of the few people in the world Artemis loves--who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 132
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: fairies, kidnapping, magic, fathers and sons, fantasy, england [X], father-son relationship, comic books, strips, etc [X], fowl, artemis (fictitious character), fowl, artemis (fictional character), organized crime, fantasy fiction, mothers and sons, mother-son relationship, children's stories, children's stories, fowl, artemis, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics, fantasy graphic novels, fantasy comics, comics adaptations, graphic novels, french language
Oliver Twist
After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 71
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
subjects: orphans, criminals, london (england), bildungsromans, england fiction, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, comic books, strips, etc [X], poor children, kidnapping victims, delitos, hu?rfanos, spanish language materials, londres (inglaterra), readers, english language, england [X], great britain, robbers and outlaws, identity (psychology), boys, old english novel, robbers and outlaws-fiction, orphans-fiction, england-fiction, cartoons and caricatures, thieves, social conditions, london, england, poverty, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, london
D. Gray-man
"After a savage battle, Allen and the Millennium Earl, leader of the akuma, confront each other--not as themselves, but as mysterious entities that came into being as seeming twin brothers during an even more mysterious episode in the Earl's past.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 176
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: demonology, fantasy graphic novels, graphic novels, shonen manga, manga, great britain, soul, good and evil, england [X], horror comics, graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc [X], horror tales, teenagers, horror comic books, strips, etc, quests (expeditions), horror comic books, strips, etc, exorcism, cartoons and comics
The Amulet Of Samarkand
A graphic novel adaptation of the book in which Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: stroud, jonathan, magic, wizards, apprentices, fantasy graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc [X], london (england), england [X], graphic novels, fantasy, cartoons and comics, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels
Wuthering Heights
A graphic novel adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel in which, forced by a storm to spend the night at the home of the somber Heathcliff, Mr.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: bront?, emily, man-woman relationship, love stories, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels, england [X], yorkshire (england), rejection (psychology), farm family, love stories
Monster On The Hill
In a fantastcal 1860's England, every town's pride is its monster that terrorizes the town on a regular basis and draws tourists, but Stoker-on-Avon finds itself embarrassed by their monster, Rayburn.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: monsters, friendship, fantasy graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels, england [X], graphic novels, fantasy fiction
Harry Potty And The Deathly Boring
Harry Potty and his friends work together to avenge the death of Harry's parents and his mentor Dumb-As-A-Door by Lord Value-Mart and his followers in this graphic novel parody of Harry Potter.
741.5
year: 2010
copies: 20
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: rowling, j. k, wizards, magic, school stories, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels, england [X], potter, harry (fictitious character), hogwarts school of sitchcraft and wizardry (imaginary organization), potter, harry (fictional character), fantasy fiction, graphic novels, humorous fiction, good and evil, hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry (imaginary organization), parodies
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure Of The Dancing Men
Retells, in graphic novel form, the Sherlock Holmes story in which the detective investigates when Mr.
741.5
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: holmes, sherlock (fictional character), watson, john h. (fictional character), criminal investigation, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc [X], england [X]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure Of The Speckled Band
Retold in graphic novel form, Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of a client whose sister's dying words referred to a mysterious speckled band.
741.5
year: 2010
copies: 4
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: holmes, sherlock (fictional character), watson, john h. (fictional character), criminal investigation, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc [X], england [X]
Emma
"With the postmark of Emma's last letter guiding him, William makes a bold journey across the Atlantic to begin his search for Emma in the United States.
741.5
year: 2009
copies: 16
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: domestics, man-woman relationships, social classes, man-woman relationship, england [X], household employees, love stories, manga, comic books, strips, etc [X], graphic novels, love stories, graphic novels, romance fiction
V For Vendetta
"A powerful story about loss of freedom and individuality, 'V For Vendetta' takes place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet.
741.5
year: 2020
copies: 19
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: political science, comic books, strips, etc [X], england [X], science fiction, english, anarchism, graphic novels, totalitarianism, liberty, dystopian comics, graphic novels