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"Set in the Victorian era, the discovery of a mysterious powder on some clothing and a very special show ticket leads Sherlock Holmes to believe a patient isn't the only victim of a grand conspiracy. Indeed, it seems the strange disappearance of Londonerscan be explained by the performances of a Chinese magician. When other tickets are found, the detective's suspicions are confirmed..."--

"Set in the Victorian era, the discovery of a mysterious powder on some clothing and a very special show ticket leads Sherlock Holmes to believe a patient isn't the only victim of a grand conspiracy. Indeed, it seems the strange disappearance of Londonerscan be explained by the performances of a Chinese magician. When other tickets are found, the detective's suspicions are confirmed..."--

"When university biologist Anne Marbot learns that the nineteen-year-old she raised as "Lucie" is a transgender man named Alex, she's overwhelmed by questions. How can this be? Who put these ideas in your head? What if you regret it? Am I overreacting? How will your grandparents react? Why didn't I see it coming? Why is this so easy for others? Am I a bigot? What does gender really mean, anyway? How can I be the parent my child needs? It soon becomes clear that Alex is not the only one embarking

"Acclaimed author Jeff Lemire and colorist Josae Villarrubia, who first brought you the strange adventures of Gus, the human-deer hybrid boy, dive back into the strange, dark world of their creation. This haunting tale is both new and familiar, as we return to a planet long past the point of devastation. Are Gus's dreams leading him to forge a better future for himself and the other hybrid children? Or are they the dreams of a mind as lost and wandering as its dreamer?"--

"Meet a new Korean hero named...City Boy! Or at least, that's the best translation of what the cities call him. City Boy, a.k.a. Cameron Kim, is just trying to make a living by using his powers of being able to speak to cities to find lost and hidden goods to pawn, and it's only just enough to get by. And those abilities mean he hears everything everywhere all the time, including each city's histories and the truths behind them. (It's very loud in his head and something he has to live with.) As

When his unusual ability--a near supersonic stink--lands him on a team of superheroes called eXpets, Bosco the dog, along with a turtle mastermind, a laser-eyed kitty, Wonder-Guppy and Ginormous Gerbil, must rescue the world's kittens who have all mysteriously gone missing.

"Spirit World stars Xanthe, a non-binary Chinese hero with the ability to travel in and out of the Spirit World--the realm of the dead, and that of the living. Xanthe possesses the ability to burn items folded from ceremonial joss paper and turn them intoreal objects that can be used in the physical world. Their super power is based on the East Asian custom of burning joss paper at gravesites to send resources to ancestors in the spirit world. Their weapon of choice is a large broadsword (becaus

Otis and Peanut, a long-haired guinea pig and a naked mole rat, deal with the loss of Pearl, Peanut's sister and Otis' friend, by celebrating old memories and making some new one.

Reopening Adventure Kingdom, the kids soon find themselves back in a world where magic is real and an old foe returns with the ability to control people's actions, forcing them to make difficult decisions about trust, friendship and what it means to be ahero.

"Heart Lamarr wants to follow in her father's footsteps as an actor, but she hasn't seen him in years-until he shows up on Christmas Eve with a surprise gift. It's an especially timely reappearance after Heart's dreams of stardom hit a major snag. Meanwhile, Charlotte and friends to lead a high-tech investigation into the mystery of the missing Lost and Found items. A visit from Dean's cousin leads to a riveting boys vs. girls showdown, and Charlotte welcomes a shy new girl to the school after s

"A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family's expectations" --

"Born in Texas to Korean immigrants, Eddie grew up working at his family's store with the weighty expectations that their sacrifices would be paid off when he achieved the "American Dream." Years later after moving to San Francisco and earning a coveted law degree, he then does the unthinkable: he rejects a lucrative legal career to enter the nonprofit world. In carving his own path, Eddie defies his family's notions of economic success, igniting a struggle between family expectations, professio

Three Latin American folktales include the story of the Iara, a mermaid who lures men to her underwater domain, the tale of La Lechuza, an enormous owl with the face of a woman, and two gauchos' encounter with La Luz Mala, a spooky light that terrorizes travelers.