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Author
Series
Hilo volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Hilo and DJ, with the help of Polly, the magical warrior cat, travel through a mysterious portal and battle bad guys, face disgusting food, an angry mom, and powerful magic to save their friend Gina.
Author
Series
Umbrella Academy volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who had previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against...
Author
Series
Hilo volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"When a mysterious boy falls from the sky, friends D.J. and Gina must discover the secrets of his identity and help him save the world"--
Author
Series
The Robots books volume 1
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In three stories, best friends Red Robot and Blue Robot learn about how sometimes they can make mistakes or say the wrong things yet still be friends with each other.
Author
Series
First cat in space volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world....
Author
Series
Hilo volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"With the help of her friends DJ and Hilo, Gina protects magical beings who've just appeared on Earth from the creatures who are after them"--
Author
Series
Stupendous Switcheroo volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
What would happen if you woke up every single day with a different, surprise SUPERPOWER?! Find out in this zany, hilarious illustrated novel from Mary Winn Heider and Chad Sell. The morning of his mom's business trip, Switcheroo wakes up to discover he has telekinesis. Which is super convenient when he has to give his babysitter-robot the slip to fight crime all day. But it's less convenient when he's recruited to fight crime again the next day, only...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2009-2010]
Language
English
Description
Overview: In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots pass for human, someone or something is out to destroy the seven great robots of the world. Europol's top detective Gesicht is assigned to investigate these mysterious robot serial murders-the only catch is that he himself is one of the seven targets.
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Teaming up with new friend Zita the spacegirl, Jack and Lilly confront an army of dangerous giants and screeds ready to lay siege to Earth and determined to end all human life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Language
English
Description
"Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world."--Page [4] of cover, volume 1.
Author
Series
Hilo volume 8
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The earth has been remade and magical creatures are everywhere-now Gina, DJ, and Hilo have to find the key to turn the world back to what it was"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
David's brother, Darrin, just invented a radio-controlled dog. It performs tricks, mixes delicious smoothies, and grows fifty feet tall. When David's friend brings back a tyrannosaurus rex from the past, Robo-Dog 3000 turns into the ultimate fighting machine.
13) One trick pony
Author
Language
English
Description
"In a future where alien beings consume technology as a few humans try to preserve it, Strata, her brother, and a friend are separated from their caravan and, with a wonderful robotic horse, must fight their way back."--
Author
Publisher
JY
Pub. Date
2021-
Language
English
Description
"The gang is back in an all-new adventure! Join Hiro, Baymax, GoGo, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, and Fred as they fight to protect the streets of San Fransokyo. Based off of the animated Disney feature film, the comic will tie in with the animated TV show"--
Author
Series
Space-time (Jeffrey Brown) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Jide and Petra are just two normal kids until they are selected to leave Earth and join their new alien classmates on an intergalactic research mission to Mars. Too bad Jide has no idea how she ended up in the program, seeing as the closest she wants to get to space is being a sci-fi writer. Petra, on the other hand, is the brains of the mission, but his helicopter parents make it clear he hasn't left their gravitational pull behind quite yet."--Provided...
Author
Series
Nichijou volume 11
Publisher
Vertical Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]-
Language
English
Description
"In this just-surreal-enough take on the 'school genre' of manga, a group of friends (which includes a robot built by a child professor) grapple with all sorts of unexpected situations in their daily lives as high schoolers."--
17) Flood-a-geddon!
Author
Series
(James R.).Agent 9 volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Agent 9 and his his robotic partner FiN are called in by the Super-Secret Spy Service to save the world from bumbling supervillain King Crab and his diabolical plans to melt the polar ice caps and build a massive water park.
18) Raging robots
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stewart has found the mystical pencil where Alex and Sara left it, and before they can warn him he draws a robot that comes to life--and begins to use the pencil to draw other robots.
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in the final installment of the Zita adventures. Wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, Zita has to plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak before the evil prison warden can execute his plan of interstellar domination!"--
20) Shark and Bot: 1
Author
Series
Shark and Bot volume 1
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An unlikely friendship forms between a great white shark and a robot when they bond over a favorite book series, then stand--and dance--together against playground bullies."--Provided by publisher.
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