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Author
Series
Cat's cradle volume 1
Language
English
Description
Dreaming of one day taming monsters, orphan street urchin Suri finds her self-confidence, cleverness, and ambition serving her well when a mysterious new wagon holding something monstrous joins her merchant camp.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"When Kevin and his dad visit Lake Lobo, their summer visitation suddenly turns creepy. Who made the claw marks outside their cabin window? What is howling in the night? Local legends say a strange creature prowls the woods. Could Kevin's new dog hold the secret to the monster of Lake Lobo"--T.p. verso.
Author
Series
Cryptid kids (Sara Goetter) volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Before she moves away to a new city, Penny wants to prove that she was truly saved from drowning by the Bawk-ness Monster but instead must rescue kidnapped cryptids from an evil collector along with Luc and K"--
Author
Series
Galactic hot dogs volume 2
Language
English
Description
Cosmoe the Earth-boy and his space-adventuring partners, Big Humphree and Princess Dagger, return--just in time to save the galaxy ... Crostini's Cosmic Carnival is a strange, monster-filled space train that travels the galaxy. When Cosmoe catches the attention of the carnival's ringmaster, the Neon Wiener, hot-dog-selling spaceship, becomes part of the show. Cosmoe is now known as Cosmoe the Monster-Tamer--and he's a hit across the galaxy! Just one...
8) I burn
Series
Language
English
Description
Straight from Rooster Teeth's hit animation series, a new four-volume anthology series featuring stories from various manga creators, each focusing on a different member of Team RWBY! The world of Remnant is filled with horrific monsters bent on the destruction of humanity. Fortunately, the kingdoms of the world have risen to combat these forces by training powerful Huntsmen and Huntresses at academies around the planet. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake...
9) Jellaby
Author
Series
Jellaby volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Language
English
Description
Not long after Portia Bennett and her mother move to a new town to start their lives over, Portia discovers a huge purple monster she names Jellaby and enlists the help of fellow student Jason, as they two search for a way to find their new friend's true home--a search which may connect Portia to her missing father.
10) Another kind
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Language
English
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"Six kids search for a new place to call home in this middle grade graphic novel debut by comic creators Cait May and Trevor Bream, for fans of Marvel's Runaways and The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag. Another Kind is not your average monster story. Tucked away in a government facility nicknamed the Playroom, six not-quite-human kids learn to control their strange and unpredictable abilities. Life is good -- or safe, at least -- hidden from the...
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Language
English
Description
Can a depressed monster learn how to be a hero? Maybe with a little help. The hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel that inspired the movie RUMBLE is now expanded with a new epilogue! In a fantastical 1860s England, every quiet little township is terrorized by a ferocious monster -- much to the townsfolk's delight! Each town's unique monster is a source of local pride, not to mention tourism. Each town, that is ... except for one. Unfortunately...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder. The complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen's Palace as they attempt to find the answers to this bizarre murder of cosmic horror! From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula award-winning,...
14) Mooncakes
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Language
English
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[Lasell] Disability
[Lasell] Graphic Works Master List
Medfield Cozy Reads for Teens - Mysterious and Magical
Natick-Morse Pride 2024
[Lasell] Graphic Works Master List
Medfield Cozy Reads for Teens - Mysterious and Magical
Natick-Morse Pride 2024
Description
Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers? bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town. One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place...
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Phoenix dreams of seeing the world outside the high walls of her village. One day, she takes a risk--a quick hop over the walls--just to see the dark forest she's heard tales of. It is a magical forest, but Phoenix's forbidden trip unleashes a monster that attacks her brother, Xander. Her brother survives--but he's turned into a dreadful, moaning zombie!"--
Author
Series
Something is killing the children volume 3
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Language
English
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Description
"When the children of Archer's Peak--a sleepy town in the heart of America--begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories--impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only one who sees what they can see. Her...
17) Oddly Normal
Author
Series
Oddly Normal (Image Comics) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet Oddly Normal, a ten-year-old girl with pointed ears and green hair... a half-witch who will be the first to tell you that having a mother from a magical land called Fignation and a father from Earth doesn't make it easy to make friends at school! On her tenth birthday, she blows out her cake's candles and makes a disastrous wish. Now Oddly must travel to Fignation to uncover the mystery of her parents' disappearance. Join Oddly as she navigates...
18) The dragon path
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Wong Clan must leave their ruined homeland for a better life in the mythical Old Land, but to get there they must follow the dragon path, where their sworn enemies, the Dragon Tribe, rule. During a surprise attack, Prince Sing is separated from his clan. With the help of Ming, a powerful mystic from the Old Land, and Midnight, a monstrous warrior beast, Prince Sing must do all he can to save both his family and the Dragon Tribe from mutual destruction"--...
19) Bad island
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Lyle, Karen, Janie, and Reese must find a way off an island while they dodge strange and dangerous things on the island.
Author
Series
Ham Helsing volume 1
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Ham Helsing and his crew are back to fight more monsters at mysterious Camp Fish Head Lake.
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