Galen Showman
1) The Giver
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Jonas' life assignment is as the Receiver of Memory, where he will apprentice the Giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia: color, emotion, and even more complicated secrets.
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Renfield volume 2
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As Renfield grapples with his bizarre obsession of flies, Mina Harker worries about her missing fiancé Jonathan Harker who has gone to Transylvania. Dr. Swales tries to comfort her but is suddenly un-nerved about a sailing ship approaching the coast with no one seemingly guiding her. Now Renfield truly senses the arrival of the "Master"...Dracula.
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Raven Chronicles volume 10
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"The Ghost of Alonzo Mann". Based on the true-life saga of the murder of young Mary Phagen in 1913 and the lynch hanging of the convicted murderer Leo Frank in 1915. One of the Raven members' claims to see the ghost of a man named Alonzo Mann who claimed 80 years later to know what had happened to Mary. What secret does he hold for a case nearly 80 years old?
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Renfield volume 1
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Renfield is haunting and sophisticated mini-series of the bug-eating inmate from Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel. It centers on a man who is slowly being consumed by madness because of the visions and voices that intrude upon his dreams and nightmares. While the events from the Dracula novel swirl around him, Renfield faces his pre-ordained task of preparing for his mysterious "master" and struggles to understand what his "messiah" is asking of...
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Renfield volume 3
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Dr. Seward finds things are happening beyond his understanding and hopes that Professor Van Helsing can help him. Lucy Westenra sleepwalks at night and is found in the morning, nearly drained of blood. Renfield, however, now has figured out what life truly is...human blood is the secret. Rating: 10 out of 10. "...a rare treat; a truly classic piece... Whether you're a horror buff, a comics fan or just one who enjoys this chunka reading format, you're...
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Renfield volume 5
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The concluding issue to the saga that is Renfield. The Master decides to take Mina Harker as his next victim but Renfield has determined that it is true evil being offered to him, not deliverance. It's a race against time and Mina's life is in the balance as Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, and the others desperately try to stop the Count of Darkness.
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Sinergy: Sin Eternal is a re-tooling of the immortal Dante's Inferno literary work where a man descends into Hell to witness the plight of the sinners doomed for eternity. The apprehensive traveler and his mysterious guide enter Hell to witness the fates of The Opportunist, the Virtuous Pagans, the Gluttons, as well as encounter some of the sentient guardians of Hell. Each of the levels of Hell are drawn by different artists as a man begins a journey...
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Sin Eternal is more than just a re-tooling of the immortal classic, Dante's Inferno. It plants itself firmly in the modern world and away from the political crimes that dominated Dante's work. Sin Eternal brings a very basic questioning of a man's faith as he witnesses some of the most horrendous punishments that could be exacted. The story covers the travels of a man who is sent to Hell to examine the various torments and punishments that the sinners...
12) Seeker: Issue #3
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Seeker volume 3
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After Tracy LeMasters escapes her prison, she pledges to restore the name of Seeker to its rightful place, herself, and the fraud who now wears the costume shall pay for their desecration against the Seeker legend. The current Seeker, LeAnn Heywood, is blamed for the deaths of members of TAC Force and Maxine finds out the future plans in store for her and the Seeker program. All the while corporate spy Medea has played the TAC Force for fools and...
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Renfield volume 1
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Renfield is haunting and sophisticated mini-series of the bug-eating inmate from Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel. It centers on a man who is slowly being consumed by madness because of the visions and voices that intrude upon his dreams and nightmares. While the events from the Dracula novel swirl around him, Renfield faces his pre-ordained task of preparing for his mysterious "master" arrival and struggles to understand what his "messiah" is...
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Renfield volume 4
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Renfield finally meets his anointed "Master" as the asylum is plunged into despair with the death of Lucy. Renfield now understands what is Master is and the price he will have to pay for immortality.
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Sherlock Holmes confronts the split persona of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! Holmes and Watson seek to uncover the terrible secret that is plaguing their good friend, the esteemed Dr. Jekyll. When word gets out that the doctor is allowing the deranged Mr. Hyde free access to his wealth, Holmes realizes that something, no matter how improbable, is wrong. But is the value of a friendship worth more than life itself? Holmes must make that decision.
17) Savage: Issue #1
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Caliber Comics' Savage volume 1
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"Guns and Crosses" Meet Christian Savage, monster hunter in the wildest backlands of the old Wild West. Abandoned by his parents at birth and raised by a kindly priest, Savage was momentarily lured to the black arts of the occult and it cost him the life of the priest. Now Savage roams the countryside ridding the frontier of the supernatural enemies of civilization, attempting to make the Wild West safe for homesteaders, until his mission brings him...
18) Seeker: Issue #1
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Seeker volume 1
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Black Widow meets Witchblade. LeAnn Heywood is the world's current Seeker, a 'superhero' if you will assigned to a special task force whose goal is to take on criminals, corrupt corporations, and terrorists cells wherever they may be. But there is a former Seeker, Tracy LeMaster who is locked up in a mental hospital because obviously, her story of being an incarnate of an ancient Atlantean force that inhabits the Seeker host body couldn't possibly...
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Deadworld The Series Vol. 2 volume 2
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Reyna enlists Bowker to engage in a power play against Jaxson in order to return Moloch to leadership rule of their new military city complex. But first Bowker has to take care of the intelligent female zombie known as "Vamp". And in a surprise move, Bowker enlists the aid of King Zombie to take over the city. While elsewhere Dan, plagued by visions, decides to leave the motorcycle gang he and Joey have come across.
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Deadworld The Series Vol. 2 volume 3
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Bowker's end play to take over the city and then turn over Deake to King Zombie is put into motion. King Zombie declares war...he is tired of dealing with humans. The mysterious force known as Amy takes over a little girl who is brought into the biker camp where Donna, Joey and Percy are...but the girl senses a great evil...exactly what she was looking for.