It begins as a perfectly normal flight, except for one very nervous passenger. Then, after uncontrollably accelerating and seeing an enormous flash of light, Flight 33 reaches its destination—seventy years in the past!

Bullies are keeping Benny and Pema from skateboarding in the park, and the police are keeping them from skating around town. Together, Benny and Pema will have to learn some new tricks to get back into their favorite skate park—and stop a series of mysterious acts of vandalism.

When Blue Baker's father dies, Blue begins writing stories about a wild, vicious boy he calls the savage. "When I drew him and wrote about him, I could see him, I could hear him, I could smell him. Sometimes it was nearly like I was him and he was me." The stories make Blue feel better, especially when he writes about the savage threatening Hopper, a local bully—but then Blue realizes that the savage has come to life. Full-color art done in ink and Adobe Photoshop.

Rue Silver's mother has disappeared . . . and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her. But it's not as straightforward as that. Because Rue is a faerie, like her mother was. And her father didn't kill her mother -- instead, he broke a promise to Rue's faerie king grandfather, which caused Rue's mother to be flung back to the faerie world. Now Rue must go to save her -- and must also defeat a dark faerie that threatens our very mortal world.

adapted by Rick Geary

The stranger who recently arrived in Iping has begun to raise suspicions: he rarely leaves his room at the Coach and Horses Inn, and he always keeps himself covered from head to toe. When the townspeople question the man after a robbery, he exposes his terrifying secret and escapes. Impossible to apprehend, the man wreaks havoc as he attempts to recover the notebooks in which he has written the formula for becoming invisible. In this faithful retelling of H. G. Wells?s famous tale, the invisible man then makes his way to the home of an old colleague and tells his incredible story. Full-color illustrations.

At 10:00 pm Betty Gow enters the nursery to check on the baby. She feels a chill in the room and turns on an electric heater. Finding it strange not to hear the boy?s breathing, she looks into the crib to find him . . . gone! When famous aviator Charles Lindbergh?s child disappeared in 1932, the nation was transfixed. This narrative depicts the many curious characters involved and follows the ransom demands, false leads, and the final outcome of the thrilling mystery. Includes bibliography and maps. Black-and-white illustrations.

Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Gothel, the woman she calls Mother, dismisses her recurring dreams about a different, loving mother, but when Rapunzel climbs over the wall she finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine, and Gothel's power extends over a barren landscape that stretches as far as the eye can see. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel doesn't let down her hair to a prince, she uses it as a lasso and to take on outlaws-including Gothel. Full-color graphic novel.

Abby is back at camp, but this year things are difficult. Her friend Rose is busy helping the counselors, and Abby's first bunkmate gets sent home with chiggers. Her new bunkmate, Shasta, seems great-she's pretty and fun, and she likes the same books that Abby does. But Abby's other friends think Shasta is snobby and dishonest, and they can't stand her. Abby is caught in the middle, and when she begins spending time with Teal, a boy she has a crush on, things only get more complicated. Black-and-white art.

French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax has agreed to help the U.S. Navy catch a mysterious sea monster. What Aronnax, his assistant, Conseil, and the expert harpooner Ned Land find surpasses their wildest expectations. Their hunt leadsthem to the Nautilus, a remarkable submarine, and the brilliant but troubled Captain Nemo. As his prisoners, they explore the wonders of the world's oceans. But when Nemo's ambitions turn deadly, will Aronnax and his companions be able to escape? A retelling of Jules Verneclassic. Glossary. Note on submarines. Discussion questions. Writing prompts. Internet sites. Full-color art.

"The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad. . . . I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that." Henry David Thoreau followed that voice to Walden Pond. This graphic novel, narrated in Thoreau's own words, weaves together elements from Walden, "Civil Disobedience ," "Walking," and Thoreau's journals to tell the story of his two years in the woods and of the night he spent in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax. Introduction. Afterword. Discussion of details in panels. Notes. Bibliography. Two-color art.

Dead men do tell tales, and pathologists interpret what the dead are saying using post-mortem examinations. Three stories of actual crimes solved via autopsies are presented here in full color: evidence of strangulation proves a woman didn't die in the Blitz; a body's cell structures determine the victim's time of death; and follicular analysis gives detectives a time line of a victim's poisoning. Includes overviews of how a crime is investigated and of how a post-mortem exam is conducted. Additional case summaries. Glossary. Suggestions for more information and further reading. Index.

Lemuel Gulliver encounters many strange things during his sea voyages. In the land of Lilliput, he's trapped and attacked by tiny humans, then forced to swear allegiance to their emperor and defend their country. Banished from Lilliput due to a misunderstanding, Gulliver eventually finds himself in a land of giants, where he feels Lilliputian. When Gulliver finally returns to people his own size, can he convince them that his adventures were not mad dreams? Glossary. Additional information about the original story. Discussion questions. Writing prompts. Full-color art.

When Dr. Frankenstein is saved by a ship near the North Pole, he seems delusional-he insists he's trailing a monster that must be destroyed. Frankenstein tells the sailors an unbelievable tale: he claims to have constructed a creature and brought it to life, only to have the creature demand that he build it a bride. When the Doctor refused, the monster vowed revenge and began to destroy those whom Frankenstein cared about most. This graphic novel retelling is a close adaptation of Mary Shelley's original. Full-color illustrations.

Emmet Wilson loves playing in the Negro Leagues. He makes good money and doesn't have to work for a white man. Then a slide into home-scoring a run off the great pitcher Satchel Paige-blows out his knee. Now stuck working as a sharecropper, Emmet longs for the day when blacks and whites will be treated equally, for the day when his son can attend school instead of working the fields. Throughout Emmet's hard life, Satchel Paige, with his indomitable spirit, provides hope and inspiration.

"Gentlemen . . . this will be Laika's vessel! The first spacecraft . . . Sputnik II[ital Sputnik II]! There are still problems, but we'll solve them. Even on such a tight schedule!" "How will the satellite return to earth?" "It won't. . . . There is no return option." Here are the intertwined stories of Korolev, the driven engineer at the top of the Soviet space program, Yelena, the lab technician responsible for Laika's health, and Laika, an energetic, trusting, and beloved dog chosen for a journey she will not survive. Full-color illustrations. Afterword. Bibliography.

In their desolate and war-torn homeland, Giuliano and his friends must fend for themselves. As they move up the ranks from scavengers to petty thieves, Giuliano grows increasingly uncomfortable with his friends' proclivity for violence-yet he also feels a need to prove himself. When he, Christian, and Stefano are recruited into a militia, Giuliano feels that they've made a terrible mistake, but it may be too late to leave. Pen and watercolor graphics.

A man must leave his wife and daughter to find a better life for them in a faraway land. With hundreds of other immigrants, he arrives in a strange new city filled with soaring towers shaped like birds, floating balloon transports, and unusual symbols he cannot understand. Slowly, though, he learns how to build his new life. As he listens to other immigrants' tales of hardship, he dreams of just one thing: seeing his family again. Artist's note included. Story told entirely in graphite pen illustrations.

Dog has a new friend: a robot he built himself. Robot and Dog visit the library, watch movies, and go to the beach, where a swim in the ocean leaves Robot rusting on the sand. Robot waits for Dog to come back . . . and waits . . . and waits. But while Robot dreams of escape, of a surprise rescue, and of Dog's return, Dog is busy with some new friends. Sequenced full-color ink and digital illustrations convey this wordless story.