![]() An epidemic of gun violence plagues New Orleans and its surrounding communities and has claimed many innocent lives, including Brown’s former star quarterback, Tollette “Tonka” George, shot near a local gas station. ![]() For years, this football program has brought glory to Algiers, winning three consecutive state championships and sending dozens of young men to college on football scholarships.Īlthough he is preparing for a fourth title, head coach Brice Brown is focused on something else: keeping his players alive. Short on hope but big on dreams, its mostly poor and marginalized residents find joy on Friday nights when the Cougars of Edna Karr High School take the field. On the west bank of the Mississippi lies the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. ![]()
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He won a national competition in 1986 and the prize was the publication of his first book, World War Won. In college, Dav met a teacher who encouraged him to illustrate and write. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books–the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. ![]() ![]() When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. ![]() ![]() But leaving the family business behind proved harder than she thought it would. When she was a teenager, she used her conman ship to get into one of the best private boarding schools in the country to escape from her weird family. “Heist Society” the first novel in the series introduces the Bishop family and Katarina who have been on stealing trips to the Louvre in Paris and to Budapest to steal the crown jewels. 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The amazing story of Australia's first surgeon and the boy he adopted. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the treasure that all Calvin and Hobbes fans seek. Composed of three hardcover, four-color volumes in a sturdy slipcase, this New York Times best-selling edition includes all Calvin and Hobbes cartoons that ever appeared in syndication. The entire body of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons published in a truly noteworthy tribute to this singular cartoon in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. ![]() The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. Join Calvin and Hobbes on all their adventures in this three-volume hardcover collection of every comic strip from the comic strip's eleven year history (1985 to1996).Ĭalvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. 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In a cast of majority white, Midwestern peers, Evan's immigrant Greek family is a welcome addition-both to the story and to realistic queer fiction for teens. Though back story adds complexity to Evan’s villainous mother, she still reads as two-dimensional. Surmelis’ own-voices debut wisely uses a first-person, present-tense voice to keep readers in the moment with Evan as he lives through his trauma. ![]() Readers will wonder if it really will get better but can rest assured that hope is on the horizon. But as his romantic feelings for his best friend, Henry, blossom, the tension between Evan and his mother escalates. Through art, secret trips to the nearby monastery, and one-on-ones with his dad at Dunkin’ Donuts, Evan finds pockets of safety. Evan’s strict mother ensures that this “evil” secret stays obscured with prayer and physical and emotional abuse. His peers might notice him more if they knew his secret: during summer Bible camp, Evan kissed a boy for the first time. Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos excels at conformity. Mother really doesn’t know best in this tale of a closeted gay teen from a devout Christian household. ![]() |