Welcome to Memorial Middle School, where drama fills the classrooms and follows students home on the bus. Social awkwardness. Mean girls. Hallway gossip. It's all part of life in junior high, but maybe it helps to know you aren't alone. Can Lucia avoid the boy-girl party? Will Kamilla overcome her self-consciousness and try out for the play? Can Allie keep anyone from finding out her secret? Told in graphic formal, Junior High Drama shows that while you can't escape the drama, you can cert...

Far, far away, on a distant planet called Techworld, a little girl named Snow White is born. Created by the planet's smartest minds to be the perfect scientist, Snow immediately shows a knack for working with electronics. The Queen, fearing for her crown, exiles Snow White so she cannot grow up and take the Queen's place as the most intelligent person on the planet. However, Snow White's willingness to help those in need -- especially the downtrodden robots of Techworld -- earns her many f...

Tragedy strikes the New Mutants! Meet Bird-Brain, a bizarre creature who's about to become the team's feathered friend. The New Mutants face off against their rivals, the Hellions, to track Bird-Brain down - but before the quest is done, one of them will switch sides! And there's worse in store for the team as they trace Bird-Brain's origins back to the freak-filled island of the Ani-Mator. Between Ani-Mator's weird science and the armored killers of the Right, one of the New Mutants will ...

Collects New Mutants (1983) #86-94, New Mutants Annual (1984) #5-6, New Mutants Summer Special (1990) #1, material from X-Factor Annual (1986) #5, X-Men Annual (1970) #14. Watch out, New Mutants — here comes the man called Cable! With the rest of the team in Asgard, Freedom Force arrests Rusty and Skids. The terrorist Mutant Liberation Front demands their release, but a mysterious metal-armed, gun-toting warrior with a glowing eye is targeting the MLF for reasons of his own! The New Mutant...

Lilly wants to hang out with the popular girls, so when queen bee Tania invites Lilly to her birthday party, she can't wait. What she doesn't realize is that Tania is hoping to go through Lilly to get to her cute older brother, Hank. When Tania's plan fails, she blames Lilly, making her life a nightmare. Will Lilly survive the mean queens of middle school? Strong themes of character education and a diverse cast of characters make this Junior High Drama story an excellent choice for librari...

Beauty is sailing the ocean when pirates attack and her dad is thrown overboard. Just as he sinks beneath the waves, something horrible rises--a kraken! Without hesitation, Beauty makes a deal to become the giant squid's prisoner if it rescues her dad. But as Beauty explores the island she's now marooned on, the girl discovers secret treasure that may hold the key to saving herself . . . and the sea beast. Experience Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's classic "The Beauty and the Beast" li...

Allie's world is turned upside down when she's diagnosed with diabetes. Her over-protective parents are driving her crazy, and she's desperate to keep her condition a secret from her friends. But her secretive ways are awfully suspicious and soon the rumors are flying. Is Allie's reputation ruined for good? With a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts, this Junior High Drama story builds reading skills in interpretation and analysis.

With the help of a nefarious billionaire, the Joker and Harley Quinn hatch a plan to lock up the Justice League for good. First they’ll kidnap The Flash and Huntress. Then they’ll lure the Justice League’s most powerful members — including Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman — into a trap beneath Arkham Asylum. Can the world’s greatest team of super heroes thwart the Joker and Harley before it’s too late? Or will this perilous pair doom them forever in a Justice League jailhouse?

A cranky, clever donkey. A grumpy, chubby cat. An old, loyal hound dog. A kooky, eager rooster. What do these four animals have in common? They can sing! Well, kind of. The quartet of yowling outcasts take their musical troupe on the road to Bremen Town, but along the way, they spot some robbers counting their ill-gotten treasures in an abandoned house. Hungry and tired, the creatures hatch a plan to upend the crooked criminals -- but they'll have to lean on each other to get the job done....

Collects Star Wars: River Of Chaos #1-4, Star Wars: Empire #28-40 And Star Wars 3-D #1-3. Rebel heroes and Imperial enemies! When Emperor Palpatine sends a spy to a distant planet, will Princess Leia find the enemy within — or drown in a river of chaos? Boba Fett takes on an impossible mission, and Luke Skywalker’s newest assignment is no easier! Meanwhile, Darth Vader plans to teach the raptor-like inhabitants of Tiss’sharl a lesson in the use of force! And as Vader closes in on the rebel...

Collects X-Factor (1986) #37-50, X-Factor Annual (1986) #4, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #242-243. Out of the frying pan, into the fire! As the Inferno rages, Madelyne Pryor - now the Goblin Queen - targets her and Cyclops' infant son, Nathan! Can X-Factor survive an onslaught of demons and keep Nathan safe? What happens when the crisis reunites them with the X-Men, whom they thought were dead? And will any of them be ready when Mister Sinister strikes? In the aftermath, X-Factor must deal with th...

The Pack is back - and so are the Power family's legendary co-creators! Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie Power are super-hero siblings determined to do their part to protect the world despite their young age. The problem is that their parents don't want them to have powers - and can't find out that they do! But when their friend Franklin Richards has a premonition of a galactic threat hurtling their way, the Power siblings will have to decide what kind of heroes they want to be - and what they'...