Fall 2010: Tweens
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On sale now
Amelia Rules! True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know)
by Jimmy Gownley
Atheneum
In the sixth Amelia Rules! book, Amelia suffers the heartbreak of a schoolgirl crush and helps Aunt Tanner revive her music career. Her friends have their own issues to deal with: Rhonda adjusts to her sudden popularity and Reggie learns that it might be time to grow up.
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Amulet Book Three: The Cloud Searchers
by Kazu Kibuishi
Graphix/Scholastic
In the third installment of the thrilling Amulet series, Emily, Navin, and the gang charter an airship and set off in search of Cielis, a mythical city believed to be located on an island high above the clouds. The mysterious Leon Redbeard is their guide, and there’s a surprising new addition to the crew: the Elf King’s son, Trellis. But is he ally or enemy? And will Emily ever be able to trust the voice of the Amulet?
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Brain Camp
by Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan
First Second
Neither artistic, dreamy Jenna nor surly, delinquent Lucas expected to find themselves at an invitation-only summer camp that turns problem children into prodigies. And yet, here they both are at Camp Fielding, settling in with all the other losers and misfits who’ve been shipped off by their parents in a last-ditch effort to produce a child worth bragging about. But strange disappearances, spooky lights in the woods, and a chilling alteration that turns the dimmest, rowdiest campers into docile zombie Einsteins have Jenna and Lucas feeling more than a little suspicious…and a lot afraid.
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Hey, Where’s Perry? Phineas and Ferb Comic Reader
by John Green
Disney Press
Best friends and stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb are determined to make each mind-numbing rotation of Earth into something special. But their sister, Candace, is determined to reveal their crazy endeavors to their mom. Meanwhile, Perry the Platypus—Agent P—is called on repeatedly to save the world from the dangerous Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
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The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel
by Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, and Jose Villarrubia
Disney Hyperion
Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson's textbooks and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends have just 10 days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus.
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Nancy Drew: The New Case Files #1: Vampire Slayer, Part One
by Stefan Petrucha, Sarah Kinney, and Sho Murase
Papercutz
The popular series is relaunched in a new, larger format that allows for more comics per page at a lower price than previous volumes and still featuring all-new stories. Everyone knows vampires don’t really exist, especially Nancy Drew, Girl Detective. As a result of the enormous popularity of the DieLite books and movies, many teens in town suspect that River Heights’ newest arrival, the mysterious Gregor Coffson, is a real-life vampire. Leave it to Nancy to get to the bottom of this mystery and discover the truth—but will it destroy her friendships with George Fayne, Bess Marvin, and Ned Nickerson? And is Gregor Coffson really a vampire—and what’s his interest in Nancy Drew?
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Transformers: Prime
by Mike Johnson, E.J. Su, Allan Jefferson, David Daza, and Joe St. Pierre
IDW
This all-new graphic-novel adventure leads directly into the hotly anticipated Transformers Prime animated series. In this epic first adventure, battles across Cybertron have left Cliffjumper and his fellow Autobots in desperate need of help against the threat of Megatron and the evil Decepticons. What is it that leads them from war-torn Cybertron across the galaxy to Earth? Find out in this special feature-length story.
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The Unsinkable Walker Bean
by Aaron Renier
First Second
Walker Bean never wanted to be a high-seas pirate waging a pitched battle against the forces of the deep. It just worked out that way. Mild, meek, and a little geeky, Walker is always happiest in his grandfather’s workshop, messing around with his inventions. But when his beloved grandfather is struck by an ancient curse, it falls on Walker to return an accursed pearl skull to the witches who created it—and his path will be strewn with pirates, magical machines, ancient lore, and deadly peril.
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On sale October 19
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, Vol. 1
by David Petersen, et al.
Archaia
Collecting the first volume of Legends of the Guard, this new Mouse Guard anthology series featuring the work of artists and storytellers handpicked by series creator David Petersen. Bonus content includes a cover gallery, character lineup, floor plan of the June Alley Inn, and creator bios.
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Scary Godmother
by Jill Thompson
Dark Horse
It's Halloween night and it's up to Scary Godmother to show one little girl just how much fun spooky can be! Meet Hannah Marie, who, with the help of Scary Godmother, stands up to her mean-spirited cousin Jimmy and her fear of monsters on her first Halloween adventure with the big kids. Later, Hannah joins forces with Orson, the vampire boy, to unravel a mystery near and dear to their hearts. Some of Scary Godmother's closest (and most frightful) pals get in on the fun too, including Bugaboo, the Boozle, and Skully Pettibone.
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On sale October 26
The Hardy Boys: The New Case Files #1: Crawling with Zombies
by Gerry Conway and Paulo Henrique
Papercutz
Legendary comics writer Gerry Conway, along with artist Paulo Henrique, takes the world-famous Undercover Brothers in a bold new direction. Has an alien plague turned the teenagers of Bayport into mindless, shambling, undead creatures? Or is it something far more innocent—but perhaps equally deadly? The answers await in the strangest Hardy Boys graphic novel yet.
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On sale November 2
The Amulet of Samarkand: A Bartimaeus Graphic Novel
by Jonathan Stroud, Andrew Donkin, Lee Sullivan, and Nicolas Chapuis
Disney Hyperion
Nathaniel, an 11-year-old magician-in-training, thinks he's ready to take on more challenging spells. With revenge against the proud and ambitious Simon Lovelace on his mind, he masters one of the toughest spells of all and summons Bartimaeus, a 5,000-year-old djinni, to assist him. But summoning Bartimaeus and controlling him are two different things entirely, and when Nathaniel sends the djinni to steal Lovelace's greatest treasure, the Amulet of Samarkand, he finds himself caught in a whirlwind of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion.
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On sale November 9
Robot City #3: The Indestructible Metal Men
by Paul Collicutt
Candlewick
There were three Indestructible Metal Men on board the night the Colossus sank, but only one ever made it back to shore. Metal Man Number Two has been at the Robot City Museum since he emerged from the ocean decades ago and hasn’t powered up since. But now evil millionaire Mr. Furniss has found one of the other Metal Men at the bottom of the ocean and is planning on using him to build an army of indestructible robots. Can Sarah Cross—a feisty young robot scientist—stop Mr. Furniss before it’s too late?
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Robot City #4: Murder on the Robot City Express
by Paul Collicutt
Candlewick
As the world-famous Robot City Express train sets off to break the cross-country speed record amid cheers and celebrations, little do the passengers know that murder is on the menu. Can conductor Harrison glean the truth from a host of larger-than-life characters and find the crook before the train reaches its final destination?
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On sale November 15
Return of the Dapper Men
by Jim McCann and Janet Lee
Archaia
Welcome to Anoreve, a world in between time, where children have played so long it’s almost become work, machines have worked so long they have begun to play and all the clocks have stopped at the same time. This is how this land has remained, until 314 dapper-looking gentlemen rain down from the sky and set off in different directions to start the world again. Now Ayden, the only boy to still ask questions; Zoe, the robot girl all other machines hold dear; and the Dapper Man known only as “41” must discover what happened that made time stop, understand what their true places are in this world, and learn what “tomorrow” really means. The sun is setting for the first time in memory, and once that happens, everything changes. Return of the Dapper Men is a visually stunning fairy tale that combines steampunk with fantasy and science fiction with Renaissance style, brought to life from the minds of award-winning playwright and comic book writer Jim McCann (Hawkeye & Mockingbird) and critically acclaimed visual artist Janet Lee.
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On sale December 15
Mouse Guard, Vol. 2: Winter 1152
by David Petersen
Archaia
In time for the holidays comes this limited edition of Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, presenting the original size and format of David Petersen’s black-and-white artwork for the second Eisner Award-winning Mouse Guard series. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies in a beautiful slip-cased edition.
I cannot WAIT for Return of the Dapper Men!