Brand-new from the DC imprint DC’s Young Animal, go along for a wild and psychedelic ride in SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 2: LITTLE RUNAWAY—the latest chapter in the radical reimagining of one of comics’ craziest characters: Shade, the Changing Man. There’s one lesson that Shade is taking to heart. Once she was known as Loma, a native of the planet Meta. Then, using the power of her stolen Madness Coat, she warped into the body of an all-American mean girl named Megan Boyer. Now, with the authorities of her homeworld in hot pursuit, she’s ditching the hellish halls of secondary education for the ultimate in freedom—a cross-country road trip. From the shadowy streets of Gotham City to the atom-blasted sands of Los Alamos to the star-studded hills of Hollywood, Shade’s on a quest to discover her own American dream—even if that means using the power of madness to make it a reality. And at the center of that vision is the galaxy’s favorite TV show, LIFE WITH HONEY—an Atomic Age comedy whose fading star is about to take on the role of several lifetimes! From writer Cecil Castellucci and artists Marley Zarcone, Ande Parks and Marguerite Sauvage, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 2: LITTLE RUNAWAY collects issues #7-12.

Brand-new from the DC imprint DC's Young Animal, go along for a wild and psychedelic ride in SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 2: LITTLE RUNAWAY--the latest chapter in the radical reimagining of one of comics' craziest characters: Shade, the Changing Man. There's one lesson that Shade is taking to heart. Once she was known as Loma, a native of the planet Meta. Then, using the power of her stolen Madness Coat, she warped into the body of an all-American mean girl named Megan Boyer. Now, with the authorities of her homeworld in hot pursuit, she's ditching the hellish halls of secondary education for the ultimate in freedom--a cross-country road trip.From the shadowy streets of Gotham City to the atom-blasted sands of Los Alamos to the star-studded hills of Hollywood, Shade's on a quest to discover her own American dream--even if that means using the power of madness to make it a reality. And at the center of that vision is the galaxy's favorite TV show, LIFE WITH HONEY--an Atomic Age comedy whose fading star is about to take on the role of several lifetimes!From writer Cecil Castellucci and artists Marley Zarcone, Ande Parks and Marguerite Sauvage, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 2: LITTLE RUNAWAY collects issues #7-12.

"From writer Cecil Castellucci and artist Marley Zarcone, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 1: EARTH GIRL MADE EASY„a bold new reimagining of one of comicsÍ maddest and most memorable characters and part of the DCÍs Young Animal imprint led by rock-star Gerard Way. Loma Shade may be from another planet, but sheÍs still like every other twenty something who feels that their life is going nowhere fast. Bored out of her mind, her solution is to drop out of school, dump her boyfriend and leave her homeworld of Meta behind„courtesy of the infamous ñmadness coatî of renegade poet Rac Shade, which is not so much a garment as it is a multidimensional gateway. After stealing the coat and astrally projecting herself across space, Loma ends up in the body of Megan Boyer, an Earth girl who seems to have it all: youth, beauty and a conveniently damaged brain. Following her ñmiraculousî recovery, however, Loma finds thereÍs just one problem with being Megan: Everyone hates her. She was a bully who terrorized her enemies and her friends alike, and now LomaÍs stuck with the consequences. To make matters worse, back on Meta there are dark forces that want RacÍs dangerously valuable coat for their own nefarious purposes, and theyÍre closing in on LomaÍs vulnerable physical body. At the same time, the primal madness that the coat channels is slowly, irresistibly eroding LomaÍs equally vulnerable soul. With two new lives to live, can this Changing Girl survive either one without losing her mind? Find out in SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL VOL. 1: EARTH GIRL MADE EASY. Collects issues #1-6."

"Shade, The Changing Man created by Steve Ditko"

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen. The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. Juli says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down: just as Bryce is thinking that there’s maybe more to Juli than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices. The updated anniversary edition contains 32 pages of extra backmatter: essays from Wendelin Van Draanen on her sources of inspiration, on the making of the movie of Flipped, on why she’ll never write a sequel, and a selection of the amazing fan mail she’s received. Awards and accolades for Flipped: SLJ Top 100 Children’s Novels of all time IRA-CBC Children’s Choice IRA Teacher’s Choice Honor winner, Judy Lopez Memorial Award/WNBA Winner of the California Young Reader Medal “We flipped over this fantastic book, its gutsy girl Juli and its wise, wonderful ending.” — The Chicago Tribune “Van Draanen has another winner in this eighth-grade ‘he-said, she-said’ romance. A fast, funny, egg-cellent winner.” — SLJ, Starred review “With a charismatic leading lady kids will flip over, a compelling dynamic between the two narrators and a resonant ending, this novel is a great deal larger than the sum of its parts.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred review

A prince with a quest, a beautiful commoner with mysterious powers, and dragons who demand to be freed—at any cost Filled with the potent mix of the supernatural and romance that made A Discovery of Witches a runaway success, Moth and Spark introduces readers to a vibrant world—and a love story they won’t soon forget. Prince Corin has been chosen to free the dragons from their bondage to the power Mycenean Empire, but dragons aren’t big on directions. They have given him some of their power, but none of their knowledge. No one, not the dragons nor their riders, is even sure what keeps the dragons in the Empire’s control. Tam, sensible daughter of a well-respected doctor, had no idea before she arrived in Caithenor that she is a Seer, gifted with visions. When the two run into each other (quite literally) in the library, sparks fly and Corin impulsively asks Tam to dinner. But it’s not all happily ever after. Never mind that the prince isn’t allowed to marry a commoner: war is coming. Torn between his quest to free the dragons and his duty to his country, Tam and Corin must both figure out how to master their powers in order to save Caithen. With a little help from a village of secret wizards and rogue dragonrider, they just might pull it off.