Colleen Doran
1) Mangaman
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
112 p. : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ryoko, a character from the manga world, falls through a rip in pages into the real world, where he struggles to survive as an outsider in a typical American high school. Things like his chibi character, thought balloons, and motion lines make that difficult, especially after he meets and falls for Marissa Montaigne.
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
ix, 351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Triumph. Tragedy. The empyreal. The infernal. Even the mundane, filtered through the fantastical. Superheroes are, appropriately enough, a sort of super-genre, encompassing all other story types. This YA anthology features 13 short stories that creatively turn superhero tropes on their head, while still paying homage to the genre that has found fans for more than eight decades. And there will be no mistake--superheroes don't have to just be generic...