Giants Beware!Written By JorGe AGuirre, illustrAted By rAfAel rosAdo

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Make way for Claudette the giant slayer in this delightful, fantastical adventure!

Claudette’s fondest wish is to slay a giant. But her village is so safe and quiet! What’s a future giant slayer to do?

With her best friend Marie (an aspiring princess), and her brother Gaston (a pastry-chef-to-be), Claudette embarks on a super-secret quest to find a giant—without parental permission. Can they find and defeat the giant before their parents find them and drag them back home?

Giants Beware! offers up a wondrous, self-contained world in the tradition of the very best of Pixar. Claudette and her friends will have you laughing out loud from page one.

younG reAderson sale: 4/10/2012Full-color graphic novel Ages 7–10 • Grade 2–5 Trade Paperback • 208 pages • 71⁄2 x 10Carton Quantity: 30 isBn: 978-1-59643-582-7 • $14.99/$16.99 can

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JorGe AGuirre is a Colombian-American from Columbus, Ohio. He’s written for everything from the most popular children’s shows to documentaries about Romanian exorcisms. He lives on the East Coast.

Born in Puerto Rico and based in Ohio, rAfAel rosAdo is a veteran of the animation industry. He is currently a storyboard artist for Warner Brothers, Disney, and Cartoon Network.

Hades: lord of the deadGeorGe o’Connor

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Volume 4 of the highly acclaimed Olympians series!

Hades: Lord of the Dead tells the story of the great God of the Underworld and one of the most famous of all Greek myths: Hades’ abduction of Persephone and her mother’s revenge. Be prepared to see a new side of Persephone in this dynamic adaptation of the story of the creation of the seasons.

In Olympians, O’Connor draws from primary documents to reconstruct and retell classic Greek myths. But these stories aren’t sedate, scholarly works. They’re action-packed, fast-paced, high-drama adventures with monsters, romance, and not a few huge explosions. O’Connor’s vibrant, kinetic art brings ancient tales to undeniable life in a perfect fusion of superhero aesthetics and ancient Greek mythology.

Honors for Olympians:

Zeus: A BCCB Blue Ribbon TitleAthena: An SLJ Best Book of the Year

Middle GrAde fiCtionon sale: 1/31/2012Full-color graphic novel Ages 9–14 • Grade 4–9 Trade Paperback • 80 pages • 71⁄2 x 10Carton Quantity: 60 isBn: 978-1-59643-434-9 • $9.99/$10.99 can

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GeorGe o’Connor is the author of several picture books, including the New York Times bestseller Kapow!, Ker-splash, and Sally and the Some-thing. He has written and illustrated multiple graphic novels for First Second. He is also a lifelong mythology buff.

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the silence of our friendsWritten By MArk lonG & JiM deMonAkos, illustrAted By nAte PoWell

As the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas, two families—one white, one black—find common ground.

This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967 Texas, against the backdrop of the fight for civil rights. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston’s color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.

The Silence of Our Friends follows events through the point of view of young Mark Long, whose father is a reporter covering the story. Semi-fictionalized, this story has its roots solidly in very real events.

With art from the brilliant Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole) bringing the tale to heart-wrenching life, The Silence of Our Friends is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature for older teens and adults.

Adult fiCtionon sale: 1/17/2012B/w graphic novel Trade Paperback • 208 pages • 6 x 81⁄2

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MArk lonG is a video game designer and producer living in Seattle. The Silence of Our Friends is based on Long’s childhood experiences with the civil rights movement in suburban Houston, Texas.

JiM deMonAkos founded Seattle’s annual Emerald City Comicon, as well as The Comic Stop chain of retail stores. He has written, edited, and promoted a variety of books for different publishers throughout his career. He lives in the Seattle area.

nAte PoWell is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Swallow Me Whole (an LA Times Book Prize finalist, the 2009 Eisner Award winner for Best Graphic Novel, and an Ignatz Award winner). He is currently working on an illustrated novel for Roaring Brook Press, with author Cecil Castellucci. Nate lives in Bloomington, Indiana, with his wife.

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friends with BoysfAitH erin HiCks

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A coming-of-age tale with a spooky twist!

Maggie McKay hardly knows what to do with herself.

After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her older brothers, it’s time for Maggie to face the outside world, all on her own. But that means facing high school first. And it also means solving the mystery of the melancholy ghost who has silently followed Maggie throughout her entire life. Maybe it even means making a new friend—one who isn’t one of her brothers.

Funny, surprising, and tender, Friends with Boys is a pitch-perfect YA graphic novel full of spooky supernatural fun.

younG Adult fiCtionon sale: 2/28/2012B/w graphic novel Ages 12–16 • Grade 7–10 Paperback • 224 pages • 6 x 8 1⁄2

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fAitH erin HiCks is a writer and artist in Halifax, Canada. Her first two graphic novels, Zombies Calling and The War at Ellsmere, were published by SLG Publishing. Most recently, she illustrated First Second’s Brain Camp. Hicks has three brothers and was homeschooled until high school. She has never seen a ghost.

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