Akron Public Library

It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds.Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported...

"In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader--Sith Lord and leader of the Galactic Empire--now faces the trials, joys, and mood swings of raising his daughter Leia as she grows from a sweet little girl into a rebellious teenager. Smart and funny illustrations by artist Jeffrey Brown give classic Star Wars moments a twist by bringing these iconic family relations together under one roof. From tea parties...

Enter the rich and fantastical world of Rema! Tabby Simon is determined to learn what happened to her father, who was found dead after researching a tree that leaks a mysterious mist in her neighborhood. She is unexpectedly led to Rema, a distant world of magic and beauty that is periodically invaded by a nearby planet desperate for resources. While Tabby searches for the truth surrounding her father's death, she meets a handsome blue-haired boy named...

The latest installment in the Gamayun Tales series introduces a clever heroine who has a secret even she doesn't know about. Tyna of the Lake rescues the Hunter's son from a life of servitude to her father the Water Spirit. Their attempt to make an escape to the surface world is interrupted when they are captured by the Water Spirit and he reveals the truth about who Tyna's real father is. An ideal book for kids who aren't quite ready for Percy Jackson...

In a highly acclaimed graphic novelist's debut book for young readers, Violet Marlocke sets out with a group of misfit friends on an outer space mission to save her father who has gone missing during a hazardous job, leading them all into a grand space adventure filled with quirky aliens, awesome spaceships and sharp commentary on our environmentally challenged world.

"This book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr. It's a father-daughter tale perfectly suited to the graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns...

La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de prejuicios, violencia e hipocresía es golpeada por la resistencia y el silencioso heroísmo de la lucha de un hombre por la justicia.

Robyn Goodfellowe and her father arrive in Kilkenny, Ireland tasked with hunting the last of the wolves, but Robyn's friendship with Mebh, a girl living in the forests and protecting the wolves, threatens everything Robyn--and her father--hold dear

In the summer of 1995, almost-fifteen-year-old Almudena is sent to live with her estranged Spanish-speaking father, and together they renovate a brownstone and build a relationship while Almudena navigates the Latin American side of her heritage for the first time.

"Lobo, intergalactic bounty hunter, is back for some quality time with his daughter Crush. But she and the Teen Titans are not having it. In the wake of the Terminus Agenda, the Teen Titans are still trying to figure out what their future looks like. Butwhen Lobo shows up for his daughter Crush, they'll have to stand together against an enemy more sadistic than they have ever faced before. Then, Lobo accepts "the Gift" from Lex Luthor, and things...