Tag: SF/science fiction

EL本棚紹介(98) My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, by Mo O’Hara

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EL本棚紹介(91) A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel, by Madeleine L’Engle and Hope Larson

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EL本棚紹介(89) The Giver: The Graphic Novel, by Lois Lowry and P. Craig Russel

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EL本棚紹介(87) The Ghost in the Shell, Volume 1, by Shirow Masamune

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EL本棚紹介(83) Motel of the Mysteries, by David Macaulay

[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ This is a weird, weird picture book. The story takes place in the distant future, after North America is destroyed by an overflow of junk mail. Everything about American culture and history has been forgotten…until the archaeologist Howard Carson discovers a …

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EL本棚紹介(68) Black Jack Volume 1, by Tezuka Osamu

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EL本棚紹介(67) Superman: Earth One, by Shane Davis

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EL本棚紹介(57) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

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EL本棚紹介 (45) I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X, by Bruce Coville

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EL本棚紹介 (44) Aliens Ate My Homework, by Bruce Coville

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