Trina Robbins

"Required to attend summer school after moving to Chicagoland, thirteen-year-old manga-lover Megan Yamamura needs help from twelve-year-old computer genius Raf Hernandez to escape the maniacal principal's mind control experiment."--T.p. verso.

Tells the story of how Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr came up with the idea for a secret communication system, which would much later become the basis for wireless technology. Written in graphic-novel format.

In 1938, Lily Renée Wilheim is a 14-year-old Jewish girl living in Vienna. Her days are filled with art and ballet. Then the Nazis march into Austria, and Lily's life is shattered overnight. Suddenly, her own country is no longer safe for her or her family. To survive, Lily leaves her parents behind and travels alone to England. Escaping the Nazis is only the start of Lily's journey. She must escape many more times-from servitude, hardship, and danger....

"Megan's new friend Luna has a mystery for the Chicagoland Detective Agency to solve: who's been following her and stealing the notes for her science fair experiment? Luna's experiment is all about potions"--

Ousted from Stepford Prep, Megan attends a prospective students event with friend Raf and talking dog Bradley at Pine Lake Academy, where Raf is possessed by the spirit of a teenaged girl from the 1910s after drinking from an old water fountain.

"The Golden Age of Comics (roughly the late 1930s through the 1950s) saw the birth and rapid growth of the industry, but unfortunately and unsurprisingly the role of women was often problematic during this period. Few women creators worked in comics, and those that did frequently worked anonymously or under pseudonyms and were subject to workplace harassment and discrimination. Similarly, female characters were often poorly presented and framed in...

Deep in the heart of nineteenth century London, a young nobleman named Cain is forced to become head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past; and, along with his servant and half-sister, he investigates the mysterious crimes that follow him.

Offers three stories about Earl Cain Hargreaves, a young, nineteenth-century, English nobleman who collects deadly poisons and investigates crime with his servant Riff and ten-year-old half sister, Mary.