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Ten-year-old Star Mackie lives in a trailer park with her flaky mom and her melancholy older sister, Winter, whom Star idolizes. Moving to a new town has made it difficult for Star to make friends, when her classmates tease her because of where she lives and because of her layered blue hair. But when Star starts a poetry club, she develops a love of Emily Dickinson and, through Dickinson’s poetry, learns some important lessons about herself and comes to terms with her hopes for the future. With an unforgettable voice with a lot of heart, Hope Is a Ferris Wheel is the story of a young girl who learns to accept her family and herself while trying to make sense of the world around her. Praise...
His home burned, the Blacksheare crime family hot on his heels, the luckless Magus turns to the only friend he has—the Acolyte, who at least still has a temple roof over his head. But the ruthless Blacksheares have debts owed there too, and soon come to collect. What they don't expect is for the meek Acolyte and the cowardly Magus to boldly turn and fight. Soon, the Old Temple catches fire, and the rest of the city could easily burn with it. But is it worth the effort to save a city without hope?
Made Men #2
DARK MATTER Part 6 - Third Arc Finale. President Blades' back is against the wall, and he's considering truly desperate options. The Clarke astronauts try to wrest control of the planet-killing Chandelier away from the alien Builders. A great city is destroyed. A sacrifice is made. Deep truths are revealed. It's the end of the world, and the latest game-changing chapter in the Letter 44 saga.
Reeling from a brutal setback in his efforts to win World War Three, and news that an even larger threat is on a collision course with Earth, President Blades finds an unexpected ally that could allow him to make one last play. On the Clarke, Gomez steps up with an incredibly dangerous plan involving the enigmatic alien Builders, and baby Astra offers her own contribution.
Space Battle Lunchtime is a hit show broadcast all over the universe, and the new season is about to start! When one of the competing chefs drops out at the last minute, an aspiring baker from earth, Peony, gets the opportunity of a lifetime (and a chance at a 20,000 Solarbuck prize!). But is she ready for the cutthroat world of intergalactic cooking? Stay tuned!
Everybody's dead and everything basically sucks, so it's a good time for Superintendent Coyle to start actually getting some leads into just whatever the hell is going on on Mars. Plus a robot armor guy fights a limousine. Plus some answers to questions you may have been wondering about. Plus shenanigans. HOOORAY!
Special one-shot issue illustrated by Ryan Kelly (Lucifer, Three)! We leap back to the recruitment drive for the Clarke astronauts - the ship's launch is imminent, and time is running out to find a suitable crew. Two possibles have been identified: Donald Pritchard, renowned astronomer, and Alberto Gomez, a skilled soldier in the US Army with extensive medical experience - but Project Monolith's recruiters will need to push past every limit to convince these men to leave their world behind... forever.
Meet the chefs of the hit show Space Battle Lunchtime! Peony, the only contestant from Earth (and the only one who’s never heard of the show before!), is having a bit of trouble with her ingredient—which comes from a planet she didn’t even know existed. (Also: What is Moon Butter???) But it’s the other chefs she’ll need to watch out for—they’ll stop at nothing to win.
When Billy learns of a second impending attack, he begins to research the group thought to be behind them. What he doesn't know is that it's his best friends.