New Releases by Hope Larson

In her continuing quest to solve the mystery of the missing necklace, Goldie gets her and her father in trouble with the hotel, is involved in a high-speed car chase, and becomes a fugitive from the cops!

In a timeless story, 16-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel''s in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can''t crack, he agrees to mentor Goldie in exchange for her help solving the mystery utilizing her smarts, random skills, and connections with the hotel staff and various folks in town.

An all-new era of GOTHAM ACADEMY begins here with the four-issue ''Gotham Academy Yearbook'' story! It''s yearbook time at Gotham Academy, and Olive, Maps and the gang share some lost adventures from the past year. Some of the best writers and artists from comics and beyond join forces with the creative team behind Gotham City''s top boarding school for this very special new chapter.

In this breakthrough graphic novel from the award-winning author of Mercury, there’s a new superhero in town—and she’s got kick-butt cyberpowers. Meet Lin, a formerly average teenage girl whose cell phone zaps her with magical powers. But just as superpowers can travel through the ether, so can evil. As Lin starts to get a handle on her new abilities (while still observing her curfew!), she realizes she has to go head-to-head with a nefarious villain who spreads his influence through binary code. And as if that weren’t enough, a teen blogger has dubbed her an “anonymous coward!” Can Lin detect the cyber-criminal’s vulnerability, save the day, and restore her reputation? With ingenious scripting from graphic novel phenom Hope Larson and striking art from manga illustrator Tintin Pantoja, this action-packed story brims with magical realism and girl-power goodness.

A necklace that reportedly has the power to find gold serves as a link between Tara Fraser, a teen who is living with relatives after her home burns down, and Josey, a distant relative who lived in Tara''s house over one hundred years earlier.

No''emie is a French exchange student, on her own for the first time in the United States, when she befriends Anna, a baker''s daughter who sculpts in bread, finds herself the target of a mysterious photographer, and has strange dreams.

When Abby returns to the same summer camp she always goes to, she is dismayed to find that her old friends have changed, and the only person who wants to be her friend is the strange new girl, Shasta.

The story of a young girl''s journey within a magical forest and her friendship with Salamander.

ÒSon of PenguinÓ part one! Babs is back in Burnside! But everythingÕsÉdifferent-friends, school, even Burnside itself. Batgirl must determine her next steps when she realizes that the shady new tech mogul moving into her neighborhood is none other than the estranged son of the Penguin!

Featuring stories by Nathan Fox, Lauren Petty, Jim Zub, David Winnic, Erica Schultz, Robin Furth, Clay Chapman, Hope Larson, Laurie Penny, Peter Milligan, and more!