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In his last year at the Jedi Academy, Roan is learning to fly starships, studying for the Jedi obstacle course exam, and tracking down vorpak clones, but now, someone is setting him up for trouble that just may get him kicked out of school.

"Jide and Petra are just two normal kids until they are selected to leave Earth and join their new alien classmates on an intergalactic research mission to Mars. Too bad Jide has no idea how she ended up in the program, seeing as the closest she wants to get to space is being a sci-fi writer. Petra, on the other hand, is the brains of the mission, but his helicopter parents make it clear he hasn't left their gravitational pull behind quite yet."--Provided...

Jeffrey Brown wryly illustrates his five-year- old son's take on the world around him, from watching TV ("Elton John looks pretty in that shirt") to playing with toys ("This truck can survive on very little water") to odd requests ("Don't feel happy at me"), capturing the sweetly weird times that mothers and fathers everywhere experience with their own curious, pure-minded kids.

In this comic reimagining, Darth Vader is a dad like any other--except with all the baggage of being the Dark Lord of the Sith.

"Sidelined by Batman after a crimefighting excursion goes wrong, Damian Wayne must learn how to live as an average kid. But life in his new school becomes more challenging than Damian expected when he meets his match in a rival named Howard"--

During their latest mission--traveling to their classmates' home planets--Jide, Petra, and the other students prank each other, perform at an open mic night, and play a game of brgbllbll.

"Din Djarin, the terse Mandalorian bounty hunter, travels the galaxy with the adorable Grogu in tow. Whether he is keeping Grogu from messing with the ship's controls or stopping him from using the Force to steal extra snacks, Mando's lessons as a caretaker will be instantly fun and recognizable to all families."--

"In A Matter of Life, Jeffrey Brown draws upon memories of three generations of Brown men: himself, his minister father, and his preschooler son Oscar. Weaving through time, passing through the quiet suburbs and colorful cities of the midwest, their stories slowly assemble into a kaleidoscopic answer to the big questions: matters of life and death, family and faith, and the search for something beyond oneself"--From publisher's web site.

Eisner Award winning author Jeffrey Brown offers an intimate look at the friendships between best pals in the Star Wars universe, from Darth Vader and the Emperor to Leia and her Ewok pals, Han and Chewie, C-3PO and R2-D2, the bounty hunters, and other favorite characters. Jealousy, birthday parties, lightsaber battles, sharing, intergalactic rebellion and more all come into play as Brown's charming illustrations and humor irresistibly combine the...