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Immerse yourself in a collection of anime-inspired stories from every genre. Experience the bittersweet memories of a tale's end and the action-packed adventure of daring escapes and bitter betrayals. Explore the hunger inside you and the unwavering power of friendship through life's trials. Rekindle your passion and reach out a hand to help those beside you--who says your favorite character always has to die? And when the journey is done and the...
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This prize-winning book is both an illustrated tour of a Tokyo rarely seen in Japan travel guides and an artist's warm, funny, visually rich, and always entertaining graphic memoir. Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend interned at a company there. Each day he would set forth with a pouch full of color pencils and a sketchpad, and visit different neighborhoods. This stunning book records...
43) Beanball
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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It's the last inning of a high school baseball game between arch-rivals Oak Grove and Compton. Center fielder Luke "Wizard" Wallace steps up to the plate--and is hit by a beanball, a wild pitch that shatters his skull, destroys the vision in his left eye, and changes his life forever.
In this riveting novel, the events surrounding this pivotal moment are recounted through free-verse monologues by 28 different voices, including those of Luke...
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A broken promise. An unexpected offer. A new beginning. Jun Karentia had always been an avid player of the game The Sacred War. When she suddenly found herself in the body of one of the game's characters, she made it her mission to help the protagonist reach the end of the storyline. However, when her second playthrough begins, Jun is quickly left to her doom. Surrounded by fellspawn, she is saved in the nick of time by the unlikeliest of characters:...
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When magic comes to our world... well, a lot of people mess it up.
There aren't a lot of magic users in Canada, but sometimes, magic problems need fixing. That's when you call the Fixing Bureau.
Ella Masterson, now fifteen-year-old apprentice to the Fixer of London and Middlesex County, is as special as they come: immune to the mind-altering effects of the dangerous Gemini Artifacts currently scattered across Ontario. Now, however, she has...
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From the masterminds behind YouTube's Comicstorian: "Tremendous insight and unique perspectives that any comic fan, new or old, will enjoy." -Rob Jefferson of Comics Explained
It's the Golden Age of comic book movies, with blockbuster after blockbuster starring larger-than-life characters-Thor, Superman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, and of course, baddies like Loki, The Joker, and Lex Luthor. When it comes to superheroes of the silver...
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The Poet X meets A Very Large Expanse of Sea in a bold novel-in-verse starring a Persian American teen navigating his first crush, his family's post-9/11 dynamics, and the role of language in defining who we are.
"A dazzling story with a whole lot of heart. Read it."-Michael L. Printz Award winner Daniel Nayeri, author of Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Funny on one page, poignant on the next, and often both at the same time, this beautiful tale of a...
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