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adventureman vol 2 by Matt Fraction

3/31/2023

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Cover of Adventureman Volume 2. Claire and Chris are standing next to each other in action poses. Claire looks ready to fight, Chris has his gun drawn. Behind them is a ghost cowboy on a horse, and the Adventureman tower.
Vol 2: A Fairy Tale of New York, illustrated by Terry and Rachel Dodson

Claire and her family adjust to her life as the modern-day Adventureman incarnation, and that means getting sucked into dastardly plots. Claire meets a Chris, Central Park buggy driver who a descendant of the Crossdraw Kid. The Kid is a title passed down from generation to generation, and Chris' grandpa was one of Adventureman's former allies. The two try to figure out why the ghosts of New York Past have been way more active and violent. Just as these ghosts kick up their ghastly ways, Claire is running out of the serum that gives her the Adventureman powers, so it's up to her family to discover the formula while still making it in time for son Tommy's opening night of A Christmas Carol​.


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witch hat atelier vol 10 by kamome shirahama

3/28/2023

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Cover of Witch Hat Atelier volume 10. One of the brimmed hat witches floats in front of a city scape at night.
The Atelier is busy preparing spells and selling their goods at the Silver Eve festival. While out and about, Tetia stumbles upon a young boy who is avoiding the festival guards. She uses her sand tent to hide them both, and discovers that he is the crown prince of the kingdom, Eolio! He's slipped away from his bodyguards to more fully enjoy the festival, but he also fantasizes about being a witch. Tetia and Eolio switch cloaks for a while and walk around the various stalls. In another part of the festival, Agott sets her new spells on fire after learning the Head Librarian of the Tower of Tombs, her mother, will not be attending the festival and won't see her in the Silver Eve Procession. In another place, Coco and Tartah try to figure out how they can get into the procession as they are being forced to work with the Brimmed Hats and their former friend, Cuestas. They also find Dagda and realize that a seal has been inked on his chest - a counter clock seal, which is setting him back a day but only temporarily staving off his life-threatening injuries.


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The Valiant Must Fall vol 1 By Yu Aida

3/24/2023

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Cover of Book review: The Valiant Must Fall volume 1
Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 9/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Publisher: Seven Seas
Publication Date: March 28, 2023​
ISBN: 9781685793203 (Paperback)

​Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Historical Fiction, Magic, War, ​Seven Seas

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nightwing vol 1 by Tom Taylor

3/24/2023

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Cover of Nightwing volume 1. Nightwing stands facing us with a smirk on his face. The blue nightwing emblem and the bottom part of his suit are also shaped to look like the city skyline of Blüdhaven.
Vol 1: Leaping into the Light, illustrated by Bruno Redondo, Rick Leonardi, Neil Edwards, Adriano Lucas, Scott Hanna, Andy Lanning, lettered by Wes Abbott

Dick Grayson returns to his beloved city of Blüdhaven to find that the city has elected a Zucco as mayor. He is instantly on edge because a Zucco murdered his parents years ago. At the same time, Grayson has inherited quite a bit of money, so after some introspection, he decides to use it for the homeless in the city, starting with inviting lots of hungry folks to grab slices of pizza. During the celebratory mood, Dick's wallet gets swiped. He enlists Barbara Gordon, aka Oracle aka Batgirl, with her enormous repertour of tech gadgets and knowhow, to help him track down the wallet-snatcher AND figure out why a Zucco is mayor. Along with all of this is the introduction a new villain, so Nightwing and Batgirl have their hands full in this adventure!


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CHAINSAW MAN VOL 2 BY TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

3/23/2023

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Cover of Chainsaw Man volume 2. Power is posing in a slightly seductive manner. She's wearing her Demon fighting outfit of a long button-up shirt and black pants, though everything has a pink tint to it.
Denji goes head-to-head with the Bat demon, and it’s one of his first solo fights where he can really let loose with his powers. He discovers new things about the chainsaws that protrude from his body when he fights. Afterward, true to her word, the blood demon, Power, helps Denji obtain his ultimate goal - she lets him touch her boobs. But, Denji is completely unsatisfied and thrown off for days. He discovers he may have been happier during the pursuit of his goal than he was when he finally obtains it. But, his next assignment is to take down the Gun Devil, who has killed over a million people across the world in a few short minutes. If Denji succeeds and doesn’t die, his boss, a girl he actually kind of likes, will give him a new reward of Denji’s choosing. That is, if they make it out of a cursed hotel, where they seem to be stuck on the 8th floor.


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Demon dayS by peach momoko

3/22/2023

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Cover of Demon Days. A swirl of reds, whites, and blacks makes up the cover where Mariko and her nemesis share a face - half for each girl - and an oni with a red mask sits below them.
In a little village on the Kirisaki mountains, an oni searches for food and raids the villagers' crops out of necessity. Meanwhile, a serpent yokai they call Venom has taken up residence in the village shrine, and they must make peace with the hungry and angry Hulk Oni to help vanquish the snake devil. We move forward in time to modern day Japan where a teen girl named Mariko has just learned that her family history was hidden from her, and that a powerful oni is after her for her blood. Mariko sets off on a journey to rediscover her past and save the only family she has left.


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Why rAeliana ended up at the duke’s mansion Vol 1 by Milcha

3/21/2023

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Cover of Why Raeliana ended up at the duke's mansion volume 1. Raeliana is in her signature pink poofy dress with red bow at the back. Her long, brown hair is tied back from her face with another red bow, but flows down her back. She is holding hands with the Duke Noah Wynknight, who is in a dark suit with gray vest. A blue cape adorns his shoulders.
Illustrated and adapted by Whale
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While waiting to get accepted into college, Eunha is sucked into the world of a book she's previously read. The character she has become is destined to be killed by her fiancé, so Eunha/Raeliana is determined to figure out a way to stave off her terrible fate. She uses her knowledge of the world to find a man above the station of her would-be fiancé and enters into a contract (outwardly a sort of engagement) with him instead. Raeliana comes to live with her new beau, the Duke Noah Wynknight, who is one of the main characters of the story and the king’s brother. She knows all about his plans and many of his secrets, which she uses to her advantage, but finds out very quickly some of her schemes might come back to haunt her.


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The moth keeper by k. o’neill

3/15/2023

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Cover of The Moth Keeper. Anya holds out her hand for a moth, which is glowing yellow. She's wearing a brown, long-sleeve tunic and has a plaid scarf around her neck. Her chestnut hair falls around her face, and her long ears stick through her hair.
Being a moth keeper means having the fate of the whole Night village on your shoulders. Knowing this, Anya takes the oath anyway and sets about training to become the next moth keeper. She is responsible with guiding the moths out of their home, made from a covered tree stump, but getting them back in by sunrise. The moths then pollinate the most important tree in the village, which will also induce a multitude of other desert plants to grow and sprout flowers. One night, Anya decides she isn’t satisfied with just knowing what life is like in the Night village. She visits the villages of creatures who thrive in daylight. Her exhaustion the next night leads to the moths flying away from her sight, and it's up to her and the power of other moon creatures to get the moths back before the tree withers from lack of pollination.


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Oshi No Ko vol 1 by Aka Akasaka

3/15/2023

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Cover of Book review: Oshi no Ko volume 1
Booklist starred review

Sara's Rating: 10/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Publisher: Yen Press
Publication Date: January 17, 2023
ISBN: 9781975363178 (Paperback)

​Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Family, Mystery, School Life, Yen Press

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Choujin x vol 1 by sui ishida

3/13/2023

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Cover of Choujin X volume 1. We can see half of a person's face, and part of it has been morphed into a mask. There is one large, haunting eye socket, and the nose has elongated into a sort of beak.
In the skies above Japan, a passenger plane starts to free-fall. But, somehow, everyone on board makes it to the ground safely! In this uncertain time after major forces in the world have made their wars, super-human Choujin have made their marks as heroes and villains, wreaking havoc or saving everyone. As is the case with the passenger plane, a choujin saved everyone. But when high schoolers Tokio and Azuma are accosted on their way home and forcibly made into choujin, they now have to navigate their new powers and decide for themselves who they will be. 


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