Doctor Rei's other patient, Miss Alde, finally arrives, but she isn’t like Mira suspected. Alde wants nothing to do with Mira and believes that no one can truly understand her affliction. Alde suffers from shadow sickness, which makes her unable to be outside in the sunshine, nor have anything touch her that has had the sun shine on it. Mira enlists the help of Mr. Capri to try to break down the walls Alde has built around herself. After Alde and Mira’s encounter, Miss Stella takes Mira on an adventure to a beautiful night forest full of wonderful starry rivers, magical creatures, and illuminated plantlife.
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In the slums of a city, Lady Bale has finally found the child she’s been looking for -- a young girl with beautiful golden locks and turquoise eyes, the spitting imagery of her father. Lady Bale snatches her up and whisks her away to the family home and transforms the young girl into a little boy, Camellius Bale. The calculating lady worries about her family's status with her eldest son’s questionable health, even if she is loathed to bring in a bastard child of her husband’s shameful misdeeds. Camellius does her best to follow the lady’s commands in the hopes of one day leaving the Bale house and being reunited with her mother.
While on a field trip to a museum, Anya’s school bus is hijacked by a terrorist group known as the Red Circus. The group plans on ransoming the valuable Eden Academy students in exchange for release of their associates from prison, as well as a few other demands. Very quickly, Anya and Damian get slapped with a bomb collars, but Anya’s telepathy keeps her calm and collected known the gang's plans and true intentions with the children.
Illustrated by Juder
With the facility compromised by Suchan’s reconnaissance team, Pet Shop sends in someone to take out the Nest forces and remove all the evidence. The team gets split up - one half fights to rescue survivors and save them from feed training while Suchan takes on a deadly Antlion infused soldier who takes Suchan to the limits of his complexes. As the battered Nest students head back to the school, there's no rest for them as they have an Extra Credit assignment that exposes them to their weaknesses and forces them to overcome their toughest obstacle in order to pass their midterm assessments.  School Library Journal review
Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Publisher: Yen Press Publication Date: December 17, 2024 ISBN: 9781975380120 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Family, Grief, Romance, Yen Press 
Illustrated by Max Fiumara, colored by Dave McCaig, lettered by Rus Wooton
Pigeon returns home to try to help his family but finds his village has been decimated by storms from the uncontrolled tides of Luna’s abandoned post. Soluna wanders the wilderness and is attacked by a mysterious inky blob. When Pigeon is discovered by the kingdom’s monk, he is chastised for not carrying out his sacrificial duty correctly and sent to Aquarius’ kingdom in order to make things right with the gods. Meanwhile, Soluna wanders into a different village looking for help but is spurned there because everyone believes her to be a beggar.  Carina and Ana attend a high stakes dance school in Bucharest, Romania, where if you aren’t good enough, if your body is taking up too much space, if you were hurt too long, if you don’t do better, you will lose all you ever wanted. Carina puts all she is into dance. Ana puts all she is into Carina. Ana's roommate, Sara, is possibly the best dancer the school has ever had, but she's infatuated with her teacher. Each practice or missed practice exposes the flaws of the unrequited relationships. Perhaps the next dance will be the one that gets them to understand who they are, their potential, and their dreams.
Vol 2: The Sharing Society
Klaus has been kidnapped by the outlaws known as the Demon Bandits and taken back to his kingdom of Alter. Cast and Mrs. Clock have decided to rescue him, even though that means coming face to face with the deadly and powerful forces from Mrs. Clock’s past as a participant in the war that ravaged the country. Cast and her mentor find themselves in a castle town full of infuriating villagers who bend to the will of a tyrannical ruler, but some of these confusing people might be the only hope they have for saving Klaus. 
Booklist review
Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: Kana Publication Date: October 6, 2023 ISBN: 9781419777691 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Manfra, Survival, Action Adventure, Suspense, Kana 
Illustrated by Nekokurage
Sir Jinshi asks Maomao to complete the investigation of the poisoning from the garden party by going undercover in the Garnet Palace, home of Lady Aduo, the longest reigning consort of the current emperor. Maomao doesn’t appreciate being a spy, but when a maid from the Garnet Palace is found dead, she is intrigued enough to succumb to Jinshi’s plans. What Maomao discovers is a plot that stretches back decades, involves other consorts, the emperor himself, and could end her employment at the palace. |
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