After standing up to bullies and becoming a target herself, Sori Lee decides to transfer schools to escape the harassment. Within her new desk, she discovers a helpful letter from the previous student describing everything she’ll need to know about her classmates and school, but also setting her on a treasure hunt for a series of successive letters. Along the way, Sori tentatively befriends Dongsoon and discovers the letter writer is Hoyeon, Dongsoon’s best friend who left school without a goodbye.
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 Illustrated by Denki Amashima
School Library Journal starred review Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: September 24, 2024 ISBN: 9781647294045 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Action Adventure, Supernatural, Friendship, Kodansha  Booklist starred review
Sara's Rating: 10/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: Yen Press Publication Date: October 22, 2024 ISBN: 9781975399689 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Romance, LGBTQ+, Friendship, Music, Mental Health, School Life, Yen Press 
Shizuki and Kusunoki spent junior high as social outcasts, but both have made themselves over coming into high school, so much so that neither recognizes the other. Shizuki is determined to reinvent himself and lead an entirely uneventful, normal high school life, but the beautiful Kusunoki in his class complicates things. After a scarring experience in junior high leaves him unable to talk to beautiful girls, Shizuki doesn’t want anything to do with Kusunoki or any other girls, but Kusunoki wants Shizuki’s help making friends and learning how to socialize.
During a school trip to the beach, a friend group is shaken up when two of them give into their feelings and become a couple. Amber and Nico lose themselves in each other and completely and forget their friends. Slumber parties stop. Hanging out stops. When the friend group speaks up, Amber and Nico escape further into each other and into a dream world where everything is peaceful -- until Nico wants to return, and Amber doesn’t. In her anger, Amber turns their dream world into a nightmare, putting her remaining friendship at risk.
Pyontaro is trying to live his teenage life away from his annoying little sister, Futaba, but she’s constantly intruding in the most inopportune times. He and his two friends attend classes where they learn about the multiverse theory and daydream about girls. One day, they take home a strange disk from one of their teachers that opens a portal to another world, a bizarre multiverse where Futaba is captured by aliens! Pyontaro and his two friends go in after her, and they seem to have special abilities and super strength.
Illustrated by Takuma Yokota
Kano was the top of his class until transfer student Sawatari got there. Now, he’s bested by her on all tests no matter how much he studies. But he finds release from his frustrations in playing his favorite card game - Magic: The Gathering. He takes a trip to a new card shop an hour by bike and discovers a group of hardcore players, including a girl playing a killer mono White deck. He challenges her with his mono Black, White’s antithesis, and is dismayed when he not only loses, but finds out his opponent is Sawatari! 
Illustrated by Jes and Cin Wibowo
Tony is constantly the new kid at school, having made many transfers, but this latest school is proving to be even more challenging with a more than fair share of bullies pointing out every eccentricity Tony has and posting much of it to social media. It becomes too much for Tony to handle - the bullies suck all of the joy and light from his days until he's ready to give up completely. His parents begin having him go to therapy, and he switches schools yet again to one where most students are more accepting and there are fewer bullies. Tony finds a home with the Literature Club and even finds his voice again as a champion for others with their own bullies and in their self-expression.  Illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Adult Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: September 17, 2024 ISBN: 9781974749720 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Humor, Friendship, Career, VIZ Media 
Inori partakes in her first skating competition, and her warmup is disastrous. Her mom comes back to the locker room to ask Coach Tsukasa if they can take the jumps out of her routine since she can’t complete them, and she doesn’t want Inori to fall out of love with skating. This furthers Inori’s resolve to do well during the competition. Inori and others watch Hikaru compete, one of the best child skaters, and Tsukasa realizes something strange is going on with her coaching staff. After the competition ends, Inori and Tsukasa travel to Kyoto to take the Level 1 exam, and Tsukasa gets some advice from another coach that boosts his confidence.
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