Adapted by namu, illustrated by P
Maxi is the nervous, stuttering, abused daughter of a powerful Duke who married off to a lowly knight, Sir Riftan. The night after they are wed, her new husband goes off to fight a war that lasts for three years where his heroics elevate his standing. Upon his return, Maxi assumes her husband will want an annulment to take up the much more attractive offer from the kingdom's princess, but instead, her husband whisks her away without a goodbye to her father! The two "newlyweds" begin their life figuring out each other, refurbishing a neglected castle, and navigating kingdom politics.
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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. 
Adapted by HereLee, illustrated by SUMPUL
Navier gets settled in within her new roll as the queen of the Western kingdom. That means choosing new ladies-in-waiting, a difficult task, seeing as how the eligible ladies were all chosen by the previous queen and are loyal to her. Back in the Eastern Kingdom, Soveishu is still reeling from the surprise that Navier landed on him, but plans to throw a wedding to outshine Navier’s and make her attend to spite her. Navier and Heinrey navigate some beginning couple awkwardness, and Navier asks questions about who the birds are that used to visit her chambers frequently when she was in the Eastern Kingdom. 
Humans have all but destroyed the world and now live in hiding. Creatures across the world hunt and eat humans as tasty treats. One day, a guardian forest spirit, himself towards the end of his life, discovers a human child alone in the woods bound and abandoned. Moved to kindness, the guardian golem determines to bring the poor creature to other humans, rather than leave it to the ravenous others lurking in the woods. Somali is filled with wonder and a passion for tasting lots of dishes that amuses the forest spirit and brings out a defensiveness they didn't know they had, and the two venture forth through the wild world in search of Somali's people.
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Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 10-Adult Publisher: Fantagraphics Publication Date: July 23, 2024 ISBN: 9781683969327 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Action Adventure, Fantagraphics  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 
Illustrated by Sana Takeda
Milly and Billy try to wrestle with their new found powers as demons, and their parents continue to be closed off and provide no answers to their heritage nor in how to do anything. One day, The twins are re-visited by the posessed doll of their neighbor they thought they killed, but the spirit that accompanies her is a murdered girl from across the country. Rather than ask their unhelpful parents, the twins become detectives for spirits and embark on the trip themselves to enact some sort of revenge plot that embroils the entire family further into dark plans with a whole host of evil beings. 
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.
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