Illustrated by Tess Stone
Step into the world of an underground Spelling Bee ring. Those with high spelling skills are monitored, sometimes followed. Webster, a high schooler who just wants to be left alone, gets recruited. The official battle provides more twists and turns, CIA style. Beware the secret Spelluminati. This is not your traditional spelling bee competition. Letters are weapons and can literally take out your opponent. Correct spelling is a matter of life and death.
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Gakuro has always been able to see spirits that seem to lurk around people who have overwhelming feelings of anger or sadness. Then, his life changes when he finds a room in his school inhabited by a strange spirit named Nue. In addition to being an Otaku, Nue is also a powerful spirit who imbues Gakuro with part of her power and the ability to fight evil entities who steal power from emotionally vulnerable humans and become vicious. The increase in spirit activity eventually becomes noticed by external exorcists, some of whom want to partner with Gakuro to take on evil entities and protect humans.
Otonari has a perfect couple that he has decided to devote his time to. He "ships" them and has become more than a little obsessed with their every happiness, tracking their interactions, following their social media accounts, and watching their every move. This obsessive "otaku" sized fanboy crush wouldn't be so bad if they weren't both students at his school! This OTP, or one-true-pairing, is the overly gorgeous, perfect couple who are the prince and princess of his school, But Otonari isn't such a bad looking guy himself, and there's another Kakoi/Kawai stan to share in his joy who actually thinks the "best boy" is none other than Otonari himself -- but she'll never tell him that! Thus, the love connection is born from chains of stans pining after each other, one right after another.
Otogi is so sweet and beautiful, and she is known as the Class Madonna in addition to being the class president. Her Vice President, Toki, is another stunning human, and a prince who treats everyone with kindness. But, these perfectly crafted personas are are hiding a darker, edgier side that accidentally leaks out in front of each other outside of school. Otogi and Toki are relieved to have someone they can be themselves around, but they still need to keep their pretenses up for the sake of their reputations. For Otogi, things go a step further— she thinks she might be falling in love with Toki, if she can let herself feel that vulnerable.
Charlie heads back to school after the bombing incident, but everyone thinks he’s become embroiled with the terrorists, and now making friends has become even harder. Charlie’s parents have confided in Lucy, the one friend Charlie did manage to make, and they expressed upon her their struggle to try to win rights for Charlie in the eyes of the law. The Animal Liberation Alliance is not giving up, though, and their next attempt includes radicalization of Charlie’s classmates.
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