Adapted by SUOL
Penelope's worst nightmares are coming true - Eckles is not the sure bet that she has believed him to be; Ivonne, the true daughter of the Eckhart family, has returned before she was supposed to; Penelope's coming-of-age ceremony is looming, and even though Ivonne has returned before she was supposed to, the ceremony spells the ending of hard mode and the deadline for which she needs to be at 100% with one of the love interest. Prince Callisto is also acting strangely and proposing courtship and even marriage despite not being at 100% in his affection meter.
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A little boy comes to terms with his mother’s brutal murder in a sea of dead bodies in a dystopian landscape. He finally decides to trek on without her and start resource gathering. One night, he finds shelter in a school bus, but so does a little girl. From that point on, the two travel together and share spoils. Several days in, they find an older man who immediately hogs resources for himself, especially the entire bottle of water he chugs. The little boy feels apprehensive and tries to ditch him while they’re all sleeping, but it doesn’t go well.
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Adult Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: Oct 28, 2025 ISBN: 9781647294717 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Mystery, Romance, Survival, Kodansha 
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Sara's Rating: 7/10 Suitability Level: Adult Publisher: Titan Publishing Publication Date: September 9, 2025 ISBN: 9781787747241 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 7/10, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Action Adventure, Dystopian, Survival, Titan 
Illustrated by Juder
The Pet Shop continues their raid on Nest, and there are fights happening all over the campus. The students and professors are all trying to keep the predators away from their main target: Professor Ji. A pink praying mantis and an exploding ant take on Professor Jun, who is one of the last lines of defense before the predators get to Ji, while Suchan and his classmates try to slow down some of the other predators who are trying to infiltrate the Nest compound with other nefarious missions. 
Trapped in a game within The Beach, Usagi races to find Arisu who has been tied up and left in a room while his time winds down towards certain death in Borderland. Usagi is desperate to avoid the militant faction who are trying to root out the witch by pulling innocent people to the beach and threatening to throw them into the bonfire. Others are murdering any and all people they come across in case they are the Witch in order to end the Ten of Hearts game.
School Library Journal review - part of Spring 2025 Fiction Made Simple, "8 Manga Fiction Series with Emotion, Drama, and All the Feels"
Sara's Rating: 7/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1*, vol 2 Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: October 22, 2024 ISBNs: 9781647293642 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 7/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Science Fiction, Survival, Action Adventure, Kodansha 
Illustrated by Yusuke Nomura
School Library Journal review - part of Spring 2025 Fiction Made Simple, "8 Manga Fiction Series with Emotion, Drama, and All the Feels" Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1* Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: 9798888771754 ISBN: October 15, 2024 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Sports, Action Adventure, Survival, Kodansha 
Adapted by Dan Jolley, illustrated by James L. Barry
School Library Journal review - part of Spring 2025 Fiction Made Simple, "8 Manga Fiction Series with Emotion, Drama, and All the Feels" Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 4-6 Publisher: Spotlight/ABDO (reprint & separation of TOKYOPOP 3-volume series) Publication Date: December 15, 2024 ISBNs: (Library reinforced hardcovers) 9781098255411, 9781098255428, 9781098255435, 9781098255442, 9781098255459, 9781098255466, 9781098255473, 9781098255480, 9781098255497 Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Manga, Animals, Action Adventure, Family, Survival, Grief 
Noblewoman Satoko wants to bring honor to her family, especially her father, before her fatal heart condition destroys her. The best way she can do that is to enter into a prosperous marriage. But, before her arrangements can be finalized, she is kidnapped and threatened most heinously by her captors. A crazed assassin threatens to kill any man who lays hand on her, so Satoko barters with the only valuable thing she has -- her family name. She promises to marry the assassin if he delivers her from the clutches of her captors and pretends to be madly in love with the deranged man. Both seem determined to call the other on the bluff -- one in order to kill, the other in order to survive.
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