Vol 1: Indoor Cats, illustrated by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez, colored by Brad Simpson
Several indoor cats are loose in a forest after an accident with their animal control car, but they soon learn that all the animals in the surrounding area are infected with a vicious strain of rabies. The cats are determined to make their way back home and hope their humans will rescue them, but they must survive without being scratched or bitten by ferocious raccoons and other feral cats along the way.
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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 
Lady Medea has spent much of her life preparing for and betrothed to the Imperial Crown Prince Eros, but the prince chooses Lady Psyche instead. On Prayer Day, Medea prays to the god of the kingdom to let her lead instead of the vapid girl the prince has chosen, and the next thing she knows, she wakes up in Psyche's body! Now that her wish has come true, she must manuever herself to not be found out by Eros, but keep Psyche alive in her old body, as she doesn't know if the swap is permanent. She enlists the help of her trusted ally to watch over Psyche and train her to become the perfect Lady Medea while she learns some shocking secrets of Psyche's upbringing and the relationship she has with Eros.
A big city cop moves to a mysterious mountain town where the former resident police officer went missing, and the Goto family acts peculiar to everyone, especially outsiders. Rumors abound that residence are cannibals, and there are many peculiar traditions and rites of passage where Agawa struggles to prove he can be part of the culture. One day, Granny Goto is discovered dead in the woods, presumably eaten by a bear, and the villagers, particularly the Goto clan, spring into action to avenge her death. Officer Agawa has little time to reign in the situation and handle it as the town’s authority. Instead, he joins the family in the hunt and gets mixed deeper in the mystery that embroiled the former town policeman.
Saeroyi Park's father just landed a new job in a new city, which means Saeroyi has to start fresh at a new school. On day one, he lands himself on the wrong side of the kid who "runs" the school, who happens to be the son of his dad's boss! But, rather than apologize for doing what he thought was right, he gets expelled, and his dad loses his job. The two decide to open a chicken restaurant and seemingly land on their feet, but it's not long before tragedy find them again, and Saeroyi finds himself in prison for attempted murder. After serving his time, he has to decide the best way to get revenge on those who have wronged him, and making a successful restaurant in in the thriving Seoul neighborhood of Itaewon is how he's going to do it. But first, he needs to make a lot of money, as Itaewon is extremely expensive to operate out of.
Illustrated by Kelsey Ramsay, colored by Ronda Pattison, lettered by Rus Wooton and Shawn Lee
Teenager Cheyenne and her mom Rebecca move to St. Augustine, Florida with a dream of fixing up an old diner and having it be the gem of the town. Little do they know the history of the diner, that a man was murdered there, and the town’s seething hatred for the building. Later, an investigative reporter named Jean McKnight comes to the town to cover the Founder’s Day celebration, a fluff piece to salvage her career after a terrible outing that tarnished her reputation. The three lives cross when they all find that there is much more to this town, including something supernatural that may trace its roots back to the landfall by Spanish explorers at the heart of the town’s celebration. 
Charlie just wants to attend a normal high school and get a normal education, but Charlie's main problem is - he's not normal! Charlie is the world's first ever Humanzee! Born in a California lab 15 years ago then freed by the ALA -- The Animal Liberation Allliance -- Charlie has been trying to live a quiet life with his mom and dad in a small town in the Midwest, but all that changes when the ALA sets its sights on Charlie once again. When the ALA begins executing violent attacks in cities across the nation, folks start to wonder if it's safe for Charlie -- and for their own children -- for him to try to be a normal teenager.
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: Yen Press Publication Date: September 19, 2023 ISBN: 9781975370275 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, LGBTQ+, Yen Press 
The Beast and his Belle have been reunited, which is destroying our Belle's heart as she realizes more that she is in love with the Beast. What's worse is that the Princess Belle seems incredibly kind, and she also has lost the use of her legs. She requests our Belle's help in being her attending lady, helping her with her dresses and hair. Giselle finally can't take all of this any longer and leaves her room for the first time since the palace became cursed. She confides in Belle that the Princess Belle has actually entrapped the Beast in a relationship by guilt - Princess Belle betrayed her family in order to be with Prince Cyril before the curse happened, and now the Beast feels obligated to marry her. The Beast finds out that La Médium is in the court of The King and hatches a plan to confront her. He takes along a few people to help, including Belle, who hopes to finally rescue her maman.
Yearbook Edition vol 1, illustrated by Michael Dialynas
On a fateful day in 2013, students and staff at Bay Point Preparatory High are going about their normal days, when they are suddenly transported to an alien and hostile environment with violent monsters trying to eat them all, and strange glowing rocks. Several exceptional teens try to take some modicum of control and seek solutions. Several decide the answers they need lie in the woods, and they soon discover they are not the only humans who have been plucked from Earth! Some of them are abducted by warriors who look seem like Vikings, while others discover a Ziggurat full of writing from ancient civilizations, as well as more questions about why they were brought to . The Viking warriors, take the teens back to a civilization named New London, and they know English, but they are also keenly interested in what the rest of Bay Point might have to offer for their own continued survival. |
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