Sweetness and Lightning 12

Author: Gido Amagakure
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1632367289
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A single dad and a little girl learn the magic of cooking to bring families together in this manga that inspired a hit anime. Ages 13 and up. Scenes from a Life Ever since losing his wife, high school teacher Kôhei Inuzuka has raised his daughter Tsumugi alone. But what once seemed like an impossible task has become possible, as Kôhei's friendship with his student Kotori has led all three of them to discover the delight of food and cooking. But when Kôhei has a health scare of his own, their hard-won happiness will face its greatest test...

Dark Needs at Night's Edge

Author: Kresley Cole
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849834296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
On the night lovely Néomi Renate, a famous ballerina at the turn of the century, was murdered, an evil force turned her into a spectre - a phantom that's neither alive nor dead - and cursed her to relive her harrowing death every month during the full moon. Unable to leave her home, she has managed to scare away any trespassers, until she encounters an inhabitant even more terrifying than Néomi herself. When Conrad Wroth, a vampire warlord who's been half-mad for centuries, first beholds Néomi, he knows nothing will stop him from claiming the ethereal beauty as his own - not even death itself. Yet even if the gruff warrior can win her love and defeat the evil that surrounds her, he still must determine a way to bring her fully back to life, and back to him.

Blue Period 5

Author: Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1636991793
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
SELF-PORTRAIT Yatora makes the best of a bad situation during TUA's first exam, and he must surpass these efforts for the second. But after all he’s gone through, Yatora is feeling a little out of sorts. To get back on track, he’ll have to step out of the studio and into new lighting… With the help of an old friend, Yatora bares his soul and some skin to take on his latest challenge: the nude self-portrait.

Living Up The Street

Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307817431
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we see the world of growing up and going somewhere through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the barrio, parochial school, attending church, public summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he can join in a Little League baseball team. His is a clarity that rings constantly through the warmth and wry reality of these sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances.

Percy Gloom

Author: Cathy Malkasian
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560978457
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 181

Book Description
2008 Eisner Award winner for Most Promising Newcomer: an absurd but hopeful cartoon fable for these strange times we live in. Cathy Malkasian has made the jump from animation to the printed page with a graceful, delicate leap. She deftly uses her pencil to create thick, expressive characters moving through the twilight of a shadowy Orwellian world. Humorous and bewitching at the same time, Percy Gloom is a unique gem of a story.

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 5

Author: Nanashi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1646599829
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate (Senpai). What is her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes him?

Thunder Cake

Author: Patricia Polacco
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399222316
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find . . . and the storm is coming closer all the time! Reaching once again into her rich childhood experience, Patricia Polacco tells the memorable story of how her grandma--her Babushka--helped her overcome her fear of thunder when she was a little girl. Ms. Polacco's vivid memories of her grandmother's endearing answer to a child's fear, accompanied by her bright folk-art illustrations, turn a frightening thunderstorm into an adventure and ultimately . . . a celebration! Whether the first clap of thunder finds you buried under the bedcovers or happily anticipating the coming storm, Thunder Cake is a story that will bring new meaning and possibility to the excitement of a thunderstorm.

Unexpectedly His

Author: Maggie Kelley
Publisher: Entangled: Lovestruck
ISBN: 1633754162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Marianne McBride wants to prove she's more than a by-the-book computer geek in a pair of horn-rimmed glasses. But how did she end up hiding in a cake, waiting to sing "Happy Birthday" to arrogant—and annoyingly sexy—serial-dater Nick Wright? This is not part of the plan. Especially when she finds herself kissing the birthday boy...and then running like hell. Nick falls for no one. His motus operandi is no strings, no commitments, and definitely no relationships—no matter how tempted he is by the sweetly curvaceous bombshell from his birthday. But then he's hit by an explosive of his own. He needs to find the perfect faux fiancée, or kiss his key to the executive washroom goodbye. And Marianne might be the perfect fix. Now Nick and Marianne have to pretend they're in love for six weeks. No dating. No sex. And definitely no acting on the wickedly-hot chemistry that could ruin everything... Each book in the Smart Cupid series is STANDALONE: * Breaking the Bachelor * Unexpectedly His * One Little Kiss * No Rescue Required

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Author: Jen Ferguson
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063086182
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. A William C. Morris Award Honor Book and a Stonewall Award Honor Book! Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She’ll be working in her family’s ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend—whose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfort—and her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. But when she gets a letter from her biological father—a man she hoped would stay behind bars for the rest of his life—Lou immediately knows that she cannot meet him, no matter how much he insists. While King’s friendship makes Lou feel safer and warmer than she would have thought possible, when her family’s business comes under threat, she soon realizes that she can’t ignore her father forever. The Heartdrum imprint centers a wide range of intertribal voices, visions, and stories while welcoming all young readers, with an emphasis on the present and future of Indian Country and on the strength of young Native heroes. In partnership with We Need Diverse Books.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 074758589X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380

Book Description
A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love