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Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 10 by Natsuki Takaya
The much-loved series winds down to the homestretch. Tohru's feelings for Kyo come to the forefront as she desperately searches for a way to break the curse. If she can't find a cure in time, Kyo will be locked away by the Sohma for the rest of his life! Graduation is fast approaching, meaning major decisions that will affect not only Tohru and Kyo but all of the members of the Sohma Zodiac...Categorized as:
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Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 4 by Natsuki Takaya
Tohru Honda's cheerful optimism acts as a balm to many in the Sohma family, who are no strangers to darker emotions. With Tohru in the mix, the household passes its days in relative harmony, even having Kisa over for a "sleepover" and some good old fun...Categorized as:
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Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGraphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, forgiveness, and lion dancing.Valentina Tran was named after Valentine's Day, which used to be her favorite holiday. But when Val learns the truth behind what happened with her parents and why she's being raised by a single father, she realizes true love is a lie... -
Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 5 by Io Sakisaka, 咲坂伊緒
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe popular shojo manga series that was adapted into the Blue Spring Ride anime!Futaba Yoshioka thought all boys were loud and obnoxious until she met Kou Tanaka in junior high. But as soon as she realized she really liked him, he had already moved away because of family issues... -
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MeruPuri, Vol. 1 by Matsuri Hino
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsAll high school freshman Airi Hoshina ever wanted was to someday live in a cozy home with a loving husband, and find joy in the little things in life. As a result, she makes it her daily mission to get to school on time because school legend has it that the longer one's non-tardy streak is, the better boyfriend one will find... -
The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel by Stephanie Williams, Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe first book in Maggie Stiefvater's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Raven Cycle, now gorgeously illustrated as a graphic novel!Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her... -
Ranma ½, Vol. 1 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsRanma Saotome never thought a martial arts training mission to China would turn out like this! An accidental dunk in a cursed spring changes boy Ranma into a young girl, every time he is splashed with cold water... -
Chibi Vampire: The Novel, Volume 1 by Tohru Kai, Yuna Kagesaki
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsKarin Maaka bites throat like a proper vampire, but where others of her kind need hot red blood, she has too much of it! Every month, she's compelled to inject blood into her victims the way a snake injects venom. And her handsome classmate Kenta Usui makes her feel like she's going to spurt blood like a geyser... -
If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPerfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley's stunning YA debut is a powerful story about the haunting specter of domestic violence and the rebellious forces of sisterhood and first love.Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except seventeen-year-old Leighton Barnes... -
Ranma ½, Vol. 1 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsRanma Saotome never thought a martial arts training mission to China would turn out like this! An accidental dunk in a cursed spring changes boy Ranma into a young girl, every time he is splashed with cold water... -
Sweet Dreams by L. Divine
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn Jayd Jackson's world, the end is just the beginning... If only life could always be as sweet as Jayd's dreams...Categorized as:
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When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment by Jandy Nelson, Printz Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of I’ll Give You the Sun The Fall siblings live in hot Northern California wine country, where the sun pours out of the sky, and the devil winds blow so hard they whip the sense right out of your head... -
Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet, Vol. 4 by Mika Yamamori
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSummer vacation arrives with Fumi’s heart still in turmoil... -
The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 8 by Cassandra Clare, Cassandra Jean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe graphic novel adaptation of Cassandra Clare's bestselling The Mortal Instruments returns with the eighth installment! Simon received an anonymous note threatening the life of his girlfriend―is it truly a simple prank or could there be something more sinister at... -
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Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsMY SISTER WANTS THE TRUTH.BUT SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS.For months, my long-lost twin, Emma, has been living my life and trying to solve my murder. She's unearthed dark secrets about my friends, my family, and my tangled past. But when it comes to finding my killer, she keeps running into dead ends.Until my body shows up in Sabino Canyon...Categorized as:
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Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom Storm in Heaven:Rakan lives alone, and the plants in his garden grow so thick and fast that it seems like a jungle. One day a man, holding a gun made of wood, falls right down into his garden. He seems to come from another world, and he's searching for someone who can bring back the green into his own dark and inhospitable world... -
Ceres: Celestial Legend, Vol. 5: Mikage by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAya takes matters into her own hands when she decides to search for the hagoromo. Meanwhile, T�ya must choose between being with Aya and working for Kagami and getting his memory back... -
Romantic Killer, Vol. 2 by Wataru Momose
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHigh schooler Anzu Hoshino has a great life. Every day she plays video games, pigs out on snacks, and pets her beloved cat. But this blissful existence is turned into a confusing mess when a magical creature transports her to an altered reality bereft of her favorite things... -
Romantic Killer, Vol. 3 by Wataru Momose
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHigh schooler Anzu Hoshino has a great life. Every day she plays video games, pigs out on snacks, and pets her beloved cat. But this blissful existence is turned into a confusing mess when a magical creature transports her to an altered reality bereft of her favorite things... -
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod, Jess Taylor
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt takes strength to live as your true self, and one alien princess disguised as a human boy is about to test her power. A vibrant story about gender identity, romance, and shining as bright as the stars.Taylor Barzelay has the perfect life. Good looks, good grades, a starting position on the basketball team, a loving family, even an adorable corgi. Every day in Taylor’s life is perfect... -
This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA new heart saved her life—but will it help her find out what really happened to its donor?Seventeen-year-old Leah MacKenzie is heartless. An artificial heart in a backpack is keeping her alive. However, this route only offers her a few years. And with her rare blood type, a transplant isn’t likely. Living like you are dying isn’t all it’s cracked up to be... -
Fruits Basket Another, Vol. 2 by Natsuki Takaya
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFan-favorite Fruits Basket is back with more Sohma-filled adventures! Except this time, it's set in the same world, years later. Find out more in this new volume!School's no longer an endless pit of anxiety and solitary lunches for Sawa thanks to the Sohmas. She's joined the student council and made new friends who don't abandon her no matter how painfully awkward or useless she is... -
Lion's Legacy by Lev A.C. Rosen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo’s life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex’s new relationship and make nice... -
This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Vol. 2 by Sai Naekawa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEver since the day she lost her family, Hinako has felt something consuming her from the inside out... -
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Fruits Basket Another, Vol. 3 by Natsuki Takaya
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSawa Mitoma has officially lived every high school girl's dream by breathing in limited-edition Sohma cottage air and landing a date with a Sohma heartthrob. That is, until she's thrust face-to-face with a disturbing truth......that threatens to revert her back to her past self... -
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAfter a storm has killed off all the island's men, two women in a 1600s Norwegian coastal village struggle to survive against both natural forces and the men who have been sent to rid the community of alleged witchcraft.Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Bergensdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the sea break into a sudden and reckless storm... -
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIT'S NOT EASY BEING ME.BUT MY TWIN SISTER HAS NO CHOICE.When I died two months ago, my killer told my twin sister to become me - or else. Now Emma has it down to a T. She tosses her hair with the signature Sutton Mercer flip and can lead a Lying Game prank with the best of them. She's even repairing my relationship with my adoptive family. The only thing she hasn't done is solve my murder...Categorized as:
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Romantic Killer, Vol. 1 by Wataru Momose
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnzu must play along in this altered reality before she can return to her normal life, so she begrudgingly makes friends with Tsukasa Kazuki... -
Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsMY FRIENDS AND I USED TO PLAY LYING GAMES.NOW MY TWIN SISTER IS LIVING ONE.When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we’re both learning just how flawed my family really is...Categorized as:
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Something True by Kieran Scott
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWill the love of her life distract True from reuniting with…the love of her life? Find out in the third book in Kieran Scott’s delightful series that blends ancient mythology with contemporary romance.True Olympia is in the home stretch...Categorized as:
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Wicked by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 50 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling seriesThe fifth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.In idyllic Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four very pretty girls just can't help but be bad. Hanna will do anything to be Rosewood's queen bee. Spencer's digging up her family's secrets. Emily can't stop thinking about her new boyfriend...Categorized as:
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Ultra Maniac, Vol. 01 by Wataru Yoshizumi
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsShy Ayu Tateishi has just made a new friend at school. But this new friend, much to her surprise, is no ordinary classmate. Nina Sakura may look like a normal middle school girl, but she's got a big secret. She's a witch. Or, rather, she's studying to be a witch. And, apparently, she's not doing her homework... -
A Witch's Love at the End of the World, Vol. 2 by Kujira
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA witch must empty her heart if she hopes to keep her magic, for to feel love is to be no witch at all...Alice fears her grandmother’s warning from many years ago is coming true... -
Get a Clue by Tiffany Schmidt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe game’s afoot in the next book of the Bookish Boyfriends series—this time starring Huck and Winston! After Ms. Gregoire assigns the works of Sherlock Holmes in English class, a mystery deepens at Reginald R. Hero High. Huck and Win—Curtis’s younger brother—team up to solve the case . . . and while the sleuths gather clues, another swoon-worthy romance blooms in the school halls... -
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In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody
Kennedy Rhodes turns down an acceptance to an elite private school, instead choosing to stay at her high school and jump at the opportunity to date the boy of her dreams. Three years later, Kennedy walks in on that same boyfriend cheating with her best friend—and wishes she had made a different choice...Categorized as:
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Perfect by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 59 ratingsIN ROSEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, FOUR PERFECT-LOOKING GIRLS AREN'T NEARLY AS PERFECT AS THEY SEEM.Aria can't resist her forbidden ex. Hanna is on the verge of losing her BFF. Emily is freaking out over a simple kiss. And Spencer can't keep her hands off anything that belongs to her sister.Lucky me. I know these pretty little liars better than they know themselves... -
Ghosting You by Alexander C. Eberhart
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTommy hears dead people. Okay, one dead person. His best friend, Chase. Since his death, Tommy can’t stop hearing his voice. They talk every day and Tommy even sends him texts, but it always ends the same. Message failed to send. Until one day, a stranger texts back...Categorized as:
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This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Vol. 3 by Sai Naekawa, Caleb Cook
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“This is why bad monsters try to take advantage of you.” Hinako is shocked to discover her childhood friend Miko is actually “Okitsune-sama”—a bloodthirsty fox monster. But monster or not, it was Miko who brought Hinako back from the depths of despair after losing her family. The human girl once more extends a hand of friendship, as the beast’s jaws close around her.. -
Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsSutton Mercer watches from the afterlife as her long-lost twin, Emma Paxton, takes over her identity to solve her murder. But after ruling out her early leads, Emma still hasn’t found Sutton’s killer. A lot of people wanted her dead—but one name keeps popping up: Thayer Vega...Categorized as:
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Twisted by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsFour pretty girls have more ugly secrets than ever.It's been a year since the mystery of their former friend's disappearance was finally laid to rest, and Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily have worked hard to put their lives back together. Now seniors in high school, the pretty little liars are older, but they're not any wiser.Last spring break in Jamaica, they did something unforgivable...Categorized as:
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Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection by Linsey Miller
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPublishers Weekly Announcement: Tamara Grasty at Page Street has bought Being Ace, a YA anthology edited by Madeline Dyer, including short stories and poetry in multiple genres from contemporary to fantasy to science fiction that celebrate and explore the sub-identities of the asexual spectrum from a mixture of established and emerging YA writers... -
Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsMy perfect life was a lie.Now I'd do anything to uncover the truth.Not long ago, I had everything a girl could wish for: amazing friends, an adorable boyfriend, a loving family. But none of them know that I'm gone--that I'm dead. To solve my murder, my long-lost twin sister, Emma, has taken my place. She sleeps in my room, wears my clothes, and calls my parents Mom and Dad...Categorized as:
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Incredible Doom by Matthew Bogart, Jesse Holden
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIt’s the dawn of a new age…the age of the internet.Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family’s first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meets Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her... -
A Witch's Love at the End of the World, Vol. 1 by Kujira
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a world where magic rules from the shadows, there exists a school for witches. This mysterious academy trains young witches on a path of revenge against those who have used them only as tools... -
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Loveblood by M.J. O'Shea
A Harmony Ink Press Young Adult TitleMax Appleton and his mother Celia are are on the run, hiding from an abusive father and husband who’s also a notoriously bad pack leader. When Max hit puberty and it became obvious he’d never make an alpha wolf, his father turned the brunt of his anger toward his inferior son and his beta wolf wife for producing him... -
That Wolf-Boy is Mine!, Vol. 1 by Yoko Nogiri
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsMONSTER MISCHIEF After some traumatic experiences, Komugi Kusunoki transferred from the city to start a new life in rural Hokkaido. But on her first day of school, the school heartthrob Yū Ōgami blurts out, "You smell good!" Despite the hijinks, Komugi tries to adjust to her new school, but it’s not long before she stumbles across Yū dozing off under a tree... -
Fruits Basket Another, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya, 高屋奈月
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSawa Mitoma, a nervous, skittish girl who prefers minimal human interaction, has just started high school, and it's already not going well......until she meets the "it" boys--the "prince-like" Mutsuki and the sharp-tongued Hajime. But little does she know, they're Sohmas?! It's Fruits Basket.. -
Every Day by David Levithan
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsEvery day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere... -
A Question of Manhood by Robin Reardon
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNovember 1972. The Vietnam War is rumored to be drawing to a close, and for sixteen-year-old Paul Landon, the end can't come soon enough. The end will mean his older brother Chris, the family's golden child, returning home from the Army for good. But while home on leave, Chris entrusts Paul with a secret: He's gay... -
Death's Country by R.M. Romero
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHadestown meets “Orpheus and Eurydice” when two Miami teens travel to the underworld to retrieve their girlfriend’s soul.Andres Santos of São Paulo was all swinging fists and firecracker fury, a foot soldier in the war between his parents. Until he drowned in the Tietê River… and made a bargain with Death for a new life...
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