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Arai, Kiyoko
Beauty Pop. 1
Although a truly gifted hairstylist, Kiri Koshiba has no interest in using her talent to pursue fame and fortune, unlike the three popular boys in the Scissors Project at school who prefer to give showy makeovers to handpicked girls. When Kiri's friend Kanako is reject by the boys being too ugly, she decides to help Kanako and give the boys a lesson in what true beauty is.
185 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
 Manga: Josei and Shoujo
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Azuma, Kiyohiko
Yotsuba!. 1
Yotsuba, a green-haired four-year-old, discovers air conditioners, doorbells, cicadas, swings and more, and does it all with the energy of a small hurricane. Her excitement is contagious and infects her handsome young adoptive father as well as the gaggle of pretty girls next door, all of whom get tangled up in her adventures as they try to keep up with her.
224 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Laughing Out Loud
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Conami, Shoko
Shinobi Life
Energetic and strong-willed, Beni doesn't care if she lives or dies as long as her death will result in embarrassing her arrogant father! But one day, she suddenly encounters Kagetora, a ninja who's time traveled from long ago and who has devoted his life to protecting Princess Beni. Little does Kategora know that this Beni is not the real princess. Can true love and honor survive after a centuries-long time warp--in a crazy modern world?
2008
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Doran, Colleen
Manga Pro Superstar Workshop : How to Create and Sell Comics and Graphic Novels
Adapted to the needs of beginners, this guide by a high-profile authority on Japanese and American manga offers a brief intro to what Original English Language (OEL) manga is, then provides comprehensive, step-by-step instruction on creating OEL manga comics and graphic novels and getting them published
127 p. 2008
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Higuchi, Daisuke
Whistle! Vol. 1 Break Through
Because he is too short, Sho Kazamatsuri is not allowed to be on his school's soccer team - so he transfers to another school. While being introduced around his new school, his abilities are exaggerated as being those of a hotshot star. When the truth is revealed, Sho drops out of school to practice on his own. Sho's determination to play soccer well indicates that eventually, he'll succeed.
(unpaged) 1998
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Seinen and Shonen
CHS Booktalk List September 2009 - June 2010, Graphic Novels
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Hino, Matsuri
Vampire Knight. Vol. 1
Cross Adademy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires! Yuki believes that vampires and humans can coexist peacefully, but her partner has different ideas.
1 v. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Vampire Love
Manga: Josei and Shoujo
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Hotta, Yumi
Hikaru No Go. 1 Descent of the Go Master
Hiraku Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal school boy with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather's attic and discovers that trapped inside the board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master who taught the board game to the Emperor of Japan many centuries ago.
183 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Seinen and Shonen
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Inagaki, Riichiro
Eyeshield 21. Vol. 1 The Boy with the Golden Legs
Kobayakawa Sena is a little guy who's been bullied all his life, but he has become very fast since elementary school through running errands. Team captain Hiruma Youichi wants to put Sena on the school's American Football team (Amefuto). To hide their new 'star' player from the eyes of other High Schools, Hiruma puts Sena in a helmet with a dark visor and names him Eyeshield #21.
1 v. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Seinen and Shonen
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Iwase, Masatsugu
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. Volume 1
In the world of the Cosmic Era, war rages between the genetically enhanced humans and those who remain unmodified. Struggling to catch up with the superior technology, the unmodified develop their own Gundam mobile suits.
187 p. 2004
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Kamio, Yoko
Boys Over Flowers. 1
A girl from a middle class family goes to a private high school dominated by spoiled rich children. Despite constant bullying by many students, she wins the attention of the leader of one of the boys' groups. Eventually the students begin to learn that there is more to a person than one's wealth.
205 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Josei and Shoujo
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Kiyuduki, Satoko
Shoulder-a-coffin Kuro. 1
A small girl, a large coffin, a long journey, and only a snarky bat for company. But just what exactly is this curious traveler searching for? And what exactly does she intend to do with that coffin!?
119 p. 2008
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Kobayashi, Miyuki
Kitchen Princess. 1
Najika left the rural orphanage she knows as home to attend Seika Academy in Tokyo in the hopes of finding a boy who touched her heart years earlier. Nobody in her class thinks she should be there except two brothers, Daichi and Sora, who recognize Najika's magical talent for cooking.
1 v. (unpaged) 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
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Konomi, Takeshi
The Prince of Tennis. Vol. 1
Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy and winner of four consecutive US Junior tournaments returns to Japan and enrolls in Seishun Academy. He becomes the first 7th grader ever to be a starter in the District Preliminaries, and helps his school earn a berth in the City Tournament.
189 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Seinen and Shonen
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Kubo, Tite
Bleach. 1 Strawberry and the Soul Reapers
Ichigo must enter their world to retrieve Rukia from the Soul Society, but he knows he's a long way from ready, so he practices his fighting and hones his spiritual energies. Finally, he must prevent his Chain of Fate from consuming itself or become a Hollow himself.
189 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Seinen and Shonen
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Miyazaki, Hayao
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. 1
Nausicaa, a compassionate young princess, and her allies battle to heal a wounded world and its inhabitants following a devastating environmental disaster.
130 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
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Nonaka, Eiji
Cromartie High School Vol. 1
A sixteen-year-old relatively innocent teenage boy, Takashi Kamiyama, finds himself enrolled at Tokyo's Cromartie High School, a reformatory which houses some of Japan's worst (and least reformable) punks, delinquents, and young criminal elements.
155 p. 2005
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Oba, Tsugumi
Death Note. Vol. 1 Boredom
Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily Light is able to keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know?
221 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Seinen and Shonen
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Peach-Pit
Shugo Chara!. 1
Amu is a shy girl who wishes she had the courage to truly be herself. Changing Amu's life is going to take more than wishes and dreams--it's going to take a little magic, courtesy of three strange eggs, each containing a magical Guardian Character who can give her the power to be someone new.
1 v. (unpaged) 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Josei and Shoujo
CHS Booktalk List September 2009 - June 2010, Graphic Novels
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Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki
Neon Genesis Evangelion. Volume 1
In 2015, the Angels have returned and 14-year-old Shinji Ikari is summoned back to Tokyo-3 by his long-estranged father to pilot Eva Unit-01. Eva Unit-01 is a biomechanical weapon designed to defeat the Angels.
165 p. 1998
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Seinen and Shonen
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Sakura, Tsukuba
Land of the Blindfolded. 1
A high school girl has the power to see glimpses of the future. Now she must learn how to live in a world of people blindfolded to everything but the present. Is Kanade's special a gift or a curse? New classmate Naitou Arou can see a person's past. Are these teen seers of the past and future made for each other?
205 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Manga: Josei and Shoujo
CHS Booktalk List September 2009 - June 2010, Graphic Novels
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