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Book of Heroes

Yuriko Morisaki’s life does a major 180 one day when she is removed from class and sent home for the rest of the day. None of the adults will tell her what’s going on, and when she finally finds out, it is the worst kind of news possible. Her brother viciously attacked students in his …

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Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse

Zoo introduced me to the brilliance that is Otsuichi, and Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse has me on the brink of becoming an Otsuichi-addict. This second Otsuichi collection from the Haikasoru line-up published by Viz Media features his debut and award winning story Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse, the tale of a young girl murdered during summer vacation in a fit …

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And Another Thing

It’s no simple task to take up your pen and attempt to create a story worthy of the hoopiest frood in all of existence. But when asked to do so, Eoin Colfer shows us that he has the kroompst (“Kroompst!”) to do just that. Once again, and for the last time, the Vogons have destroyed Earth. In …

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