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Sunny side up volume 2
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English
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In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of middle school, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family--in particular her older brother Dale, who's been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
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English
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A comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-plus years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. But the reason for splitting isn't itself shocking: theyre "just not in love any more." The announcement sparks a week-long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David's creepy and possibly haunted beach house.
5) Family tree
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Pub. Date
2020-
Language
English
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"When an eight-year-old girl begins to transform into a tree, her single mom, troubled brother, and possibly insane grandfather embark on a bizarre and heart-wrenching odyssey across the back roads of America, desperately searching for a way to cure her horrifying transformation before it's too late."--Back cover of Volume 1.
6) Stone fruit
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Series
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English
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"Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray's niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seeded personal stumbling blocks. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties -- Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother...
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Series
Blood on the tracks volume 14
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Seiichi is back home for the first time in ages to inter his father's remains in the family grave. After that, he'll be finished, nothing left to hold him in this world...until he happens to bump into Fukiishi, resurrecting all the feelings he had buried along with his past-- Will Seiichi finally find peace in death? Or will the specters of the past keep him here against his will...? pr
Author
Series
Blood on the tracks volume 13
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's been 20 years since his mother told Seiichi that she renounced motherhood, since she thanked him for being a killer, since he tried to strangle her there in the courtroom--and somehow he made it through. Living alone, working the night shift at a commercial bakery, barely speaking to his father, Seiichi's life is solitary and empty, and he likes it that way. But nothing lasts forever...The grand preface is over--and now the real story begins!!"--...
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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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"The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is -- each member of the team is distracted by some very real problems of their own. The White Violin is bedridden due to an unfortunate blow to the head. Rumor has lost her voice -- the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Curtis has returned to Fort Smith, six weeks sober and determined to stay that way. Can he find healing in his grandfather's ancient cultural practices? Notorious bootlegger, Benny the Bank stands in his way. With poison slowly killing him, Benny is uneasy about how he'll be remembered. Can he find a way to make amends?"--
11) Little mama
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Life isn't easy for little Brenda, whose single teenage mom is immature, selfish, and prone to violent mood swings. Brenda takes care of her as best she can, missing out on many childhood joys to be her mother's Little Mama. Sadly, her already challenging existence gets even worse when her mom's abusive boyfriend moves in. Brenda loves having a new baby brother, but her home life soon turns into pure living hell. Finally, she reaches her breaking...
13) Monica
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A ... tapestry of interconnected narratives that together tell a life story, Monica is the new graphic novel from one of the most iconic storytellers of all time. This eponymous protagonist is a rag-to-riches character who, after being abandoned by her freewheelin' parents in childhood, succeeds in clawing her way to the top--only to lose it all in a stroke of bad luck. She lives out the rest of her days in search of her parents, encountering a cast...
Author
Series
Ao haru ride volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew. Kou has confessed to Futaba that in junior high he liked her too, but he believes they can never return to those times. Kou continues to act both brusque and sweet. Will a leadership retreat bring them closer together?"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Blood on the tracks volume 15
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From the creator who brought you notable works such as The Flowers of Evil, Happiness, and Inside Mari, comes his latest suspense drama centering on the theme of a toxic parent. Dive into this latest thriller by master storyteller, Shuzo Oshimi. Having finally found himself free to end it all, Seiichi is pulled back from the brink by a telephone call from the police: "We have your mother in protective custody." Facing Seiko for the first time in twenty...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
Description
"Just two Kuonji siblings remain--Stella and her baby brother Melm--and their dance to the death is set to take place on the bones of the dead. As the curtains open on the final showdown, Stella discovers to her horror that she and Melm will be fighting in the graveyard where their siblings are buried. As the fight gets underway, Stella glimpses dead sister Claire, and sweet Melm's personality changes entirely. And in the heat of battle, the veil...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The final battle begins as Stella and Alice take on little Melm in a hair-raising fight to the death! His abilities have been dubbed godlike, but what exactly does the youngest Kuonji's power entail?! And the true nature of the link between matriarch-turned-mastermind Olga and the secret of the Kuonji clan is at long last revealed in the conclusion to Kaori Yuki's Alice in Murderland!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning author Naoki Urasawa comes a tale of crushing debt, a broken marriage, and the painting that can fix it all--if Kasumi and her dad can manage to steal it. Kamoda will do anything to earn a quick buck, even if it means skipping out on his taxes to take his wife on a luxury cruise. But when a random tax audit bankrupts his family, Kamoda soon discovers his wife has taken that cruise after all--only without Kamoda or their daughter...
Author
Series
Ao haru ride volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"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. Now, in high school, Kou has reappeared, but is he still the same boy she fell in love with?"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Ao haru ride volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew. She realizes her feelings for Kou are not because of who he was in the past, but who he is now. When she discovers that her friend Yuri has a crush on him, Futaba is unsure what to do."--Page 4 of cover
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