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Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Intramural relations are at an all-time low: Principal Asano wants to crush Koro Sensei's 3-E baseball team while Koro Sensei wants to avenge Principal Asano's sabotage of 3-E's midterms. Then the government sends in a new Special Forces operative--a ruthless father figure who tests Karasuma's combat coaching skills. You'll never guess which student does him proud! And when Koro Sensei digs a swimming pool to help his students cool off, they discover...
Author
Series
Fushigi Yugi volume 10
Publisher
VIZ, LLC
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Thinking her mission has failed, fifteen-year-old Miaka runs off to the land of Xi-Lang, where a warrior of her arch enemy, the God Seiryu, finds her.
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The hit show Attack on Titan is re-imagined in this feel-good junior high microseries! See all your favorite characters getting into middle school shenanigans complete with secret love interests, class presidents, and chaotic cultural festivals. Eren and his friends are the hapless first-year students at Attack Junior High, a unique school for both humans and Titans alike.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be 'normal' again ... Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on his basketball team--even Brian, who usually keeps to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Communications
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"A god is summoned, a wish granted, and all is not right with Miaka Yuki! The good empire of Hong-Nan is overrun with enemies; Celestial Warrior powers are useless; and Miaka finds herself back in the real world unable to help her friends. Can a young woman transform herself from a priestess back into a simple girlfriend?"-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Barry deftly portrays the capricious nature of teen friendships, adolescent peer-pressure, and the kill or be killed nature of a middle school's social scene in her signature style. In an authentic teen voice full of diffidence and melodrama, the bespectacled and freckled Maybonne relates all of life's indignities on equal measure. Heartbreaking stories of a broken home, child molestation, an alcoholic absentee father and a bitter mom emerge between...
8) Permanent
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's 1982, and the Dicksons move to a southern town where all the girls long for Farrah Fawcett type curls. Pre-teen Aurelie begs her parents for a perm hoping for a life-changing curly waves but the bored student/beautician accidentally sets the timer for too long. Now Aurelie is left as a gawky yet endearing young teenager trying to navigate junior high.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The latest addition to the misfit students of Class 3-E is a Norwegian robot specially designed to assassinate their teacher -- but sadly lacking in social skills. Nothing Koro Sensei can't cure with a little super-fast tentacle work! When playboy Maehara gets dissed by a girl for being in Class 3-E, revenge is clearly warranted -- and Koro Sensei can help with that too! Then Irina, the English language teacher/sexy assassin, gets a visit from her...
Author
Series
Assassination classroom volume 7
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The 3-E students hope to kill on their final exams to win not only respect but a special reward. Over summer break, Nagisa, Sugino, and Maehara play amateur entomologist witha girl? After rigorous training with the greatest assassin of all, the class launches their best assassination plan yet! Now who will save our would-be assassins from a myserious biological weapon?"--Amazon.com.
11) Kekkaishi: 5
Author
Series
Kekkaishi volume 5
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got some other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crothchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty 16-year-old neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the "true practitioner" of the art"--P. 4 of cover....
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Communications
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Miaka, transported by a book to a fictional ancient China, must summon the god Suzaku by retrieving the Shentso-Pao. But, to get the treasure, she must choose between her love for Tamahome and protecting the nation of Hong-Nan.
Author
Series
Pippa Park volume 2
Publisher
Fabled Films Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Korean American Pippa Park picks up right where she left off . . . trying to balance basketball, school, friends, working at the struggling family laundromat, and fitting in. Eliot, her math tutor--and the cutest boy at school--is finally paying attention to her. And Marvel--her childhood friend--is making her required volunteering much more interesting. But things with the Royals, her new friends and teammates who rule the school, still feel a bit...
Series
Lonely castle in the mirror volume 3
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The kids realize that, aside from Rion, they are all students at Yukishina Junior High No. 5. After an eventful Christmas party, Masamune plucks up his courage to suggest that the kids help each other out with their problems and maybe even start attending classes again. They all agree to go to school on January 10th. Will Kokoro finally be able to face her bullies?"--Back cover.
16) Accel World: 6
Series
Accel World manga volume 6
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Kuroyukihime returns from her school trip, she finds that Nega Nebulus has had quite the harrowing adventure in her absence, having been taken very much to task by a new threat--Dusk Taker! It seems, though, that the Black Legion has emerged stronger than ever and with two new members to boot! Could it be that they are ready to tackle a new challenge and take their adventures to the next frontier...?!--
17) Kekkaishi: 10
Author
Series
Kekkaishi volume 10
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
18) Accel World: 2
Series
Accel World manga volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
To negate the threat of Cyan Pile, the mysterious enemy attacking Kuroyukihime, Haruyuki--now the Burst Linker Silver Crow--stands up to fight as her knight. But Kuroyukihime's suspicions about the true identity of her foe are placed squarely on a certain person Haruyuki knows well! Suddenly, Haruyuki is at odds with his princess, and this strain in their relationship sends everything careening off in the absolute worst direction! The inevitable clash...
19) Accel World: 8
Series
Accel World manga volume 8
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The final stretch of the Hermes Cord Race has arrived, along with a nigh-invincible opponent who throws that entire event into chaos! Neg Nebuluss chances of winning are riding on Haru, but hell have to rely on a dark power to overcome this fearsome foe&With the stakes higher than ever, who will emerge victorious in this pulse-pounding finale?!
20) Kekkaishi: 18
Author
Series
Kekkaishi volume 18
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Brother must rely upon brother in a daring escape! So why does Masumori send Yoshimori's friends to spy on him at the Karasumori Site? Then, when a flock of beautiful butterflies descends on Karasumori High School, all the students fall ill... How can Yoshimori single-handedly battle thousands of tiny ayakashi without harming the people in their midst?
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