"Shimana Kameko feels out of place in her own home. Her mother is dead and her father and step-mom only seem to care about Kameko's six-month-old baby brother. When Kameko decides to skip school and runs away to a nearby park, she stumbles upon a mysterious man in a kimono. The stranger, Fujiwara Taiga, offers Kameko a place to stay...on three conditions. The first condition is that Kameko must tell him why she ran away from home. The second is that...

Tucked away in a quiet Japanese neighborhood lies a peculiar playground. There, Hisao and Sayuri meet a masked ghost named Toothless. And there, one of their friends gets hurt. Now they must race against the clos to solve the mystery of who Toothless really is and break the playgrounds curse.

"LOVE ON THE LINE When the landlord reconnects with his old flame, Shimana's anxiety about their relationship skyrockets. It's not long before their relationship is on the line and she's thinking about moving out of the house. Is this the end for them?!"-- cover page 4.

"Shimana and the landlord finally kissed, and now she's even more in love than ever--or is she? The group decides to celebrate both Zen and Shimana's birthdays, but when Miura brings a surprise guest to the party, Shimana's love for the landlord is put to the test."-- cover page 4.

"Claudia Jones is missing. Her classmates are thinking the worst . . . or at least the weirdest. It couldn't be an alien abduction, right? None of Claudia's classmates at Blithedale High know why she vanished and they're dealing with their own issues. Emily's trying to handle a life-changing surprise. Paula's hoping to step out of Emily's shadow. Nigel just wants to meet a girl who will laugh at his jokes. And Brett hardly lets himself get close to...

"In the year 2063, interstellar space travel has become the norm. Eight students from Caird High School and one child set out on a routine planet camp excursion. While there, the students are mysteriously transported 5,000 light-years away to the middle of nowhere! Will they ever make it back home?! The situation aboard the Astra intensifies as Zack reveals to Kanata that the ship's communication system has recently been sabotaged and it's likely...

"A deadly typhoon, a mysterious creature and a girl who won't quit. In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransom--and not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But there's more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye. When Asa's mother goes into labor...

Dex Parios is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, shes less adepts at throwing dice than solving cases. Her recent streak has left her beyond brokeshes into the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast for 18 large. But maybe Dexs luck is about to change. Sue-Lynne, head of the West Coasts casino operation, will clear Dexs debt if she can locate Sue-Lynnes missing granddaughter. But is this job Dexs way...

For the Rhodes family, losing their son was the most devastating thing that could have occurred...but it couldn't prepare them for what happened when he returned. Skybound's newest hit turns fantasy into reality in this all-new series from the creator of Nailbiter and Ghosted.