We Rule the Night
We Rule the Night

Author: Claire Eliza Bartlett

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0316417262

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Two girls use forbidden magic to fly and fight -- for their country and for themselves -- in this riveting debut that's part Shadow and Bone, part Code Name Verity. Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she's caught using illegal magic, she fears being branded a traitor and imprisoned. Meanwhile, on the front lines, Linné defied her father, a Union general, and disguised herself as a boy to join the army. They're both offered a reprieve from punishment if they use their magic in a special women's military flight unit and undertake terrifying, deadly missions under cover of darkness. Revna and Linné can hardly stand to be in the same cockpit, but if they can't fly together, and if they can't find a way to fly well, the enemy's superior firepower will destroy them -- if they don't destroy each other first. We Rule the Night is a fiercely compelling story about sacrifice, complicated friendships, and survival against impossible odds.

Briarheart
Briarheart

Author: Mercedes Lackey

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2021-10-05

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0759557861

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From a beloved fantasy author comes this fresh feminist retelling of Sleeping Beauty about one girl destined for greatness—and the powerful sister ready to protect her by any means necessary. Miriam may be the daughter of Queen Alethia of Tirendell, but she's not a princess. She's the child of Alethia and her previous husband, the King's Champion, who died fighting for the king, and she has no ambitions to rule. When her new baby sister Aurora, heir to the throne, is born, she's ecstatic. She adores the baby, who seems perfect in every way. But on the day of Aurora's christening, an uninvited Dark Fae arrives, prepared to curse her, and Miriam discovers she possesses impossible power. Soon, Miriam is charged with being trained in both magic and combat to act as chief protector to her sister. But shadowy threats are moving closer and closer to their kingdom, and Miriam's dark power may not be enough to save everyone she loves, let alone herself.

An Arrow to the Moon
An Arrow to the Moon

Author: Emily X. R. Pan

Publisher:

Published: 2023-10-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780316464024

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"A lyrical and magical novel about two teens who fall in love despite their families being caught in a bitter rivalry"--

Japanese the Manga Way
Japanese the Manga Way

Author: Wayne P. Lammers

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.

Published: 2004-11-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9781880656907

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A "real manga, real Japanese" study guide and resource for language students and teachers

The Bride was a Boy
The Bride was a Boy

Author: Chii

Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1642752525

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'" Drawn in the style of diary comics with an upbeat, adorable flair, this is a charming tale about Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and transition--as well as falling in love with a man who''s head over heels for her. Now they want to get married, so Chii''s about to embark on a new adventure: becoming a bride! "'

Anime Explosion!
Anime Explosion!

Author: Patrick Drazen

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 1611720133

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One of the best overviews of the anime phenomenon, its history and cultural significance, ideal for surveys and in-depth study.

Class
Class

Author: Lucinda Rosenfeld

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2017-01-10

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 031626542X

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Named one of the Best Books of 2017 by the Philadelphia Inquirer: All hell breaks loose in the liberal bubble when a mother's life spirals out of control when she's forced to rethink her bleeding heart ideals. For Karen Kipple, it isn't enough that she works full-time in the nonprofit sector for an organization that helps children from disadvantaged homes. She's also determined to live her personal life in accordance with her ideals. This means sending her daughter, Ruby, to an integrated public school in their Brooklyn neighborhood. But when a troubled student from a nearby housing project begins bullying children in Ruby's class, the distant social and economic issues Karen has always claimed to care about so passionately begin to feel uncomfortably close to home. A daring, discussable satire about gentrification and liberal hypocrisy, Class is also a smartly written story that reveals how life as we live it -- not as we like to imagine it -- often unfolds in gray areas.

The Astro Boy Essays
The Astro Boy Essays

Author: Frederik Schodt

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 161172516X

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A tribute to Japan's "god of manga" by his longtime American friend and translator.

Flamer
Flamer

Author: Mike Curato

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company BYR Paperbacks

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1250803942

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Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graphic novel, telling a difficult story with humor, compassion, and love. "This book will save lives." —Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author of National Book Award Finalist Hey, Kiddo I know I’m not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They’re mean, and scary, and they’re always destroying something or saying something dumb or both. I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel . . . unsafe. It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes—but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance. Godwin Books

Coffee Life in Japan
Coffee Life in Japan

Author: Merry White

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0520271157

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This fascinating book—part ethnography, part memoir—traces Japan’s vibrant café society over one hundred and thirty years. Merry White traces Japan’s coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Europe and America. White’s book takes up themes as diverse as gender, privacy, perfectionism, and urbanism. She shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. White describes how the café in Japan, from its start in 1888, has been a place to encounter new ideas and experiments in thought, behavior, sexuality , dress, and taste. It is where a person can be socially, artistically, or philosophically engaged or politically vocal. It is also, importantly, an urban oasis, where one can be private in public.