Summary: Yotsuba&! is a charming and funny slice-of-life manga, featuring Yotsuba, a strange and curious young girl. In this installment, Yotsuba, alongside her friends and family, immerse themselves in new hobbies, friends, and the exciting city of Tokyo. They find themselves in comedic and relatable situations that provide endless entertainment to the reader. Yotsuba explores life with a zeal for adventure and exploration, giving the viewer a refreshing and lighthearted view of the everyday.
Summary: After escaping the terrible maze trials, they ended up being rescued only to find themselves in another simulation, designed to rule out the weak kids in the lot. Thomas is confused on what to do next and doesn’t even know if he can trust his own friends in the process. Join them on the journey they will take filled with mysteries, hideous creatures, and some of the deepest and darkest secrets about the situation of humanity and what’s to come in this dystopian novel.
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga follows the character, Balram Halwai, as he discusses his rise to wealth. Over a seven day period, he writes to a famous Chinese Premier about his success as an entrepreneur, as well as his struggle of fighting the remains of the caste system and the social ladder. He writes about how he started as a driver from a little town in Laxmanghar, and he worked to own a company in Bangalore.
Christian Florescu is a teenage boy living in Communist Romania. He lives with his mother, father, sister, and grandfather. During this time in Romania, the government, run by Nicolae Ceaușescu, has completely taken over the entire country, and made the living conditions horrible. Additionally, spies of all ages, helping the government spot out revolutionaries, are littered throughout the public. When Christian is recruited to become a spy, he attempts to take advantage of his position and topple the government from the inside out.
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel that follows Holden Caulfield's sudden expulsion from his all-boy prep academy. After being kicked out, Holden embarks on a three-day journey through New York City, where he meets various people who reflect his inner turmoil. Throughout the novel, Holden grapples with themes of identity and loss of childhood.
How to Make Friends with the Dark follows Tiger, a teenage girl just trying to make it through high school when her mom tragically and suddenly dies. This book follows her journey of learning to grieve and cope with her mother's death while trying to maintain her relationships.
Legend follows June and Day, two teens living completely opposite lives. June is a prodigy, destined to be one of the most successful people in the Republic. Day is a criminal, the most-wanted criminal in the country. But when June’s brother died and Day became the main suspect their lives cross in unexpected ways.
Red Queen follows Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old girl in a world divided by the color of blood. Mare has red blood, meaning that she's a commoner whereas those with silver blood are the elite with supernatural powers. In this dystopian novel Mare discovers her powers and fights against the silvers.
House of Hollow follows Iris Hollow, a seventeen-year-old girl with a strange past. In this book, Iris tries to uncover the mystery that has haunted her family for years. One dark night Iris and her sisters disappear and return, but they aren’t the same as before.
Throne of Glass follows Celaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin who has spent the past year as a slave in the salt mines of Endovier. When the crowned prince shows up and takes her away she has to fight for her freedom in a competition to become the king’s assassin. However, dark forces are at play, and she might not make it out of the castle alive.
