"Mr. Keene loved being the principal of his fine, fine school. He was so proud of his students drawing and painting and reading and singing that he thought his buttons would burst! Then one day his appendix burst, and a new principal, Mr. Tatters, swooped in to take his place. Mr. Tatters said, 'In order to be a smart, smart school, we will have lots and lots of tests.' And suddenly there were no more cards and banners, posters and songs. Instead,...

The thirteen stories in Rebecca Turkewitz's debut collection, Here in the Night, are engrossing, strange, eerie, and emotionally nuanced. With psychological insight and finely crafted prose, Here in the Night investigates the joys and constraints of womanhood, of queerness, and of intimacy. Preoccupied with all manner of hauntings, these stories traverse a boarding school in the Vermont woods, the jagged coast of Maine, an attic in suburban Massachusetts,...

"I just have to do my best!" One year ago, internal clashes in the Kokuyodani girl's volleyball team made it difficult to even field a full side. But that's all in the past, as Neri and her faithful group of finely-honed teammates conquer the autumn tournament. The real battle starts with the spring regionals, but before they can focus on them, a contact from Neri's old high school reaches out to the Kokuyodani school principal. They're out to...

I'm With Stupid -- These are just some of the impenetrable mysteries in Yoshiko Hanabatake's life: Why is her best friend Akkun always angry? Why does she keep getting zeros on her tests? Why do bananas taste so good? For one as enlightened as she, the answers are irrelevant. And yet her total obliviousness may prove to be a liability as the forces around her struggle for supremacy. Or, actually, she'll probably be fine.

More than anything else, Franco dreams of going pro some day. After all, his soccer coaches say he's the best kind of player--more giving than greedy, preferring to rack up the assists instead of scoring goals. And that method works just fine until Franco has to change schools. On his new team, the Warlocks, Franco's pass-first approach to soccer just isn't working. To make matters worse, the team is filled with ball-hogs, and their coach doesn't...

Stupid Is As Stupid Does -- Summer break has arrived, and with it come expanded opportunities for Yoshiko to practice self-expression. Of course, for someone as unburdened of intellect as she is, that self-expression tends to be rather lacking in sophistication. Okay, fine--it's profoundly stupid. Her friend Akkun might be able to handle her, but will he be able to deal with Ryuichi the delinquent's pathetic attempts at friendship? And what about...

Grace and her Mom struggle to regain a sense of normalcy, walking the fine line between honesty and keeping family secrets. Lena, Grace's Nana, becomes involved in researching the man behind the kidnapping. Glyph emerges from the shadows to move forward with his evil plan by corrupting someone at the school. More is revealed about the night of the abduction with terrifying consequences.

Gimme a T-R-O-U-B-L-E! What's that spell? Trouble, with a capital T. And that's what Pantheon High's got going for it as we head into midterm season. Fortunately our students have been hitting the books extra hard to earn their marks in heroism, and when you throw in an extra-curricular excursion to fine tune their fighting skills, there's no doubt that Griffin, Grace, Aziza and Yukio are going to get an A+ in saving the world!

Anotsu Kagehisa, murderous leader of the rogue Itto-ryu, has journeyed to the mountains far from Edo to the romote Shingyoto-ryu dojo under invitation to bring the sword school under his wing. But instead of a warm welcome, Anotsu finds a dojo full of angry young men who don't want to take orders from an upstart, unless he can proves he's tougher than the best of them! That sits just fine with Anotsu, who has dedicated his life to putting the killing...

Fabio Moon (Daytripper, How to Talk to Girls at Parties) says "It is so good reading VINCENT, by Vitor Cafaggi, that when it ends it leaves you longing for more." In this hip, beautiful illustrated series, populated with an irresistible anthropomorphic cast of characters, things are really heating up for Vincent. It wasn't too long ago that he could only dream about being in a serious relationship, and suddenly finding himself involved with not one,...