Can you survive hoopla

If manga are your comics of choice, then our Hoopla and Overdrive collections have several series for you, ranging from epic samurai classics and standalone originals to fresh adaptations of shows, games, and superheroes.

Age rating suggestions are included with each title, and each recommendation includes a link to its Hoopla or Overdrive page for instant checkout. Keep in mind that Overdrive titles may require placing a hold. Samurai Classics. When an executioner for the shogun is falsely accused and driven from his home, he takes his three-year-old son with him to assume lives as assassins for hire. Embarking on a hard-fought journey for revenge, this father and son story never misses a beat for any of its 28 volumes.

Gruesome violence and adult situations accompany this bitter tale of survival and bloody inheritance. The black and white artwork is often as stark and unforgiving as the morals imparted in each chapter. Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura Mature.

Standalone Originals. Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano Mature. Surreal imagery, such as a reappearing cloud of glowing butterflies, hints at memories lost or denied.

This is not a clear or feel-good story. It would rather walk the reader through the bruised psyches of its characters, with puzzle pieces slowly falling into place along the way.

Guardians of the Louvre by Jiro Taniguchi Teen and up. A manga artist catches a fever after a comics convention but makes sure to visit the Louvre while in Paris. In addition to exchanging ideas with them, he learns about the connection between European and Japanese art, as well as the great effort made to save certain pieces during World War II.

Taniguchi is famous for his stories that gently wander through physical spaces and exercise a meditative mindset. This is an excellent example of comics as tourism. Ryuko by Eldo Yoshimizu Teen and up. Edward Kenway is a pirate in who runs across a secret conflict between a society of assassins and another of templars. Swords and conspiracies clash across history and the two volumes comprising this story.

Batmanga by Jiro Kuwata Tween and up. The plot twists and villains are as zany as his art style, always surprising the reader with the unexpected. You hereby grant Raydiant the right to use data and information we collect from the Services but only in an aggregate or compiled form which we may use to improve the products and services we offer, and to improve the overall experience of the Services.

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And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies and flees into the snowy night. Noa finds refuge with a German circus, but she must learn the flying trapeze act so she can blend in undetected, spurning the resentment of the lead aerialist, Astrid.

At first rivals, Noa and Astrid soon forge a powerful bond. But as the facade that protects them proves increasingly tenuous, Noa and Astrid must decide whether their friendship is enough to save one another-or if the secrets that burn between them will destroy everything.

I read this novel in a headlong rush. The space between life and death is a moment. But it will remain alive in me for hundreds of thousands of future moments. One phone call. That's all it took to change Stephanie Wittels Wachs's life forever. Her younger brother Harris, a star in the comedy world known for his work on shows like Parks and Recreation, had died of a heroin overdose.

How do you make sense of such a tragic end to a life of so much hilarious brilliance? In beautiful, unsentimental, and surprisingly funny prose, Stephanie Wittels Wachs alternates between her brother's struggle with addiction, which she learned about three days before her wedding, and the first year after his death, in all its emotional devastation.

This compelling portrait of a comedic genius and a profound exploration of the love between siblings is The Year of Magical Thinking for a new generation of listeners. A heartbreaking but hopeful memoir of addiction, grief, and family, Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful will make you laugh, cry, and wonder if that possum on the fence is really your brother's spirit animal. Stephanie Wittels Wachs has been there, and she emerges with her wit, wisdom, and spirit intact. This remarkable and movingly told story will break and mend hearts.

The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. But there Lucy was, trying to make things right and return to their old rhythms. Perhaps Alice should be happy. She has not adjusted to life in Morocco, too afraid to venture out into the bustling medinas and oppressive heat.

Lucy—always fearless and independent—helps Alice emerge from her flat and explore the country. But soon a familiar feeling starts to overtake Alice—she feels controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. Tangerine is a sharp dagger of a book—a debut so tightly wound, so replete with exotic imagery and charm, so full of precise details and extraordinary craftsmanship, it will leave you absolutely breathless.

But caveat lector: Tangerine, like its namesake fruit, can be both bracing and bitter. An emotionally harrowing debut novel that explores assimilation and loss, immigration and homeland, independence and connection. One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her.

With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. It's the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been taken away--and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of her past.

Ko gives us an unsparing portrait of the resilience and grit it takes to risk everything to break free of tradition and start over in a foreign land. Lisa Ko has taken the headlines and has reminded us that beyond them lie messy, brave, extraordinary, ordinary lives.

Summer Spotlight Selection. Publisher: Sourcebooks. A searing Southern story about confronting the difference between the family you're born into and the family you choose, from the acclaimed author of How to Bury Your Brother Lex fled Memphis years ago, making ends meet with odd jobs teaching English around the world.

Summer Additional Recommendations. God Spare the Girls. Leaving Coy's Hill. Legends of the North Cascades. Fresh Water For Flowers. The Anatomy of Desire. Nowhere Girl. Spring Spotlight Selection. Publisher: Algonquin. Additional Recommendations. When the Apricots Bloom. The Stranger Diaries. Paper Bullets. Invincible Vol. To Be Honest. The Good Doctor of Warsaw. Winter Spotlight Selection.

Publisher: Hanover Square. What would you change if you could travel back in time? Shuggie Bain. The Monsters We Make. The Devil and the Dark Water. Big Girl Small Town. Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips. Fall Spotlight Selection. Publisher: Abrams. Fall Recommended Reads. The Confessions of Frannie Langton. Of Bears and Ballots.

The Voting Booth. Black Hammer Vol. These Women. Moon of the Crusted Snow. The Subtweet. Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press. Summer Recommended Reads. The Revisioners. Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. The Five. Dear Haiti, Love Alaine. Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite.

The Sunday Girl. Why We Swim. Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed. Only the River. Publisher: Algonquin Books. Spring Recommended Reads. Night Theater.