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1) Lore Olympus
Author
Series
Lore Olympus volume 6
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Language
English
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Medfield Romance for Adults - Fantasy/Mythology/Paranormal
NYT - Graphic Books and Manga
Read a retelling of an old myth/tale/tradition (Adult)
NYT - Graphic Books and Manga
Read a retelling of an old myth/tale/tradition (Adult)
Description
Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love -- witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology's best-known stories from creator Rachel Smythe. Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olyumpus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods. When...
Author
Series
Kitchen princess volume 10
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
<2007->
Language
English
Description
Najika is a gifted cook and attends the prestigious Seika Academy cooking school. Her friendship with two brothers, Sora and Daichi, creates resentment with other girls at the school. Her greatest rival is a popular, teen model, Akane who tries to drive Najika from the school by staging a cooking contest.
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English
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"Margaret Atwood's best-loved novel has taken the world by storm again. Riding high on bestseller lists for months and the basis for Hulu's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning smash hit series, The Handmaid's Tale is everywhere--and it's primed for a stunning new graphic novel adaptation. The story is iconic: In the Republic of Gilead, a Handmaid named Offred lives in the home of the Commander, to the purpose that she become pregnant with his child....
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2018]-
Language
English
Description
"Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first ...?! Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are two geniuses who stand atop their prestigious academy's student council, making them the elite among elite. But it's lonely at the top and each has fallen for the other. There's just one huge problem standing in the way of lovey-dovey bliss--they're both too prideful to be the first to confess their romantic feelings...
Author
Series
Twin star exorcists volume 31
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015-
Language
English
Description
Rokuro would like to be something else, but he comes from a family line of exorcists.
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Series
Scott Pilgrim volume 6
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Six of Ramona's seven evil exes dispatched, it should be time for Scott Pilgrim to face Gideon Graves, the biggest and baddest of her former beaus. But didn't Ramona take off at the end of Book 5? Shouldn't that let Scott off the hook? Maybe it should, maybe it shouldn't, but one thing is for certain all of this has been building to Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour!"--Amazon.
7) Blue flag
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]-
Language
English
Description
"For some reason, Taichi Ichinose just can't tolerate Futaba Kuze. But at the start of his third year in high school, he finds himself in the same homeroom as her, along with his childhood friend and school sports star Toma Mita. But one day Futaba opens up to Taichi, admitting she has a crush on Toma and asking for his help in confessing to him! There's just one problem--Toma seems to already have a secret crush on someone else."--Vol. 1, back cover....
Author
Series
Lovesick Ellie volume 12
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Pub. Date
2021-2023.
Language
English
Description
"At her high school, she's Eriko Ichimura, the girl so boring no one remembers she exists. But online, she's 'Lovesick Ellie,' a brash and lusty alternate persona with quite a viral following! Ellie's favorite pastime?Spying on her handsome and perfect classmate Ohmi and spinning wild fantasies in the form of very thirsty tweets. But one day, quite by accident, Eriko learns that Ohmi isn't as perfect as she thought ... and he discovers her secret...
9) Seconds
Author
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Katie's got it pretty good. She's a talented young chef, she runs a successful restaurant, and she has big plans to open an even better one. Then, all at once, progress on the new location bogs down, her charming ex-boyfriend pops up, her fling with another chef goes sour, and her best waitress gets badly hurt. And just like that, Katie's life goes from pretty good to not so much. What she needs is a second chance. Everybody deserves one, after all--but...
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English
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"Jane Eyre is a novel of passion - of anger, defiance, and of overwhelming desire. No novel, before or since, has caught so precisely the complex emotions of childhood, where feelings of powerlessness can mix with rage, and a bitter sense of injustice. From the early scenes, where Jane is locked in the red room, and learns to defy her aunt, through the oppressive regime of Lowood School, we follow the turbulent swell of Jane's feelings. Her psychological...
12) Lucky Penny
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Language
English
Description
"If Penny Brighton didn't have bad luck, she'd have no luck at all. She lost her job. And her apartment. In the same day. But it's okay, her friend has a cozy storage unit she can crash in. And there's bound to be career opportunities at the neighborhood laundromat--just look how fast that 12-year-old who runs the place made it to management! Plus, there's this sweet guy at the community center, and maybe Penny can even have a conversation with him...
13) Mooncakes
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Language
English
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[Lasell] Disability
[Lasell] Graphic Works Master List
Medfield Cozy Reads for Teens - Mysterious and Magical
Natick-Morse Pride 2024
[Lasell] Graphic Works Master List
Medfield Cozy Reads for Teens - Mysterious and Magical
Natick-Morse Pride 2024
Description
Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers? bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town. One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place...
14) Fangs
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Upon meeting in a bar one night, Elsie and Jimmy are immediately attracted to each other, but there's a hitch--she's a vampire and he's a werewolf. The two become involved (with a few minor annoyances and missteps), and they share memories of past lovers and swap gruesome tales of past exploits. Told in a series of series of charming and--despite the supernatural context--relatable vignettes.
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Originally mentioned in It's in His Kiss--one of the Bridgerton novels which inspired the smash Netflix series Bridgerton--Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron is finally told here in its entirety for the first time... Born into a happy family that is tragically ravaged by smallpox, Miss Priscilla Butterworth uses her wits to survive a series of outlandish trials. Cruelly separated from her beloved mother and grandmother, the young girl is sent to...
16) Onion skin
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rolando's job was crushing his soul... and then it crushed his hand. Now he can barely get out of the house, marathoning TV and struggling to find meaning. Nera is a restless spirit who loves to taste everything life can offer, but sleeps in a broken-down food truck and can't see a way to make her dreams come true. When their paths cross at a raucous rock show, the magical night seems to last forever. Together they throw caution to the wind, fix up...
17) The new world
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The United States of America -- after the Second Civil War. Two people meet and fall in love. One, a very orderly vegan hacker ready to make some mess. The other, a chaotic cop with a reality TV show that never stops. Head. Over. Heels. With the entire Republic of New California after them, they run"--
18) Ruined
Author
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For fans of Bridgerton comes a Regency-era romance graphic novel about the unexpected passion that blooms from a marriage of convenience. The whole town is whispering about how Catherine Benson lost her virtue, though they can never agree on the details. Was it in the public garden? Or a moving carriage? Only a truly desperate man would want her now -- and that's exactly what Andrew Davener is. His family's estate is in disrepair, but Catherine's...
Author
Publisher
A Wave Blue World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Phantom Of The Opera, the iconic gothic romance, is retold with all the spectacle its legend demands in this devoted graphic novel adaptation that marries stunning artwork with Gaston Leroux's haunting prose. Everyone has heard the whispered tales of the phantom who lives beneath the opera house, the mysterious trickster behind all the little mishaps and lost things. But no one has ever seen the monster . . . until now. When the promise of blossoming...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The grand finale! The big finish! The climax! We speak of course about this, the end of the award-winning, boundary-pushing, taste-challenging SEX CRIMINALS. Suze and Jon have sex, stop time, and rob banks. The bank went after them. Now Suze and Jon finish off the bank, the Sex Police, and the bad guys all in one pop, hoping to dodge a huge load of trouble before it explodes in their faces"--
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