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After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.

In the not-too-distant past, the Ice Witch blankets the world in snow, starvation, and madness, leading the inhabitants to seek their salvation in fire. With that, an unusual destiny unfolds for two young orphans, Agni and Luna, blessed with the ability to regenerate. But will this ability prove to be more of a curse than a blessing?

"Ajin boys who show signs of special abilities are conscripted to serve in the imperial palace as beast-servants--status symbols and shields for their royal masters, to be kept or discarded on a whim. When they were children, Rangetsu's twin brother Sogetsu was ripped from her arms and sent to the palace to attend Prince Tenyou as a beast-servant, where he quickly fell victim to bloody dynastic intrigues. Now in a world that promises only bitterness,...

"What do Ace Savvy, Muscle Fish, and El Falcon de Fuego (The Falcon of Fire) all have in common? They're super-heroes! But, what makes a super-hero truly super? And what can make this SUPER SPECIAL even more super? Familia and friends, of course! Not only do we have Lincoln Loud and Clyde idolizing their super-hero favorites, but see what Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lisa, Lola, Lana, and Lily are up to along with Ronnie Anne, Carl, and other...

"Kaya, a young girl with a magic arm and a fighting spirit is tasked with delivering her little brother to a far away safe harbor. There he's destined to find the answer to overthrowing the all-powerful empire that destroyed their home. Starting out on their journey, they'll face lizard-riders, monstrous beasts, and secrets that could tear brother and sister apart. From writer-artist Wes Craig (Deadly Class, Gravediggers Union) comes an astonishing...

Ben, a ten-year-old Irish boy, discovers his mute sister Saoirse, whom he blames for the apparent death of his mother, is a selkie who has to free faerie creatures from the Celtic goddess Macha.

Late one night, three otherworldly creatures appear and sweep Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe away on a mission to save Mr. Murry, who has gone missing while doing top-secret work for the government. They travel via tesseract--a wrinkle that transports one across space and time--to the planet Camazotz, where Mr. Murry is being held captive. There they discover a dark force that threatens not only Mr. Murry but...

"Mistaken for Kuromatsu, a ruthless killer known in the underworld as "The Neck Breaker," Minato finds himself caught between rival Yakuza factions and thrust into a situation he can't run from. Meanwhile, the real Kuromatsu (a.k.a. the fake Minato) plots his next move against the man who set him up--a detective who happens to be an acquaintance of the Myojin siblings. Kuromatsu sends a video that threatens to expose the detective, but Minato has...