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Editorial content for The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider Island

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John Hogan

If you live in Manhattan, you’re already deathly afraid of bedbugs. SPIDER ISLAND might be the most terrifying Spider-Man story ever.

"Dan Slott has written a rollicking fun Spider-Man story here. Mostly, it’s an enjoyable, light read packed with a lot of superhero action."

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Manhattan is overrun with insects, giving thousands of people Spider-Man-like powers. And while that may be a good thing for some, it’s a dangerous situation for everyone else, one that requires the combined might of many of Marvel’s greatest heroes, including the amazing wall-crawler.

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Manhattan is overrun with insects, giving thousands of people Spider-Man-like powers. And while that may be a good thing for some, it’s a dangerous situation for everyone else, one that requires the combined might of many of Marvel’s greatest heroes, including the amazing wall-crawler.

About the Book

Start Webbing The News! New York City becomes Infested--and eight million people are plagued! Normal people are getting Spider-Powers! But not all of them realize that with great power must also come...you know the rest. Okay, sure we often say Peter Parker's life will never be the same. But listen, pal, we've never been more serious. This will change everything for Pete, for Spidey...and possibly for YOU! Look at it this way...if EVERYONE'S a Spider-Man...then no one is. As the brilliantly fearsome Jackal rises from the past and begins organizing an army of spider-powered soldiers, how can the heroes of NYC hope to contain millons of wall-crawling New Yorkers? Plus: A dangerous new role for Venom. And, nearly 50 years in the making, the story which MUST BE READ: J. Jonah Jameson: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAYOR!

by Nick Lake - Young Adult 14+

"Shorty" is a Haitian boy trapped among ruins when the earth explodes around him. Surrounded by bodies and desperately weak, death seems imminent. But then he becomes aware of another presence --- one reaching out to him across 200 years of history. 

Editorial Content for In Darkness

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Norah Piehl

To call Nick Lake's IN DARKNESS a book for young people is to do it a disservice. Certainly it should be read by anyone who would benefit from a richer understanding of the troubled country of Haiti. But, after all, couldn't that apply to the vast majority of Americans today, regardless of their age? When most of us saw a Haiti torn apart by earthquake devastation in January 2010, those television pictures were likely the first scenes we had seen of Haiti in years, the first time we had thought of it in months. Read More

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"Shorty" is a Haitian boy trapped among ruins when the earth explodes around him. Surrounded by bodies and desperately weak, death seems imminent. But then he becomes aware of another presence --- one reaching out to him across 200 years of history. 

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"Shorty" is a Haitian boy trapped among ruins when the earth explodes around him. Surrounded by bodies and desperately weak, death seems imminent. But then he becomes aware of another presence --- one reaching out to him across 200 years of history. 

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"Shorty" is a Haitian boy trapped in the ruins of a hospital when the earth explodes around him. Surrounded by lifeless bodies and growing desperately weak from lack of food and water, death seems imminent. Yet as Shorty waits in darkness for a rescue that may never come, he becomes aware of another presence, one reaching out to him across 200 years of history. It is the presence of slave and revolutionary leader Toussaint L'Ouverture, whose life was marred by violence, and whose own end came in darkness. What unites a child of the slums with the man who would shake a troubled country out of slavery? Is it the darkness they share...or is it hope?

Editorial content for Friends with Boys

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Reviewer (text)

John Hogan

Maggie has been homeschooled most of her life. But when her mother runs off, leaving her and her brothers alone with their police officer dad, she is forced to join the ranks of schoolchildren in her town. She is now a high school student.

"Raw emotion, betrayal, confusion, independence and romance all collide spectacularly, and FRIENDS WITH BOYS delightfully captures that."

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After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her older brothers, it’s time for Maggie McKay to face the outside world, all on her own. But that means facing high school first. And it also means solving the mystery of the melancholy ghost who has silently followed Maggie throughout her entire life.

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After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her older brothers, it’s time for Maggie McKay to face the outside world, all on her own. But that means facing high school first. And it also means solving the mystery of the melancholy ghost who has silently followed Maggie throughout her entire life.

About the Book

A coming-of-age tale with a spooky twist!

Maggie McKay hardly knows what to do with herself. After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her older brothers, it’s time for Maggie to face the outside world, all on her own. But that means facing high school first. And it also means solving the mystery of the melancholy ghost who has silently followed Maggie throughout her entire life. Maybe it even means making a new friend—one who isn’t one of her brothers.

Funny, surprising, and tender, Friends with Boys is a pitch perfect YA graphic novel full of spooky supernatural fun.

Editorial content for My Girlfriend's a Geek, Vol. 5

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Danica Davidson

The fifth and final volume of the My Girlfriend’s a Geek manga continues to dish out geeky-related humor, especially fujoshi-related humor. Yuiko is the kind of geek who’s into B.L., moe and doujinshi, and she’s forcing her boyfriend Taiga to share her interests. Read More

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After overcoming some of the strangest hurdles and learning to accept Yuiko's fangirl tendencies, Taiga is over the moon that their comical but loving relationship is stronger than ever. But when the fanfic he's been diligently writing for Yuiko brings Taiga some sudden and unwelcome Internet notoriety, will he be able to withstand the onslaught of a zillion Yuikos.

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After overcoming some of the strangest hurdles and learning to accept Yuiko's fangirl tendencies, Taiga is over the moon that their comical but loving relationship is stronger than ever. But when the fanfic he's been diligently writing for Yuiko brings Taiga some sudden and unwelcome Internet notoriety, will he be able to withstand the onslaught of a zillion Yuikos.

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Dating a "rotten" girl geek is no easy feat, as Taiga knows well. But after overcoming some of the strangest hurdles and learning to accept Yuiko's fangirl tendencies, he's over the moon now that their comical but loving relationship is stronger than ever! But when the fanfic he's been diligently writing for Yuiko brings Taiga some sudden and unwelcome Internet notoriety, will he be able to withstand the onslaught of a zillion Yuikos, or will he run away screaming from his happy ending?!

Editorial content for Bamboo Blade, Vol. 11

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David Gromer

This volume begins the same way as the first volume: with Ishida having a conversation with Ishibashi over a cheap dinner. This time, instead of an inter-school Kendo match, though, it’s about the girl at Muroe High School appearing on a TV show.

"This series by Masahiro Totsuka and Aguri Igarashi is pure gold when it comes to manga for fans of sports and slice of life."

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It’s tough for up-and-coming TV personality Ryouko Toda, a cutthroat celebrity, to maintain her cool on-screen persona when she's forced to appear alongside ditzy costar Erina Sawamiya on “Burnish Academy,” where silly, simple Erina manages to best Ryouko in every single sport. To defeat Erina in sports and in the ratings game, Ryouko must call upon her skills not as an actress, but as a master of the kendo ring.

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It’s tough for up-and-coming TV personality Ryouko Toda, a cutthroat celebrity, to maintain her cool on-screen persona when she's forced to appear alongside ditzy costar Erina Sawamiya on “Burnish Academy,” where silly, simple Erina manages to best Ryouko in every single sport. To defeat Erina in sports and in the ratings game, Ryouko must call upon her skills not as an actress, but as a master of the kendo ring.

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Up-and-coming TV personality Ryouko Toda is an ambitious young woman who's willing to use any means necessary to claw her way to the top. For Ryouko, image is key, but it's tough for this cutthroat celebrity to maintain her cool on-screen persona when she's forced to appear alongside ditzy costar Erina Sawamiya on Burnish Academy, where silly, simple Erina manges to best Ryouko in every single sport! To defeat Erina in sports and in the ratings game, Ryouko must call upon her skills not as an actress, but as a master of the kendo ring!