From the back cover: School's out! But since Soichiro is going to be away competing in a kendo tournament all summer, he and Yukino are forced to spend their vacation apart. Will their romance be able to survive the separation? Yukino decides to spend her free time hanging out with her gal pals, but soon her friend Tsubasa announces she's leaving home. Tsubasa's upset about … [Read more...] about Kare Kano 5 by Masami Tsuda: B+
Kare Kano 4 by Masami Tsuda: B+
From the back cover: A pretty little girl named Tsubasa, an old friend of Soichiro's from junior high, comes back to school. When she sees her beloved Soichiro with Yukino, Tsubasa gets extremely jealous and goes on the warpath to try to get Soichiro for herself. Meanwhile Maho, another girl who's jealous of Yukino, gets all the girls in class to gang up against Yukino and … [Read more...] about Kare Kano 4 by Masami Tsuda: B+
Kare Kano 3 by Masami Tsuda: B+
From the back cover: Things are going well for Yukino and Soichiro. They have accepted each other for who they are, and have truly become boyfriend and girlfriend. But they've been concentrating more on each other than on their schoolwork, and it shows. When the two best students in school suddenly let their grades drop, it draws the attention and concern of one of the … [Read more...] about Kare Kano 3 by Masami Tsuda: B+
Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe: B
Book description: Young Wataru Mitani's life is a mess. His father has abandoned him, and his mother has been hospitalized after a suicide attempt. Desperately he searches for some way to change his life—a way to alter his fate. To achieve his goal, he must navigate the magical world of Vision, a land filled with creatures both fierce and friendly. And to complicate … [Read more...] about Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe: B
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman: A-
From the back cover: The year is 1878, and the spirited Sally Lockhart, once again defying Victorian sensibilities, has gone into business for herself. When one of her clients loses a large sum of money in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally sets out to investigate. But as she delves deeper into the identity of the wealthy and elusive industrialist who … [Read more...] about The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman: A-