Out of Order
10 best books like Out of Order (A.M. Jenkins): Emiko Superstar, The Freak Observer, Finding H.F., 櫻狩り 上 [Sakuragari 1], Kings in Disguise, Juliet's Moon, Jack Tumor, A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Seek, Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath
Emiko's summer looks like this: babysit all day, hang out with her own parents at home in the evening, rinse, repeat. It's pretty dull, but the babysitting gig pays well.
But then Emiko sees a charismatic artiste called Poppy at the mall, and Poppy personally invites her to the Freak Show, held...
| Author | Blythe Woolston |
| ISBN | 0761362126 |
Okay, this won me over -- just when I got so fed up with the relentlessly sad life the narrator, Loa, is living (seriously, I just about lost it when the dog dies in the story), things start to improve for her; yes, it improves slowly, and it's only a little bit, a glimmer, but that's realistic and doesn't undercut...
| Author | Julia Watts |
| ISBN | 1555836224 |
It's been a while since I last read a YA having it all down to perfection: beautiful, insightful, hopeful, bonus a thrilling road trip (between two best friends with an incredibly strong bond). The old school, small town atmosphere is not depressing like Beauty of the Broken but remains both oppressing...
| Author | Yuu Watase |
| ISBN | 4091790267 |
人気作家・渡瀬悠宇が満を持して放つ最新作
『ふしぎ遊戯』『妖しのセレス』等超人気作を放ち、現在も『ふしぎ遊戯 玄武開伝』を執筆中の渡瀬悠宇が、flowers増刊「凛花」に好評連載中の最新シリーズ。これまでの渡瀬作品とは一線を画す記念碑的作品。
其れは、大正九年。僕が、数えで十七の春だった。
僕を殺して呉れないか
時は大正九年。一高入学を目指して志高く上京した田神正崇（たがみまさたか）が奇しくも出逢ったのは、謎めいた美青年、俟爵家の御曹司・斎木蒼磨（さいきそうま）だった。その時から、正崇の運命が狂おしく迸りはじめる――!! 愛憎入り乱れる、美しくも悲痛な大正浪漫幻想譚!!
Sakura...
| Author | James Vance |
| ISBN | 0393328481 |
This award-winning tale, set in the height of the Great Depression, received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Hailed as one of the top 100 comics of all time by The Comics Journal, Kings in Disguise now reemerges as a classic. It is January 1932, and movie-loving...
| Author | Ann Rinaldi |
| ISBN | 0152061703 |
War is turning Juliet Bradshaw's world upside down. Her brother, Seth, rides with William Quantrill's renegade Confederate army, but he's helpless when the Yankees arrest Juliet along with the wives and sisters of Quantrill's soldiers as spies. Imprisoned in a dilapidated old house in Kansas City,...
| Author | Anthony McGowan |
| ISBN | 0374329559 |
Hector is being hectored by an unlikely bully: a talking brain tumor. And it’s not just a talking brain tumor. It’s a know-it-all, pain-in-the-arse, jibber-jabbering brain tumor that names itself Jack, and insists on coaching Hector through life even as it’s threatening to take his life away....
| Author | Dana Reinhardt |
| ISBN | 0385746989 |
Simone’s starting her junior year in high school. Her mom’s a lawyer for the ACLU, her dad’s a political cartoonist, so she’s grown up standing outside the organic food coop asking people to sign petitions for worthy causes. She’s got a terrific younger brother and amazing friends. And she’s...
| Author | Paul Fleischman |
| ISBN | 0689854021 |
Assigned to write his autobiography, high school senior Rob Radkovitz decides to "listen" back on his life. As he remembers the voices of his younger self, his quirky family, and his closest friends, one stands apart -- the haunting voice of his long-absent father, left behind on a single tape from one...
| Author | Steven Goldman |
| ISBN | 1599902710 |
Mitchell Wells may not survive eleventh grade. He really only has one friend, his best friend, David. His normally decent grade point average is in limbo due to a slightly violent, somewhat inappropriate claymation film. And girls . . . well, does hanging out with his sister count?
When David...
| Author | Carl Deuker |
| ISBN | 0380731045 |
When a hard ball is coming at you fast, and when it's dancing, too, every single nerve in your body is alert and ready. Your eyes are wide open, and the adrenaline is pumping. It's not a feeling you want to give up, any more than you want to get off a roller coaster.
In his senior year of high school,...
| Author | Ron Koertge |
| ISBN | 0763621501 |
For sixteen-year-old Ben Bancroft — a kid with cerebral palsy, no parents, and an overprotective grandmother — the closest thing to happiness is hunkering alone in the back of the Rialto Theatre and watching Bride of Frankenstein for the umpteenth time. The last person he wants to run into is drugged-up...
| Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
| ISBN | 0060541512 |
This is the only JCO novel that hooked me instantly and didn't let go. It's the story of 16-year-old Darren who excels on the swim team and has grown incredibly handsome. He becomes popular and begins receiving a number of special favors reserved for the young and beautiful. But being the shy type he doesn't...
Hmm. The weird thing about Sophia Campbell is that she's totally white and her main characters always seem to be vaguely asian-looking, black punk rock girls. While I definitely like seeing some strong black female characters in comics, she does draw them in a ludicrously sexualized way. They all have...
Stan Smith has the world's dullest name, and the world's dullest life to go with it. At 17, the former junior chess champion turned "Town's Laziest Register Monkey at the Town's Only Video Store" has no car, no college, and, of course, no girl. If that weren't pathetic enough, he's got an organic-food-freak...
Leo, Max, Jane, and Daisy don't have much in common. But when they all blow off their SAT prep in favor of forming their own study group, they actually begin to bond -- over why there's so much competition over a stupid test. And what it really measures, anyway.
Then it's revealed that someone has...
| Author | Michael Simmons |
| ISBN | 0385731965 |
Brett Gerson is a 15-year-old spoiled-rotton rich kid; he spends his days lounging by the pool, playing videogames on his big-screen tv, and basically doing anything he wants. One day there is a knock on the door and everything changes, Brett’s father is arrested for insider trading. Brett’s family...
| Author | Beth Kephart |
| ISBN | 0061470481 |
Georgia knows what it means to keep secrets. She knows how to ignore things. She knows that some things are better left unsaid. ...Or are they? When Georgia and her best friend, Riley, travel along with nine other suburban Pennsylvania kids to Anapra, a squatters' village in the heat-flattened border...
| Author | Ian Falconer |
| ISBN | 0740758187 |
In this book of inspiring quotes, the iconic Olivia motivates readers to reach for their dreams.
According to Publishers Weekly, "There's a little bit of Olivia in everyone," and it's true. Olivia books are available in 23 foreign editions and 19 languages around the world. The timeless charm...
The Interrogation of Gabriel James
| Author | Charlie Price |
| ISBN | 0374335451 |
Eyewitness to two killings, fourteen-year-old Gabriel James relates the shocking story behind the murders in a police interrogation interspersed with flashbacks. Step by step, this Montana teenager traces his discovery of a link between a troubled classmate's disturbing home life...
MALLORY IS A teenage girl living in L.A. and her mother is the oftnominated, never-winning star of a daytime soap; she is, in fact, the ultimate drama queen. After yet another blow-out about her mother’s awful plotlines and overacting, Mallory starts blogging about how she wishes soap operas were...
| Author | Guy Burt |
| ISBN | 0345446593 |
In a dark room of a dilapidated house, as a storm rages outside, Matthew lights a candle and places it in the center of the floor. Its light spreads across the wall and illuminates Sophie, tied up in a chair facing him. She is frightened, fearful of what he might do next. But for now, it seems, all Matthew wants...
| Author | Kiyohiko Azuma |
| ISBN | 1413900488 |
20 June 2013
Azumanga Daioh Vol. 4 is the bittersweet ending of this heartwarming series. This volume follows the girls during their final high school days from June up until graduation day. It pains me to say goodbye to everyone, but thank goodness the blow is softened by the silliness...
All animals and animal lovers
are welcome at the Animal Ark
Veterinary Clinic.
At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need.
Mandy is thrilled when her dad wins first prize...
