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Collects the adventures of Akissi, a young West African girl who is always getting into trouble.

"Big Nate is a legend at P.S. 38, where he and friends Francis, Teddy, Dee Dee, Chad, and others manage to make sixth grade interesting with all kinds of pranks, drama, sports, and good times. The all-time leader in detentions, Nate is never far from the spotlight, whether it's for a freak injury on the soccer field, Halloween costume fail, or stirring up a new episode in his long-running rivalry with grade-grubbing Gina or his teacher nemesis, Mrs....

"Zaha Sanko's body has great and terrible powers-they say that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even the desire to become ruler of the universe. But Sanko is still a teenage dude with his own life, and he isn't about to let every monstrous lowlife in the galaxy rip him limb from limb. He and his skeletal buddy Avakian will use their dark powers to fend off any murder attempts while they search space for whomever put this curse on Sanko's...

"Rimuru's taking a break from managing his kingdom of monsters by honoring the memory of his friend Shizu. Her former pupils will perish if he can't find a way to rein in their unstable magical energy and he might just have the answer. It will involve enlisting the help of powerful elemental spirits--but he's about to find out that their fairy queen is a bit of a loose cannon..." -- Page [4] of cover.

"A Reunion on the Battlefield Rimuru and Hinata hoped to avoid fighting, but that seems inevitable now. Curiously, each of them believes the other is the aggressor. A third party is clearly pulling the strings, pushing both sides toward open war, and all signs point to the Seven Days Clergy. However, Rimuru is determined to keep the peace, ordering his subjects not to kill. Can the Demon Lord and leader of the Ten Great Saints uncover the truth before...

"As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of elves and magic, he's a little disappointed to find he's become a blind, boneless slime monster... At the suggestion of Demon Lord Carrion, Tempest and Eurazania have sent delegations to each other in the hopes of finding fruitful exchange. Benimaru leads the mission...

"Garfield slurps and burps: Who has time for manners when there's food to be inhaled? Garfield eschews etiquette in favor of binging and belching. And who can blame him? He's only human! So get rude 'n' crude and pig out on this collection of tasty comics"--Publisher marketing "Garfield belly laughs: What's the menu du jour? Food, fun--and lots of it! Whether it's a mouse bathing in coffee, or a zombie binging on brains, laughter is the order of...

"Nene steps into the spotlight! The mermaid kingdom hasn't forgotten her, and they're back to claim what's theirs! Can Hanako protect her from becoming permanently fishy? Meanwhile, Kou makes friends with an odd ghost haunting the entrance to the middle school division. Kou has no idea who this guy was when he was alive, but that doesn't mean he can't help him solve his unfinished business! Will the junior exorcist be able to help this friendly ghost...

"A living disaster in the form of an Orc Lord and his 200,000-strong force of monsters threatens the residents of the Great Forest of Jura. In response, Treyni the dryad, protector of the forest, asks Rimuru to vanquish the Orc Lord and his army. Rimuru accepts, but to take on this new, formidable enemy, he'll need help. Unfortunately, it looks like he'll need to enlist the aid of the lizardmen, which might be difficult after his last encounter with...

"Despite belonging to a family of four, the Aoyama residence is typically home to three due to father Akiyoshi's job. While he's away at work, mom Tomoko and her two beloved sons Hiroki and Yuri go about their everyday lives--going to school, making dinner, doing homework, etc. But now that Hiroki's in his first year of high school, his thoughts are turning ever so slightly to sex and romance and his mom can't help but notice his slips of the tongue...