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Mermaid scales and the town of sand

Call Number

  • J GRAPHIC NOVEL KOMO (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Viz signature edition.

Languages

Translated from the Japanese.

Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2023]

Physical Description

394 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm

Audience

Rated T for Teen; recommended for ages 13 and up. This volume depicts the danger of drowning.

Summary

"When Tokiko's parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn't easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends. But then strange memories start to surface. Swimming in the ocean ... Drowning ... Getting saved by ... a merman? Yosuke denies the presence of merfolk, yet the townspeople hold a festival to honor them every year. Can Tokiko solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy ...?"--Provided by publisher.

Notes

This book reads from right to left.

"First published in Japan in 2013 by SHUEISHA, Inc., Tokyo."--Colophon.