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.
Uniform Title
Series
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.