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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1
By: Koyoharu Gotouge
Release Date: July 3, 2018 (First published June 6, 2016)
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Series: 鬼滅の刃 [Kimetsu no Yaiba] (#1)
Summary:In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.

Learning to slay demons won’t be easy, and Tanjiro barely knows where to start. The surprise appearance of another boy named Giyu, who seems to know what’s going on, might provide some answers…but only if Tanjiro can stop Giyu from killing his sister first!


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Party Games (Fear Street Relaunch #1)
By: R.L. Stine
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
Series: Fear Street Relaunch (#1)
Summary: Her friends warn her not to go to Brendan Fear's birthday party at his family's estate on mysterious Fear Island. But Rachel Martin has a crush on Brendan and is excited to be invited. Brendan has a lot of party games planned. But one game no one planned intrudes on his party—the game of murder. As the guests start dying one by one, Rachel realizes to her horror that she and the other teenagers are trapped on the tiny island with someone who may want to kill them all. How to escape this deadly game? Rachel doesn't know whom she can trust. She should have realized that nothing is as it seems… on Fear Island.

R.L. Stine makes his triumphant return to Shadyside, a town of nightmares, shadows, and genuine terror, and to the bestselling series that began his career writing horror for the juvenile market, in the new Fear Street book Party Games.

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The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
By: Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth (Illustrator), Mike Dringenberg (Illustrator)
Release Date: October 19, 2010 (First published January 1, 1988)
Publisher: Vertigo
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Series: The Sandman (#1), Colección Vertigo Salvat-ECC (#2)
Summary: An occultist attempting to capture the physical embodiment of Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his seventy-year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power to reclaim his reign. From there, one of the greatest series in the history of the graphic novel genre begins... New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series The Sandman is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo title and one of the finest achievements in comics storytelling. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore and fairy tales with his own distinct narrative vision. This graphic novel--a perfect jumping-on points for any reader--includes the introductions of Morpheus, Lucifer and The Endless, all intricate parts of this enduring series that is still as relevant today as ever. Includes issues #1-8 of the original series with completely new coloring, approved by the author.

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