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A high school boy finds the diary of his classmate--only to discover that she's dying. Yamauchi Sakura has been silently suffering from a pancreatic disease, and now exactly one person outside her family knows. He swears to her that he won't tell anyone what he learned, and the shared secret brings them closer together in this first-person story that traces their developing relationship in Sakura's final months of life.

Jean Valjean is a young man accused of stealing. He escapes prison and spends the rest of his life miserable and being chased by one man: a policeman named Valert.

On April 25, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl. Until now, all of the books published in English focused on the facts, names, and data. Voices from Chernobyl presents first-hand accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived through. In order to give a voice to their experiences, Svetlana Alexievich--a journalist by trade--interviewed hundreds of people...

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to Switzerland when the dead body of a physicist turns up bearing the distinguishing mark of the ancient brotherhood of the "Illuminati." Soon, Langdon suspects this mysterious cult is determined to destroy Catholicism with an unimaginably powerful new weapon.

Yotsuba is trying her hand at drawing, but a few ruthless art critics could squash her dreams. A new love for gangster movies will tear her away from her artistic endeavors, when this green-haired girl-turned-goodfella uses her trigger-happy tactics to douse her doubtful neighbors. But when Yotsuba's water pistol runs out of ammo, our hugable thug learns that revenge is a dish best served dry.

"Trevor Benson no tuvo intenciones de volver a New Bern, Carolina del Norte. Pero una terrible explos̤in a las fueras del hospital en el que trabajaba como cirujano, le obliga a volver a casa desde Afganis̀tn con graves heridas. La destartalada cabąa que ha̕ba heredado de su abuelo parece el lugar ideal para recuperarse. Trevor, que cuida las amadas colmenas de abejas de su abuelo, no es̀t preparado para enamorarse de alguien del pueblo. Sin...

On his first vacation without his parents, eight-year-old Myron faces a scary grandfather, teasing older cousins, his first dive off the ten-foot board, and his grandmother's encouragement to write his mother daily, telling her of his adventures.

The all-powerful dark stone -- a magical stone and ruler of the dark side -- awakens after a 50-year respite. When it falls into the hands of the evil demon card, the world is in terrible danger. A sacred stone called Rave and its master Shiba are the only defense against the dark stone's evil powers. Yet, Shiba loses control over Rave after he is mortally attacked by a demon card assassin. With the dark side looming a boy called Haru may be the world's...

A bilingual collection of poems in which the renowned Mexican Americanpoet revisits and celebrates his childhood memories of summers, Mexico,and nature.