WHEN THE STARS ALIGN An ordinary day at school turns extraordinary when our gang of teachers and demis witness a scientific miracle. What starts as an experiment in the gymnasium causes a wondrous event that could never occur without each and every one of them—a vampire, a dullahan, a snow woman, a succubus, a kijimunaa, and Takahashi-sensei. There may soon be a miracle of a different kind, too, as a budding relationship between two certain someones grows stronger! Will they finally get their happily ever after?

'" When the members of the MON get suspended for accidentally zombifying a young girl (with an assist from Lala), Kimihito tries to console them by spending a full day on a date with each individual member. Not surprisingly, every date ends in its own unique flavor of disaster. From dodging ghost marriages to picnics gone wrong, Kimihito will be very glad indeed when MON''s suspension is over! Meanwhile, Draco learns a lesson in humility while trying to win back Miia''s favor. It''s more chaos and comedy in this MON-focused volume of everybody''s favorite monster girl series! "'

For fans of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, American Horror Story and The Walking Dead comes a powerhouse anthology featuring some of the best thriller and horror writers in YA Stefan Bachmann, Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, A. G. Howard, Jay Kristoff, Marie Lu, Jonathan Maberry, Danielle Paige, Carrie Ryan, Megan Shepherd, Nova Ren Suma, McCormick Templeman, April Genevieve Tucholke, Cat Winters A host of the sharpest young adult authors come together in this collection of terrifying tales and psychological thrillers. Each author draws from a mix of literature, film, television, and music to create something new and fresh and unsettling. Clever readers will love teasing out the references and can satisfy their curiosity at the end of each tale, where the inspiration is revealed. There are no superficial scares here; these are stories that will make you think even as they keep you on the edge of your seat. From blood horror, to the supernatural, to unsettling, all-too-possible realism, this collection has something for anyone looking for an absolute thrill.

A MELANCHOLY FALL Summer vacation draws to a close, and the Fall season brings with it new worries for the demi girls—even for the energetic vampire Hikari. Surrounded by friends who are chasing their dreams and feeling out of place in a world of humans, Hikari becomes uncharacteristically gloomy…and nearly ends up hurting the person she cares for most. Himari thinks back on how her twin sister turned from shy and reserved to the sunniest vampire you’d ever meet, all due to a promise they made to each other long ago. Meanwhile, Takahashi-sensei grapples with what it means to be a teacher—after all his support for the demis, where will he be when it’s time for them to stand up on their own?

The super-cute monster girl manga on which the hit anime was based! Ages 13+ WHEN THE STARS ALIGN An ordinary day at school turns extraordinary when our gang of teachers and demis witness a scientific miracle. What starts as an experiment in the gymnasium causes a wondrous event that could never occur without each and every one of them—a vampire, a dullahan, a snow woman, a succubus, a kijimunaa, and Takahashi-sensei. There may soon be a miracle of a different kind, too, as a budding relationship between two certain someones grows stronger! Will they finally get their happily ever after?

"The Sally sisters, raised in a rural Jehovah's Witness community in Arkansas, spent their teens and twenties moving between cities and towns in the South and Midwest, working difficult and poorly-paid jobs and falling in and out of relationships. Caught in an eternal sibling rivalry -- where Lori, younger by a year, protected bold, outgoing, reckless Sam -- the two women eventually married a pair of brothers and settled down in Elkhart, Indiana, just around the corner from each other. And it was there that their lives totally and violently diverged. Today, Sam is in federal custody, where she will remain for the next six years after pleading guilty to Financing Terrorism. In July of 2018, she and her children were plucked from a Kurdish refugee camp in Syria, where she landed after spending two years in Raqqa, shielding her children from airstrikes as her husband fought for ISIS. Sam's oldest son appeared in several Islamic State propaganda videos, and she participated in ISIS's practice of enslaving Yazidi women and children. Sam says her husband coerced her to move to Raqqa, but Lori-who quit her job and worked tirelessly to get Sam out of Syria-isn't so sure. American Girls combines an in-depth examination of Sam and Lori's lives with on-the-ground reporting from Syria and Iraq, providing readers with a rare glimpse into the world of American women who join ISIS. Interweaving deeply reported narrative drama with expert analysis, the book explores how the structures of subjugation and abuse experienced at home by women in the U.S. like Sam and Lori are the same structures that enable the rise of patriarchal societies like ISIS. Fascinating, resonant, and moving, American Girls is an unforgettable journey -- from small-town Arkansas to Raqqa, from domestic abuse to a militant terrorist organization -- all through the story of two close, complicated sisters"--