Best of
Slice-Of-Life

2010

Cheese in the Trap, Season 1


Soon Kki - 2010
    From then on her life took a turn for the worse and Sul was almost certain it was all Yoo Jung's doing. So why is he suddenly acting so friendly a year later?Original webcomicThe first season of 치즈인더트랩 includes 46 chapters.

学園ベビーシッターズ 1


Hari Tokeino - 2010
    Ryuuichi becomes the school daycare's new babysitter.

It's a Busload of Pigeon Books!


Mo Willems - 2010
    Next stop: super fun reading!

The Auditions


Stacy Gregg - 2010
    Friendships are quickly made, but with rivalries hotting up inside AND outside the arena, who will stay focused and outshine the competition?With all the glitz and glamour of international eventing and the daily dramas of high school life, ‘Pony Club Rivals’ is a sure-fire hit!

Ravenwood


Nathan Lowell - 2010
    Her journey is interrupted when she decides to help a small village and learns that much of what she knows of the world may not be quite as it seems.Nathan Lowell blends wiccan tradition and shamanistic lore into a fantasy quest for a new - if unlikely - heroine. She learns that the familiar sometimes hides the fantastic and that, even when you think you’ve made your decisions, life doesn’t always agree.

Johnny Wander, Vol. 1: Don't Burn the House Down


Ananth Panagariya - 2010
    This volume collects the first year of comics with additional material including never-before-seen autobio comics.

Appalachian Justice


Melinda Clayton - 2010
    We didn’t know much of nothin’ about life outside of them mountains. I did not know the word lesbian; to us, gay meant havin’ fun and queer meant somethin’ strange.”In 1945, when Billy May was fourteen years old and orphaned, three local boys witnessed an incident in which Billy May’s sexuality was called into question. Determined to teach her a lesson she would never forget, they orchestrated a brutal attack that changed the dynamics of the tiny coal mining village of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia forever.Voted Sapphic Readers Book Club Book of the Year in 2011 (under a different imprint), and a 2013 finalist for University of North Carolina-Wilmington’s Synergy Program, Appalachian Justice is a work of southern fiction that delves into social issues such as poverty, domestic violence, misogyny, and sexual orientation. Ultimately, however, Appalachian Justice delivers a message of hope.

Glitter


Kate Maryon - 2010
    CREDIT CRUNCH THROWS LIBERTY PARFITT’S WORLD UPSIDE DOWNTaken away from the boarding school she loves, Liberty and her angry dad are forced to stay in a friend’s flat in a rough part of London where she finds herself in a school that’s locally known as ‘The Grave.' Without her best friend’s violin to play, Liberty feels as if her life couldn’t get any worse; then there’s the nasty Tyler boy and her dad’s depression and the gang by the canal… If only she had a mum, then things might be better – and what actually did happen to her mum? Well, there are the trunks in Dad’s bedroom and the violin on the bed and, once her curiosity is sparked, Liberty discovers a whole lot more about her past than she ever could have imagined.

I Am Here! Omnibus Vol. 01


Ema Tōyama - 2010
    Her only friends are the visitors to her Internet blog. One day, the most popular boy in the grade suddenly talks to her. Encouraged by this twist of fate, Hikage determines to transform her life.   Includes special extras after the story!This is a bundle of the first 2 volumes and also contains half of volume 3.

ひよ恋 1 [Hiyokoi 1]


Moe Yukimaru - 2010
    Follow her as she struggles with her social skills, tries to make friends and maybe even a little bit more...?

Keep Me in Your Heart: Letting Go of Lisa / Saving Jessica / Telling Christina Goodbye


Lurlene McDaniel - 2010
    Readers will relate to the compassion and strength of the characters as they piece their lives back together after tragedy strikes. Letting Go of Lisa Nathan Malone has been home schooled his whole life. He hasn't spent much time with kids his own age, let alone dated. Now that his mother is busy with his new twin sisters, he must enroll at the local high school for his senior year. On the first day of school a girl catches his eye. Lisa is a loner and doesn't care what anybody thinks of her. Nathan is intrigued. When he and Lisa finally start spending time together, he is the happiest he's ever been. But Lisa has a tragic secret and when she decides to deal with it herself, Nathan has to make a choice. Can he ever let go of Lisa? Saving Jessica Jessica McMillan and Jeremy Travino are a perfect couple. When they met in high school, Jessica's upbeat spirit helped Jeremy to see that there must be a reason he was spared in the car accident that killed his brother. But now Jessica has been diagnosed with kidney failure. Her only hope is a kidney transplant but no one in her family is a match. Jeremy can't watch another person he loves die. He believes that his life was spared so he could save Jessica by donating a kidney. But his parents are terrified of losing their only child. Will Jeremy go against his parents' wishes to do what he must to save Jessica? Telling Christina Goodbye Trisha Thompson and her best friend, Christina, are having a great senior year. Trisha and her boyfriend are making plans to attend Indiana University, and Christina received a scholarship to the University of Vermont. Everything would be perfect if only Trisha got along with Christina's controlling boyfriend, Tucker, who is trying to convince Christina not to go away for college. Their lives are forever changed when one night Tucker drives them all home from a basketball game. He hits black ice and the car overturns. Tucker walks away with barely a scratch, but Trisha is injured, Cody is in a coma, and Christina is dead. Those that are left must learn to heal, in order for their lives to move on.

Cross Game 1


Mitsuru Adachi - 2010
    The series centers around a boy named Ko, the family of four sisters who live down the street and the game of baseball. This poignant coming-of-age story will change your perception of what shonen manga can be.

The Rule of Standing on Tiptoe


Puku Okuyama - 2010
    As a perfect foil to Kosuke’s short stature, Raku is tall, manly and popular with girls. Although Kosuke initially feels jealous, he soon learns of Raku’s secret and is asked to keep it a secret. Raku finds himself taking an interest in Kosuke and they begin to grow closer. This is a high school romantic comedy about an odd couple!

Creatures of the Wind


Everythursday - 2010
    Maybe he came to be with her, or drown her, or anchor her to somewhere that they could name, and keep, and call their own. But whatever it was, however they got here, wherever they were going, he was hers.

Spanking New


Clifford Henderson - 2010
    Only Nina seems to be hung up on her gay guy friend Pablo, and Nina’s best girlfriend Dink is hung up her! Will Nina and Rick get it together in time to conceive Spanky before he evaporates? And if this hurdle gets crossed, will they choose to keep him?There’s not much Spanky can do but watch from above while his fate plays out—and if that’s not scary enough—an unexpected twist of fate makes Spanky have to completely reevaluate his expectations. He’s a girl!A poignant, hilarious, unforgettable look at life, love, gender, and the essence of what makes us who we are.

Evidence of Insanity


carol piner - 2010
    That was ok because it was a result of her Mama ramming her Daddy's car at the local Texaco station. I was still a fetus, hollering for Mama to "git him", cheering her on all the way.

Ichiroh!, Vol. 3


Mikage - 2010
    Nanako needs to find a way to cool off, but her penny-pinching ways are making the decision to buy a fan or an AC much more complicated than she expected!

The Bee Book


Jakob Streit - 2010
    Chock full of scientific information, a child in the fourth or fifth grade would never know it was an accurate science book because delight and wonder are the results of reading about these marvelous little animals, bees! This would make a very satisfying reader for the third through the sixth grade with something for everyone in understanding the life cycle of bees and the many gifts they give to the world, spun from sunlight and nectar and hard work!

Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock? #3 (Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock Vol. 1)


Rob Zombie - 2010
    Leon and Kenny's night on the town leads to a mishap of epic proportions! What will ROB ZOMBIE deliver next for the Baron?

Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock? #2 (Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock Vol. 1)


Rob Zombie - 2010
    Baron Von Shock?!? RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock? #1


Rob Zombie - 2010
    Being in the right place at the right time isn't always a good thing, as Baron Von Shock finds out first hand. His sudden rise to fame as a television horror host meets with unexpected results. Baron Von Shock delivers a roller coaster ride of emotion that only ROB ZOMBIE can deliver.

Double Time: Puppies Bite


Kate Hill - 2010
    They awake on an island where women lusting after rare alpha males indulge in sexual fantasies and gladiatorial sports.In a world ruled by women, where dominant males are banished to the Alpha Islands, twins Iron and Rock earn their living as gladiators. They’re training when they notice two women drowning in the sacred lake and dive in to help.Saved by the two brothers, Geri and Dee can’t resist their gorgeous rescuers, but on Amazurn, if a woman wants to keep her heart intact, she should never love a gladiator.