Hikaru In the Light | This Week’s Comics

Hikaru In the Light Volume 1 from Graphix tops this week’s list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, along with a new series from Random House Graphic. Other highlights include the graphic novel Crumble from Algonquin Young Readers. Clarion Books releases Besties Volume 1, Prank War while Tokyopop releases a manga for middle-grade readers, Emma and Capucine Volume 1.

The List:

ALGONQUIN YOUNG READERS
Crumble GN, $12.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #28 Jughead Food Festival, $9.99
Betty And Veronica Friends Forever Once Upon A Time #1 (One Shot), $3.99
Betty And Veronica Friends Forever Once Upon A Time #1 (One Shot), $3.99

BLOOMSBURY
Pablo And Splash Volume 2 Frozen In Time GN, $12.99

CLARION BOOKS
Besties Volume 1 Prank War GN, $15.99

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
DuckTales #3, $4.99
Powerpuff Girls #8, $4.99

FLYING EYE BOOKS
Hupo And The Wonder Thief GN, $17.99

GRAPHIX
Animorphs Volume 6 The Capture GN, $14.99
Baby-Sitters Club Volume 17 Mallory And The Trouble With Twins GN, $12.99
Hikaru In The Light Volume 1 GN, $11.99 **Weekly Pick**
I Survived Volume 11 Great Molasses Flood 1919 GN, $12.99
Nat Enough Volume 6 Nat A Chance GN, $14.99
Speechless GN, $14.99

IDW PUBLISHING
My Little Pony Maritime Mysteries TP, $16.99

MARVEL COMICS
Marvel And Disney What If Mickey And Friends Became The Avengers #1, $4.99

RANDOM HOUSE GRAPHIC
A Song For You And I GN, $13.99
Speak Up Santiago GN, $13.99 **Weekly Pick**

RANDOM HOUSE/DISNEY
Disney Lilo And Stitch The Graphic Novel GN, $7.99

SIMON AND SCHUSTER BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
Spy School Volume 4 Spy Ski School GN, $14.99

TOKYOPOP
Emma And Capucine Volume 1 GN, $14.99

The Picks:

Hikaru In The Light Volume 1 GN – Scholastic continues its foray into manga with a new series for Graphix. Middle-school student Hikaru Ogino works at her family’s bathhouse in Tokyo. Known as the songbird, her beautiful voice echoes through the bathhouse as she goes from room to room, cleaning up after school, dreaming of holding a microphone, not a mop! When Ran, her best friend and a former girl group idol, invites her to try out for a pop star survival camp with her, Hikaru jumps at the chance of a lifetime! Ready to put her talents to the test, Hikaru must outshine the competition to make her stage debut! It’s great to see more middle school manga coming out. Fans of K-On!, The Tryout and The Baby-Sitters Club will love this new series.

Speak Up Santiago GN – Random House Graphic releases a new series about friends, family, community and identity. 12-year-old New York City kid Santi is heading upstate to Hillside Valley to spend the summer with his Abuela. He is excited to meet the local kids, eat his Abuela’s delicious food and go exploring. His only problem is that he doesn’t speak Spanish that well while it feels like everyone he meets does. In between the adventures he goes on with his new friends Sol, Willie, Alejandro and Nico, Santi can’t help but worry about his Spanish. What if he can’t keep up? Is he not Colombian enough if he can’t? Santi must find his confidence and his voice, or else his worries could cost him his new friendships, and the chance to play in Hillside’s summer soccer tournament! This new series is perfect for fans of Mexikid and the Click series.

Filed under: All Ages