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Samurai Girl Real Bout High School, Vol. 01

TITLE: Samurai Girl Real Bout High School, Vol. 01

AUTHOR: Reiji Saiga, Sora Inoue

SERIES: リアルバウトハイスクール [Real Bout High School] (#1)

RATINGS: 3 out 5

RELEASES: April 23, 2002 by Tokyopop

GENRE: Martial arts

AGE RANGE: YA

SYNOPSIS: At Real Bout High School, teachers don't break up fights, they grade them In a school where martial arts are the standard curriculum, Ryoko is kicking butt and taking names. The Real Bout manga spawned the hit anime series. With elements similar to The Matrix, Charlie's Angels, and Tomb Raider, Real Bout combines martial arts with a strong female lead--the perfect recipe for today's teen audience.

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A Shade of Vampire

TITLE: A Shade of Vampire

AUTHOR: Bella Forrest

SERIES: A Shade of Vampire (#1)

RELEASES: December 17, 2012 by Nightlight Press

GENRE: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance

AGE RANGE: Teen

Rating: 1 out 5

SYNOPSIS: On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.

A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.

She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine.
An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.

Sofia's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she is the one selected out of hundreds of girls to join the harem of Derek Novak, the dark royal Prince.

Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood, Sofia soon realizes that the safest place on the island is within his quarters, and she must do all within her power to win him over if she is to survive even one more night.

Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls have met at the hands of the Novaks?

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