Find More Like This
Subject
Genres
Availability
| Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Wolfe Island Branch | Teen Non GRAPHICNOVEL 741.5 Komor | Copies Available |
0 |
Comments and Reviews
Patron Comments and Reviews
Tell us what you thought about Mermaid scales and the town of sand
Summary & Details
Full Record Details Table
| Title Statement | Mermaid scales and the town of sand [graphic novel] / story & art by Yoko Komori ; translation, JN Productions ; English adaptation, Annette Roman ; touch-up art & lettering, Susan Daigle-Leach. |
|---|---|
| Author | Komori, Yoko |
| Additional Contributors | Daigle-Leach, Susan,1960- |
| Roman, Annette | |
| Komori, Yoko | |
| Publication | San Francisco, CA: VIZ Media,[2023]©2023 |
| Edition | Viz Signature edition. |
| Extent of Item | 394 pages |
| ISBN | 9781974734658 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr06731357 |
| General Notes | "First published in Japan in 2013 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo"--Copyright page. Pages ordered from right to left. |
| Audience & Ratings | 012+. Rated T for Teen. This volume depicts the danger of drowning. |
| Languages | In English, translated from the Japanese. |
| Summary | "When Tokiko's parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn't easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends. But then strange memories start to surface. Swimming in the ocean … Drowning … Getting saved by … a merman? Yosuke denies the presence of merfolk, yet the townspeople hold a festival to honor them every year. Can Tokiko solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy ... ?"-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Life change events--Comic books, strips, etc |
| Mermaids--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| Mermen--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| Middle school students--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| Moving, Household--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| Preteen girls--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| By Location | Japan--Comic books, strips, etc |
| By Genre | Graphic novels |
| Manga | |
| Fantasy comics | |
