Seventh-grader Nell lives an ordinary life in the magical town of Gumbling, but yearns to land her dream apprenticeship and become an artist.

"While on an expedition to illustrate the magical creatures of the mountains around her home, Hilda spots a mountain troll. As the blue-haired explorer sits and sketches, she slowly starts to nod off. By the time she wakes up, the troll has totally disappeared and, even worse, Hilda is lost in a snowstorm."--Amazon.com.

After telling too many far-fetched tales, Nana Busumuru is sent to spend the summer with relatives in Ghana, where she must join forces with the trickster spider Ananse to prevent an evil corporation from stealing the magic in the village forest.

In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past. Chakuro is the archivist for the Mud Whale, diligently chronicling the lives and deaths of his people. But the steady pace of their isolated existence on the Mud Whale is abruptly shattered when a scouting party discovers a mysterious young girl who...

Mel wants to be a grown-up and make her own decisions so she is happy to get the chance to travel to a magical world where she can make her own choices, even if some are difficult.

"A wizard's job is never done! Get fired up for the official sequel to Fairy Tail, with story and layouts by original creator Hiro Mashima himself. Cornered by the Dragon Eaters of the guild Diabolos, Natsu and his friends have to fight for their lives against foes who seem to be ready for all their tricks! They want to save the Water Dragon, but can they even save themselves? Meanwhile, back in Magnolia, Gajeel and Juvia still have their suspicions...

"Seeking security and well-being doesn't mean settling into contentment or trying to find an easy way out. It means when things get difficult, there are people to count on and a place to find comfort and respite. Abel thought he'd found that. But, like so many others before him, his lack of self-control has put his new home, and those closest to him, in jeopardy. As told by writer Skottie Young and artists Jorge Corona, Abel's quest to find answers...

"During a protacted civil war that pitted the North against the South, the outnumbered Northerners used dark magic to create monsterous super-soldiers called Incarnates. Now that the war has ended, those Sacred Beasts must learn to make their way in a peaceful society, or face death at the hands of a Beast Hunter. Nancy Schaal Bancroft, the daughter of an Incarnate, turns to hunting the hunter herself. But once she catches up with her quarry, she...