"All of Ariol's friends know that he has a big crush on Petula, but no one seems to notice that Bizbilla has her sights on Ariol, including Ariol! While she's waited in the . . . er, wings hoping Ariol will notice her, this sweet little fly has been cooking up a plan. Mister Cantharide, Bizbilla's dad, is an ophthalmologist. An ophthalmologist is the eye doctor. Ariol wears glasses. And it seems he has an appointment coming up! Bizbilla is all abuzz...

In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible, in search of their own best selves. Here, in this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of those readers, people as diverse in their experiences as they are in age and background, share their stories. The journeys they recount are transformative,...

"High school student Anise Yamamoto is the 'Rose Princess' who commands four handsome knights. She is quickly trying to fix the Demon Lord's seal to free herself and her knights from the Rose Contract that binds them to her. Her knights have entered a boy-band contest to win a mysterious Arcana Card, but do they have what it takes to be idols?"--Page 4 of cover.

The bud of bittersweet first love takes bloom! A mysterious boy comes to Saku Fujigaya's rescue when she falls ill on a train, but he leaves before she can thank him. After this experience, Saku never ignores strangers in need of help to emulate the boy who helped her. Saku Fujigaya would like to thank the boy who helped her, but all she has is a note signed "Ryosuke Sakura." She discovers that a boy at her high school, Haruki Sakura, has an older...

One night in the tropics: Abbott and Costello play "two stooges employed by Roscoe, a crooked nightclub owner. Having financed a dubious 'love insurance' policy, Roscoe wants the boys to ensure that Steve marries his hard-to-get girlfriend as they travel to fun in the sun aboard a luxury ocean liner bound for San Marcos, South America." Buck privates: Abbott and Costello hide in an enlistment center to elude the police, and find themselves in the...

"Morio Kurokawa is the toughest-looking tough guy around. Yukiko Akaza is a self-possessed girl with a vision impairment attending a school for the blind. The whole city fears Morio, but Yukiko sees the real him--he's a soft sweetheart who's just searching for his place in the world! After an embarrassing conversation about kisses, Yukiko realizes the next major challenge that she and Morio face--when they'll share their first kiss! With Christmas...

"Baby jumps, baby rolls; baby wiggles and baby jiggles ... and when we cuddle, just us two, with all my heart, 'I love you'"--