Stacey is a librarian and often works at the Information Desk in the Children's Library. She is our resident video game expert, but if you spend a lot of time with littles, you may recognize her as the leader of our ABC Play Date programs.
Stacey recommends the manga series The Summer Hikaru Died, which she read on her phone with Comics Plus. We also have a print copy in the manga collection.
Summary
It has Hikaru's face. It has Hikaru's voice. It even has Hikaru's memories, but whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn't Yoshiki's best friend. Whatever it is, it's dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed, as if Hikaru isn't gone, would be crazy, but when it looks so very like Hikaru, and acts so very like Hikaru…
She recommends it because...
“Horror is a harder genre for me to buy into,” explains Stacey. “I really enjoyed how this one is written. While there are aspects of gore to play up the horror, the moments without blood are still terrifying.”
Who might enjoy it?
Stacey recommends this e-book for fans of slow-burn thrillers and horror. “Before I knew it, I was lost in a world where the difference between human and monster is up for debate.”
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