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Wandering son

Shimura, Takako 1973- (Author). Thorn, Matt. (Added Author).

Summary: The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone : Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy "--Publisher's decription from vol. 1.

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  • ISBN: 9781606994160 (v. 1)
  • ISBN: 1606994166 (v. 1)
  • ISBN: 9781606994566 (v. 2)
  • ISBN: 1606994565 (v. 2)
  • ISBN: 9781606995334 (v. 3)
  • ISBN: 1606995332 (v. 3)
  • ISBN: 9781606996478 (v. 5)
  • ISBN: 9781606997505 (v. 7)
  • ISBN: 9781606998311 (v. 8)
  • Physical Description: print
    v. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; London : Turnaround [distributor, 2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published : Tokyo: Enterbrain, c2003, c2004.
Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format.
Formatted Contents Note: v. 1. The boy who's a girl ; The wandering son wanders on ; Oscar and André ; Wandering daughter ; Nitori-kun's birthday ; Friends and their words ; Takatsuki-san's calamity ; Everything I want -- v. 2. Love & (hair)piece ; Dreams and desires and stuff ; An unfortunate boy ; An undaunted girl ; The exchange diary ; An odd pair ; School trip : day 1 ; School trip : day 2 -- v. 3. Tagging along ; A day of much ado ; Half-crazed ; A new friend ; Sunday date ; Takatsuki Yoshino's big decision ; Stranger and stranger ; A song for everyone -- v. 5. The curious sarashina-san ; The fresh-faced class number three ; We're all friends in this class ; Beautiful Monday ; The teacher loves a mystery ; Practicing being girls ; The door to summer ; Tensions build (again) -- v. 6. How Mako feels ; A maiden's prayer ; Yoshino in bad temper ; The secret life of Nitori-kun ; Ripples ; A thaw? ; Take me out to the ski slopes (part 1) ; Take me out to the ski slopes (part 2) -- v. 8. Spring ; The opposite of "Like" ; The measure of a big sister ; Wavering ; Live to sing ; The morning of a new journey ; The dam ; The dam bursts --
Language Note:
Translated from the Japanese.
Subject: School children Comic books, strips, etc
Gender identity Comic books, strips, etc
Genre: Graphic novels.


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