"It's a humid summer night in 1997 and Ludo Carre is nervous. Her hasn't seen or spoken to his ex, Arlo Quinonez, since he was fifteen. Now, he's returning home and is about to be reunited with the only person he really connected with in his youth. The night before he arrives, Ludo calls her to ease his nerves. Big laughs and a familiar cadence in Arlo's voice don't just calm him down -- they make him excited to see her. That excitement only hurts...

"5,000 Kilometers Per Second tells--or almost tells--the love story between Piero and Lucia, which begins with a casual glance exchanged by teenagers across the street through a window..."--Amazon.com.

"Two high school geniuses scheme to get the other to confess their love first. Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first?!... Will Chika agree to train genius Miyuki one more time to make up for yet another of his surprising deficiencies? Then, Miyuki's sister and father meddle in his (mostly hypothetical) love life. Are they too soon or too late? Rumors that plague Ishigami have serious personal and academic...

"Jotaro Kujo discovers a lead on the stolen bow and arrow, but is it too late to stop the thief? While Jotaro is investigating that lead, Josuke Higashikata and Koichi Hirose find a new ally in ... Okuyasu?! The bully wants to mend his ways after the death of his brother, and the first step is going to school with Jotaro and Koichi. Plus, Yukako Yamagishi enters the scene, and she's got love on her mind and anger in her heart. Will Koichi survive...

"Nakamura has fallen in love-at-first-sight with one of his classmates, Hirose--but there's a problem: they haven't actually met yet ... and Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin!"--Page 4 of cover

"Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew. Kou has confessed to Futaba that in junior high he liked her too, but he believes they can never return to those times. Kou continues to act both brusque and sweet. Will a leadership retreat bring them closer together?"--Provided by publisher.

"Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew... With the help of his friends, Kou lets go of painful memories from his past. Futaba wants to get closer to Toma, but she ends up spending time with Kou."--Provided by publisher.

"Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew. Futaba does her best to let Kou out of her heart. Toma and Futaba grow closer, and Kou realizes he doesn't have much time to win her back..."--Page [4] of cover.

Loosely based on the author's life, chronicling his journey from childhood to adulthood, exploring the people, experiences, and beliefs that he encountered along the way.

"Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever. This is a story of a mother's love that has gone too far... Unable to process the horrifying events of the past few months, Seiichi's anger, fear and frustration boil over. But even as he is haunted by the memory of his mother's hands around his throat, he finds his voice again thanks to his classmate...