Promised Neverland, Vol. 1 - Kaiu Shirai (Paperback)
Description
The children of the Grace Field House orphanage have their happy lives upended when they find out they're being raised to be fed to demons. Can they escape their fate before it's too late?
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9781421597126
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 5 Dec 2017
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Authors
- Kaiu Shirai
Posuka Demizu (Artist)
Posuka Demizu (Illustrator)
Satuski Yamashita (Translator)
Mark McMurray (Illustrator)
Julian Robinson (Illustrator)
Demizu Posuka (Illustrator)
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viz
- Series
- Promised Neverland
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 192
- Dimensions
- 191 x 127 x 15mm (191g)
Annotation
The orphans at Grace Field House lead a comfortable life under the
care of "Mom," but Emma and Norman uncover a dark truth that is
going to change their lives completely.
Summary
The children of the Grace Field House orphanage must escape a
macabre fate before it&;s too late.
Life at Grace Field House is good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems&;
Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as &;Mom,&; all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn&;what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.
Life at Grace Field House is good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems&;
Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as &;Mom,&; all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn&;what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.
Fiction
- General Subject
- Graphic Novels
- BISAC Subject 1
- Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / General
- BISAC Subject 2
- Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy
- BISAC Subject 4
- Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / General
- BIC Classification 1
- Graphic novels: Manga
- Library Subject 1
- Orphanages
- Library Subject 2
- Graphic novels
- Library Subject 3
- Orphans
- Dewey Classification
- 741
Author Bio
Kaiu Shirai debuted in 2015 with Ashley Gate no Yukue on the Shonen
Jump+ website. Shirai first worked with Posuka Demizu on the
two-shot Poppy no Negai, which was released in February 2016.
Posuka Demizu debuted as a manga artist with the 2013 CoroCoro series Oreca Monster Bouken Retsuden. A collection of illustrations, The Art of Posuka Demizu, was released in 2016 by PIE International.
Posuka Demizu debuted as a manga artist with the 2013 CoroCoro series Oreca Monster Bouken Retsuden. A collection of illustrations, The Art of Posuka Demizu, was released in 2016 by PIE International.
Customer Reviews
Intriguing
Reviewed by GW on
A great story of mystery, intrigue, deception, and action with a cast of lovable lead characters who strive to defy all odds. Just note that this story is rated T for older teens as there are a couple of disturbing moments.