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“Why do I even go to school? What’s the point of all this?”

Red Threads by Ila Nguyen-Hayama

January 22, 2026 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Another random bookstore find that I really enjoyed. I always am hoping and checking for more YA graphic novels since fewer come out than those aimed at middlegrade readers, and this is aimed at around 14-15. Red Threads is about Hana, a high schooler from Tokyo who helps save a crow and then gets offered a scholarship at the Benten School of Esoterics, a fancy boarding school. On the train to the school, she meets another new student, Yoomi, a girl from Kansai whose family work […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Ila Nguyen-Hayama, magical school, power of friendship, ya graphic novel

GentleRain's CBR18 Review No:24 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Ila Nguyen-Hayama, magical school, power of friendship, ya graphic novel ·
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