Children of the Sea, Vol. 1 -- Daisuke Igarashi

When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora. They were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does. <p/>Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Daisuke Igarashi<br><b>Publisher:</b> Viz Media<br><b>Published:</b> 07/21/2009<br><b>Pages:</b> 320<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.99lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.20h x 5.86w x 0.94d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781421529141<br><b>Age Range:</b> 16-17<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 04/20/2009 pg. 38<br><i>Booklist</i> 11/01/2009 pg. 34<br><i>ALA Graphic Novels for Teens</i> 03/01/2010 pg. 20<br><i>Foreword</i> 07/14/2009<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Daisuke Igarashi is an award-winning manga creator who began his career in 1993. His series <b><i>Majo</i></b> received the Excellence Prize at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival and was nominated for the Fauve d'Or Best Comic Book Prize at the 2007 Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'AngoulÃame. <b><i>Little Forest</i></b> was nominated for the 2006 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize. His current series <b><i>Children of the Sea</i></b> is the winner of the 38th Japan Cartoonist Award an