Miki Falls: Book Two - Summer [Paperback]

Mark Crilley (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 26, 2007

Has Miki fallen too hard?

It's summer, and Miki Yoshida is learning all about love. Her senior year has blossomed with promise ever since she gained Hiro Sakurai's confidence. Now, she's resolved to keep his trust as he reveals more about his secret mission and warns:

"Don't get involved."

But Miki fears his work might do more harm than good, and she takes control—with disastrous results. How can trying to make things right turn out so dangerously wrong?

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About the Author

Mark Crilley is an award-winning author and illustrator who has been voted one of the “100 most Creative People in Entertainment” by Entertainment Weekly. Mark splits his time between Japan and Michigan.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (June 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060846178
• ISBN-13: 978-0060846176
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love -- more complicated than you think!, May 7, 2008

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varcsix "varcsix" (Waco, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miki Falls: Book Two - Summer (Paperback)

Miki and her friendship with the Deliverer gets deeper and more curious in this 2nd book of the 4 book series. (I'm so glad I bought them already so I don't have to wait to continue reading)

Good girl friends--the misunderstandings that happen -- this is so real life. Trying to be helpful gets Miki in some unexpected trouble.

But mainly this book is about Hiro and the feelings between them -- the expressions on their faces really show these feelings even before they're admitting them. I am hooked -- on to the 3rd one!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, as is the first graphic novel "Miki Falls: Spring"., August 7, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miki Falls: Book Two - Summer (Paperback)

Award-winning author and illustrator Mark Crilley presents Miki Falls: Summer, the second in a series of original English-language, manga-style graphic novels for readers of all ages. Miki Falls: Summer is friendly to new readers; one doesn't have to have read the previous volume to jump right in. Young Miki is a rather ordinary schoolgirl with an extraordinary secret - she has formed a fast friendship with the Deliverer Hiro Sakurai, a spiritual being whose solemn duty is to observe the dying love between couples who are breaking up, and collect the last fragments of the fading love before it is destroyed forever. But when one of Miki's closest girlfriends becomes the subject of Hiro's observation, Miki is tempted to get involved despite Hiro's express warnings not to. And when another Deliverer appears - a female Deliverer, whom Hiro has never spoken of before - Miki learns more about the taboos surrounding Deliverers and that humans are not supposed to get involved with them! The soft black-and-white illustrations perfectly complement this gentle, at times hopeful, and at times heartbreaking story about young love. Highly recommended, as is the first graphic novel "Miki Falls: Spring".

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Artwork ~ Great Storytelling ~ and CLEAN!!, April 2, 2009

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Nathan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miki Falls: Book Two - Summer (Paperback)

I won't go into the storyline (except to say that Mark Crilley is every bit as good of a storyteller as he is an excellent Manga artist!) Once you've read Miki Falls - SPRING, you'll be hooked and want the other 3 immediately so you might as well get all 4 now.
:-)

OKAY ~~ Now a Review from the VIEWPOINT of a PARENT:

I bought the "Miki Falls" series for my daughter after watching several of Mark Crilley's "How to draw Manga" videos that he is kind enough to create for his many fans on YouTube.

Let me just say that the "Miki Falls" series is both CLEAN and Very Entertaining.
...The storyline is deep, thoughtful and touching
...The artwork is great quality & often breathtaking
...The series is packed with adventure, mystery, suspense, action, and True Love

For those who don't know, Mark Crilley has a huge (teen / young adult) following on YouTube by kids who are simply interested in improving their art skills (and those who want to learn the necessary skills to be a "published" artist someday). In today's "anything goes" culture, it's really refreshing to find an author (and artist) like Mark who goes that extra mile to assure that teens and young adults are viewing / reading principled and respectable artwork and stories.

In short, I admire Mark for many things, but mostly because I can TRUST his artwork and "how to draw" videos with my own child.

Keep up the Great work Mark Crilley!!
~~ I truly hope that more Miki books are somewhere on the horizon!!