| Sugar Princess: Skating to Win, Vol. 2: Final Volume! Contributor(s): Nakajo, Hisaya (Author) |
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ISBN: 1421519313 ISBN-13: 9781421519319 Publisher: Viz Media OUR PRICE: $7.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: Young girls will love this skating shojo! With a new owner threatening to close down their skating rink, Maya and Shun team up for a pairs skating competition in a bid to save the place. Can Maya and Shun get their act together and skate well enough to come out on top? Maya Kurinoki is an 8th-grader who has no experience in ice-skating but seems to have natural talent. She performs a double axel and impresses a scout named Eiji Todo, who tells her that he can make her a skating "princess." Todo tells Maya that she'll have to convince famous skater Shun Kano to coach her and become her skating partner. Unfortunately for Maya, Shun only wants to skate singles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Manga - Sports |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Sugar Princess |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.06" W x 7.44" (0.38 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Teen |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ice Princess meets The Cutting Edge When ice-skating novice Maya Kurinoki lands a double axel for the first time, coach Eishi Todo sees her potential and vows to make her a figure skating princess. All Maya has to do is convince famous skater Shun Kano to become her partner. Too bad Shun doesn't want to have anything to do with her With a new owner threatening to close down their skating rink, Maya and Shun team up for a pairs skating competition in a bid to save the place. Can Maya and Shun get their act together and skate well enough to come out on top? |
Contributor Bio(s): Nakajo, Hisaya: - Hisaya Nakajo's manga series Hanazakari no Kimitachi he (For You in Full Blossom, casually known as Hana-Kimi) has been a hit since it first appeared in 1997 in the shojo manga magazine Hana to Yume (Flowers and Dreams). In Japan, a Hana-Kimi art book and several drama CDs have been released. Her other manga series include Missing Piece (two volumes) and Yumemiru Happa (The Dreaming Leaf, one volume)." |