The promised Neverland. Volume 1

Title:

Author:

Shirai, Kaiu, author.

ISBN:

9781421597126

Personal Author:

Shirai, Kaiu, author.

Uniform Title:

Yakusoku no nebārando. English

Edition:

Shonen Jump manga edition.

Publication Information:

San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2017]

Physical Description:

183 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm

Series:

Yakusoku no neba rando. English ; 1.

General Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Reads from right to left in manga format.

Originally published: Tokyo, Japan : Shueisha Inc., 2016.

Abstract:

"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"--Page [4] of cover.

Audience:

Rated T+, older teen.

"Parental advisory; recommended for ages 16 and up. This volume contains fantasy violence and adult themes"--Copyright page.

Subject Term:

Orphans -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Orphanages -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Demonology -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Secrecy -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan.

Fantasy comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan.

Graphic novels -- Japan.

Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst00869145

Demonology. (OCoLC)fst00890199

Fantasy comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst00920701

Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst00946656

Orphanages. (OCoLC)fst01048423

Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433

Secrecy. (OCoLC)fst01110644

Geographic Term:

Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082

Genre:

Comic books, strips, etc.

Comics (Graphic works)

Added Author:

Document ID:

SD_ILS:2274230

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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.

Author Notes

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.