A Bride's Story, Vol. 5
The time has come for the wedding of Laila and Leily, the high-spirited twins from volume 4 of Mori’s series about life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road. Older teens, even though it’s unlikely they’ll be getting married themselves, will understand the twins’ nervousness about their life-changing event, and romance fans will appreciate the accepting natures of their young grooms. The last story of the book returns to Amir, the original bride of the series, and her developing feelings for her still very young groom. New readers will want to at least go back to volume 4, but established fans will be thrilled at the continuing beauty of Mori’s stunningly illustrated black-and-white comics. Grades 9-12. --Snow Wildsmith