Title: A Smart & Courageous Child Volume: 1 (Single Volume Manga) Mangaka: Miki Yamamoto Translator: Katie Kimura US Publisher: TokyoPop Age Relevance: High School & Up How Essential Is It?: Essential Curricular Connections?: Social Studies, Ethics, Philosophy, Feminism Reader’s Advisory Tags: Short Manga, Realistic Fiction, Pregnancy, Family Anime: N/A Content Warnings: Implied Sexual Intimacy, Depression, Contemplations Around Violence Against Children Publisher Synopsis: Every […]
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