1 World Manga Passages: Volumes 1-6

by Annette Roman

Saving the World, One Person at a Time Teenage Rei survives by his wits and guts on the mean streets of the world. His fortunes seem to look up when he meets a mysterious stranger who offers to help him achieve his dream of becoming the greatest martial artist ever... But Rei's trainer is more interested in developing his mind, spirit, and— ugh! heart than his thrashing, raging, fighting moves! And Rei's master turns out to be a real animal! In fact, Rei never knows what animal he's going to turn into next! On 6 Quests… Rei confronts the biggest crises facing humanity--from wars fought by children, to global warming, to AIDS. On 6 Journeys... Rei explores the corners of the world and wrestles a jaguar, blushes a lot around girls, solves the mystery of the lagoon of the vanishing fish, baby-sits, battles a shark, rides an elephant, gets thrown into the ocean to drown, consorts with tapirs, exposes corrupt public officials, falls in love, gets kidnapped by soldiers, stretches his wings, arrests environmental terrorists, gets a nice tan, saves orphans--and even undergoes a shocking transformation himself . No, it's not what you think! Plus much, much more!

240 pages, Paperback

First published July 24, 2007