Author(s): Karuho Shiina

Eastern

A bestselling tale of high-school romance with an (almost) supernatural twist.

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. Nicknamed "Sadako" after the haunting movie character, everyone is afraid to come near her for fear of being cursed. But her whole life changes when she befriends the most popular boy in class, Shota Kazehaya.

After the Christmas party, Kazehaya finally kisses Sawako But a kiss is not enough, and Sawako asks permission from her parents to stay out late with Kazehaya... Then, Sawako's friends dish the details of their own very special Christmas Eves when everyone converges at her house for an impromptu party.

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences.