Ohba, Tsugumi & Obata, Takeshi. (2005). Death Note (Volume 1). San Francisco: VIZ Media LLC.
Recommendation source: I watched the anime videos and enjoyed it so the novelization seemed to be a good place to find my first manga.
Reading level: Grades 9+
Brief summary: Light Yagami is a star pupil in Japan, always coming in at the top of his class. One day he finds a notebook on the ground that has fallen from the Realm of the Death Gods. Light takes the notebook and learns of it’s uses as Ryuk, the Death God that dropped the notebook, befriends him and enjoys watching the results of Light’s actions with the notebook.
Librarian’s rating: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
