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Quite out of the blue, Kyon receives a phone call from his middle school classmate Nakagawa. Six months ago, he spotted Kyon walking with the most beautiful girl he''d ever seen and instantly fell in love! Now he wants Kyon''s help conveying his feelings. But Nakagawa has no idea that the fair maiden who stole his heart is actually an otherworldly being...Nagato?! How will the stoic alien react to Nakagawa''s affections?!

The second book in Japan''s hottest property, the international phenomenon known as Haruhism!

In Book 6 in the series, readers take a step into a time warp in five short stories. Head back to events from the previous books, and previously unseen scenes and perspectives to uncover mysteries that had been left unanswered. Live Alive Kyon peruses the stalls at the cultural festival and visits Mikuru''s noodle stall. Everything seems normal for once, until a surprise band shows up to perform. The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina: Episode 00 The movie that the SOS Brigade created in The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya (Book 2) is shown, and the Bridage gets to see it in its final form. Love at First Sight Kyon meets with an old friend, who describes seeing a girl he''s fallen in love with--and it turns out to be Yuki! Will this mere human have a chance with the world''s most stoic robot? Where Did the Cat Go? This story takes readers back to Book 3 (The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya) in which the SOS Brigade finally begins the main event for the Snow Mountain retreat murder mystery. The Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina Mikuru asks Kyon to accompany her to buy tea leaves, but a secret motive may be involved.

What if you woke up one morning, and everything changed? It''s one week before Christmas Eve, and Haruhi and the S.O.S. Brigade (a club for her high school''s strangest and most extraordinary students) are gearing up for holiday festivities. But just before the fun kicks off, Kyon, the only "normal" member, wakes up in a weird alternate dimension, one where Haruhi attends another school entirely, Nagato the time traveling robot is just an ordinary human, and Mikuru (the cute girl of Kyon''s dreams) doesn''t even recognize him-in other words, S.O.S. Brigade never existed. The only clue Kyon can find is a bookmark left by the robot version of Nagato, which leads him on a quest back in time, where he interacts with the storyline from "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody", a short story from the previous Haruhi book, The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya. This fun and quirky holiday tale is reminiscent of A Christmas Carol and It''sa Wonderful Life.

The popular Haruhi Suzumiya series returns with another collection of surprising and quirky short stories starring our heroine and the SOS Brigade, comprised of the high school''s extraordinary students. Short prose pieces help establish where the stories take place in the timeline.Endless Eight: The SOS Brigade are having a great time during the last two weeks of summer. Such a great time that Haruhi won''t let it end, and the members of the SOS Brigade realize that Haruhi wishes have caused their summer to loop back 15,498 times!The Day of Sagittarius: The computer club challenges the SOS Brigade to a videogame tournament. Kyon begs the club to set aside their super powers in order to compete fairly, but when they discover that the Computer Society is cheating, Yuki steps up to level the playing field.SnowyMountain Syndrome: While skiing, the SOS Brigade are trapped by a mysterious blizzard, and take refuge in a deserted mansion. Yuki suddenly loses her powers, but Itsuki swears that Haruhi is not behind this. The SOS Brigade discover they have a mysterious nemesis who is out to take down the club.

SOMETIMES EVEN HARUHI DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS! While the SOS Brigade visits a shrine to ring in the New Year, Kyon can’t help but notice a distinct lack of supernatural or reality-bending phenomena. Despite this, he’s as wary as ever. After all, Haruhi has a tendency to turn even the most mundane events into impossible uproars! That danger could not be more pressing when their club activities lead them into a world of school wonders and whodunit mysteries. Even peaceful moments are remarkably bizarre when Haruhi is around...

When the SOS Brigade receives an urgent message that the Computer Research Society''s president has gone missing, Haruhi confidently promises to locate him, and the SOS Brigade is off! Of course, they have no idea where to start... Is the new SOS Brigade insignia that Haruhi designed to blame for all of this???

After closing a time loop fiasco in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, our protagonist Kyon is ready to start a new year with a blank slate--no time travel, no apocalyptic worries, and maybe some actual peace and quiet with the SOS Brigade, a club comprised of his high school''s most extraordinary students. Their leader is Haruhi, a bold, brash girl who doesn''t realize that she''s actually a powerful goddess whose moods can easily change the balance of the universe.Just as Kyon starts to get comfortable, he gets a visit from his friend Mikuru. Except this isn''t his Mikuru; it''s a Mikuru from eight days in the future! Time traveling shenanigans start all over again as Kyon, guided by the future Mikuru, attempts to stop a terrible future from becoming a reality.

As a member of the SOS Brigade, Kyon has had his fair share of close encounters (of the bizarre kind). But as Mikuru the Elder''s scavenger hunt sends Kyon and "Michiru" into trouble, Kyon realizes that the scope of his friends'' supernatural connections are far beyond what even he could ever have imagined-and far more dangerous...

As the second year of high school begins, Haruhi''s cynical and sarcastic confidant Kyon, the only "normal" member of the SOS Brigade, finds himself meeting Sasaki, an old friend from his days in junior high. Haruhi and Sasaki''s shared friendship with Kyon and, possibly, shared abilities, causes tension between the two and Kyon knows Haurhi''s dissatisfaction can have dire consequences! Kyon and Sasaki''s chance meeting could affect his future, the future of the SOS Brigade, and the world forever. This ninth volume of the Haruhi Suzumiya series is the first to use two alternate stories for the same plot with different endings. The story continues in the next novel, The Astonishment of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Kyon is your ordinary high school freshman who has long given up on his childhood dreams of encountering the fantastic and supernatural...or so he thought. From the very first day of school, his classmate-the beautiful but eccentric Haruhi Suzumiya-makes it very clear that her only desire is to meet aliens, time travelers, and psychics! A chance conversation between the two inspires Haruhi to form the SOS Brigade, a school club created for the sole purpose of gathering together such supernatural beings. The initial members consist of the mute bookworm Yuki Nagato, the timid but voluptuous Miharu Asahina, and the polite and ever-smiling Itsuki Koizumi. By the end of this first volume, Kyon quickly finds out that these seemingly "helpless victims" of Haruhi''s are actually members of secret organizations-both futuristic and alien-with the single aim of keeping watch over Haruhi Suzumiya as she is the pinnacle of some major calamity on the horizon...

After Haruhi''s rigorous selection process, a new member has been selected for the SOS Brigade! But Kyon feels uneasy around Yasumi Watahashi, not only because of the girl''s odd behavior, but also because he knows the peculiar-and sometimes threatening-types that tend to congregate around Haruhi Suzumiya...

Kyon is your ordinary high school freshman who has long given up on his childhood dreams of encountering the fantastic and supernatural...or so he thought. From the very first day of school, his classmate-the beautiful but eccentric Haruhi Suzumiya-makes it very clear that her only desire is to meet aliens, time travelers, and psychics! A chance conversation between the two inspires Haruhi to form the SOS Brigade, a school club created for the sole purpose of gathering together such supernatural beings. The initial members consist of the mute bookworm Yuki Nagato, the timid but voluptuous Miharu Asahina, and the polite and ever-smiling Itsuki Koizumi. By the end of this first volume, Kyon quickly finds out that these seemingly "helpless victims" of Haruhi''s are actually members of secret organizations-both futuristic and alien-with the single aim of keeping watch over Haruhi Suzumiya as she is the pinnacle of some major calamity on the horizon...

Swapping her Brigade Chief armband for a director''s chair, Haruhi continues production on the SOS Brigade''s school festival film project. As she watches her half-baked plot acted out in front of her, Haruhi longs even more for the supernatural reality depicted in her movie. And for Haruhi, bringing her script to life is wholly possible...and inevitably dangerous!

Kyon knew it was only a matter of time before he would have to return to December 18th of the previous year, to the three days when the SOS Brigade and his supernatural friends suddenly disappeared. Back then, Kyon was cruelly stabbed by alien rogue Ryouko Asakura and nearly bled out on the school roof. How will he fare this time around?

It''s a shock that there''s a freshman willing to take on Haruhi''s Brigade Entrance Examination! But it''s just as much a delight to finally have someone willing to fight against the tyranny of the straight man... Or so one would hope. With Yasumi Watahashi now on the scene, Kyon''s straight man game is soaring to new heights, Asahina is going crazy, and Haruhi is acting more like a Brigade Chief than ever before! And what of the feline-ified Kuyoh at Nagato''s house--when Kyon faces off with her, what could his fate possibly be!?

When Kyon arrives at school, it seems like another average day--until he realizes Sasaki has wrapped North High in a closed space. Led to the SOS Brigade clubroom by Sasaki and Tachibana, Kyon knocks (just in case) and is surprised to find not a costumed Asahina, but instead a girl he''s never seen before...and a very familiar face!

Following the clues in the clubroom, Kyon travels back in time to a familiar place...the same time and place he came with Asahina last summer! Kyon again meets with the elder Asahina, but she has no idea what''s caused the future to go awry - erm, to go normal. Stoic Nagato is not surprised to find future Kyon at her door (for the second time that night) and prepares a program that will repair the rift. But the decision to administer it or not lies with Kyon...

This third volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series is a collection of four exciting short stories that chronologically take place before The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya. The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya: In her latest attempt to give the S.O.S. Brigade more public exposure, Haruhi signs the group up for the city-wide baseball tournament. Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody: It''s like Back To the Future! In order to prevent an impending disaster, Mikuru takes Kyon back in time, where he meets Haruhi as a seventh grader. Mysterique Sign: The computer club president at school mysteriously disappears, and it''s up to the S.O.S. Brigade to get to the bottom of it! Remote Island Syndrome: It''s vacation time when a relative of Itsuki''s invites the S.O.S. Brigade to stay at his island villa. But then a dead body turns up, and Haruhi and the gang get mixed up in a thrilling murder mystery.

Say Haruhiiiiiii! As if he doesn''t have enough to deal with during the day, Kyon''s dreams are becoming a regular haunt for his SOS friends! Once again, lucky(?) omens hawk, eggplant, and Mount Fuji (played respectively by Tsuruya, Nagato, and Koizumi) make an appearance, but their promises of fortune never seems to play out for Kyon. All he ever gets is more of Haruhi-chan''s antics! You''ll find plenty of gags and guffaws as Haruhi dives into the world of four-panel and short comics!!

Guided only by a series of notes that direct him to do the most inexplicable things-"Buy a small turtle and throw it into the lake"?-Kyon and the Mikuru from eight days in the future complete the assigned tasks, hoping that things will become clear as the SOS Brigade''s adventures for that week continue. But Kyon and Mikuru''s scavenger hunt soon turns to a manhunt when Mikuru is kidnapped by a group of rogue espers, time travelers, and aliens!

Something very, very strange is going on...because nothing strange is going on...Overnight, the SOS Brigade, the existence of supernatural beings, and Haruhi Suzumiya''s obsession with finding them (not to mention Haruhi herself!) have disappeared. Has the goddess lost her touch? And why is Kyon, who so often longed for a normal life, so upset to find all of it suddenly gone?

A new school year means fresh blood for the SOS Brigade! But not just anyone can join this elite group of alien-, time traveler-, and esper-hunters! As Haruhi puts the new recruits through their paces in one timeline, the veteran members visit the ailing Yuki in the other. Yuki reveals that her illness may be the work of other humanoid interfaces like herself, but when Kyon rushes to confront them, he runs into a familiar face he had hoped he would never see again...!

Huzzah! There are now ten volumes of Haruhi gags! Between the SOS Brigade, the Sasaki Brigade, the Nagato household, and the members of the Agency, the tenth volume of the comedic misadventures of Haruhi and friends is more crowded than ever. Between dream interpretation, high school hijinks, and popularity contests, it''s everything you would expect from Haruhi--and less, and more, and--well, you know. Long live Haruhi!

One weekend, when Kyon reaches the usual SOS Brigade rendezvous spot, he is met not by his fellow club members, but instead by Sasaki, an old friend from middle school. Haruhi isn''t thrilled to find Kyon already waiting when she arrives (Who''s going to buy drinks?!) and is even less thrilled by his attractive female friend!

In a last-ditch attempt to recover their stolen equipment, the Computer Research Society challenges the SOS Brigade to a winner-takes-all multi-player space battle simulation! Failure seems inevitable, but losing is not an option! Can the unique members of the SOS Brigade pull together to destroy the expert Computer Research Society before Haruhi destroys the whole city?

Guided only by a series of notes that direct him to do the most inexplicable things-"Buy a small turtle and throw it into the lake"?-Kyon and the Mikuru from eight days in the future complete the assigned tasks, hoping that things will become clear as the SOS Brigade''s adventures for that week continue. But Kyon and Mikuru''s scavenger hunt soon turns to a manhunt when Mikuru is kidnapped by a group of rogue espers, time travelers, and aliens!

The SOS Brigade gets browbeaten into entering a baseball tournament to help their fearless leader stave off boredom. But despite the Brigade''s clear lack of skill Haruhi has no intention of losing...and she''s ready to pitch a fit if her team doesn''t step up to the plate!

"Let''s track down aliens, time travelers, and psychics and hang out with them!" Haruhi Suzumiya established the SOS Brigade for that sole purpose. But why''s she been acting so strange of late? So...melancholy? Unable to locate any supernatural beings (even though they''re right there in the club room the whole time), Haruhi''s frustrations turn violent. What''s Kyon gotten himself mixed up in this time?! Enjoy volume 2 of this somewhat abnormal high school story!

The heart-stirring ordeals of Christmastime are over. Kyon and Yuki are more conscious of each other than ever, but even now, there''s a strange distance between them. As the shrine visits of the new year end and the cold days of school start anew, Yuki finally follows her fortunes...and her heart.

What fate does the future hold for Kyon and Haruhi?!Koizumi and his fellows from the Agency are constantly cooking up ways to gently (*ahem*) encourage romantic feelings between Kyon and Haruhi, but Koizumi''s holiday board game tests the very limit of Haruhi and Kyon''s acting abilities! Thankfully there''s plenty of other holiday fun to be had, including the many fine offerings of autumn and the dawn of a new year (spent dodging Koizumi''s machinations)!! You''ll find plenty of gags and guffaws as Haruhi dives into the world of four-panel and short comics!!

You just can''t rein in the fun when Haruhi-chan''s involved!! Normally April Fool''s Day is a time for good-natured pranks, but with Haruhi''s power, any trick she pulls could threaten reality as we know it! While Koizumi struggles to organize the SOS Brigade to prepare for her antics, Haruhi is busy thinking up ways to recruit new members! Given the supernatural crowd already gathered in the clubroom, who knows what type of person Haruhi will summon to the SOS Brigade next?! If anyone shows up at all!! You''ll find plenty of gags and guffaws as Haruhi dives into the world of four-panel and short comics!!

"Let''s track down aliens, time travelers, and psychics and hang out with them!" Haruhi Suzumiya established the SOS Brigade for that sole purpose. But why''s she been acting so strange of late? So...melancholy? Unable to locate any supernatural beings (even though they''re right there in the club room the whole time), Haruhi''s frustrations turn violent. What''s Kyon gotten himself mixed up in this time?! Enjoy volume 2 of this somewhat abnormal high school story!

This spin-off of the bestselling Haruhi Suzumiya series takes place in the world of the "Disappearance" arc of the original novels, focusing on the high school life (and romance!) of a tentative and bashful Yuki Nagato quite unlike the one you''ve come to know and love through the usual exploits of the SOS Brigade...but no less charming!

Frankly, my deer, it''s Haruhi-chan!!! Coming up on Haruhi-chan: In breaking news, North High students are turning up to class wearing nothing but their swimsuits?! The Agency reports a new kind of Celestial is wreaking havoc on the city! And a local student organization is completely reinventing itself for its Volume 11 debut! You won''t want to miss it!

Haruhism has seized the nation with the release of the highly successful animated series DVD that was one of the top ten bestselling anime properties in 2007. Yen Press and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will publish the novel and manga series back-to-back, with hardcovers of the novels with the original Japanese cover art for libraries and hard core fans of the property. When Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself to Kyon by asking if he''s an alien, time traveler, or psychic, he knows his chances for a normal high school experience are ruined. Bold Haruhi takes a shine to him, and uses the force of her irrepressible personality to draft him into her club to find paranormal beings. Kyon soon discovers what she''s looking for: Haruhi herself has the power to destroy and create entire universes at her whim. But if she knew about her ability, it could spell disaster for everyone.

Trapped on the snowy mountain by both a storm and the supernatural forces that have cut off Yuki from the Data Overmind, Kyon is roused from sleep by Asahina slowly unbuttoning her nightshirt as she climbs into his bed! Kyon realizes it cannot possibly be the real Asahina (darn!), and though he doesn''t mind the house''s tricks (who would?), he and the Brigade have to crack the code and escape fast before Yuki''s fever (and Haruhi''s restlessness) gets out of control!