Makayla is bursting with ideas but doesn't know how to make them into a story. Howard loves to draw, but he struggles to come up with ideas and his dad thinks comics are a waste of time. Lynda constantly draws in her sketchbook but keeps focusing on…
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- Gabby Torres is nine years old and ready to conquer the world. She's already joined the Sea Musketeers, the environmental protection club founded by her idol, Stella Dâiaz, and plans to be their best (and youngest) member ever. Gabby's latest and…
Saphie
the One-eyed Cat
Join Saphie the One-eyed Cat and her fellow house cat siblings as they zoom, scratch, and nap their way through life.- In the summer of 1975, 10-year-old Paul Gilligan doesn't have a whole lot to worry about other than keeping his comic books untarnished, getting tennis balls off roofs, and keeping up with the increasingly bold stunts of his best friend David. And…
- Pablo Ortiz is an anxious sixth-grader who had absolutely no idea his locker was a portal to the monster realm, and absolutely no desire to be the hero called to defeat the Aztec goddess who has come through it. Good thing he has new friends…
The Ribbon Skirt
a Graphic Novel
Ten-year-old Anang wants to make a ribbon skirt, a piece of clothing typically worn by women in the Anishinaabe tradition, for an upcoming powwow. Anang is two-spirit and nonbinary and doesn't know what others will think of them wearing a ribbon…- Captain Amazing, the hometown hero of Metro City, is so busy catching criminals that he rarely has time for his pets--he hasn't even noticed they've been developing superpowers of their own! So when he announces that he needs a sidekick, his eager…
- Ruth Chan loves her hometown in Toronto, hanging out with her best friends for life, and snacking on ketchup flavored potato chips, which are the best. What Ruth doesn't love is having to move to Hong Kong after her dad gets a new job there. Her mom…
- Eleven-year-old Tony Weaver, Jr., loves comic books, anime, and video games, and idolizes the heroic, larger-than-life characters he finds there. But his new classmates all think he's a weirdo. Bullied by his peers, Tony struggles with the hurt of…
- A middle-grade graphic novel about two best friends who want to be comedians and start a podcast.
- Binh and his family take a trip to a silent meditation retreat, where he learns a lot about himself and how to manage his feelings through Buddhist teachings.
- It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. It's even harder when you're constantly fighting your sibling--and Zara and Zeeshan really can't stand each other. During a family trip to Florida, when…
- Marlene loves three things: books, her cool tâia Ruby, and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and 'growing up.' That means straightening her hair every weekend…
- Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little…
- Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in at her new school is to celebrate her grandmother, A-mâa's seventieth birthday together. Since she cant go to A-mâa, Cici cooks up a plan to…
- Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants…
- Olive clicks with everyone in the fifth grade, until one day she doesn't. When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she begins to panic, wondering why all her friends have already formed their own groups without her.…
- Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of…
- A gripping and hilarious middle-grade summer camp memoir from the author of "Anya's Ghost" that tells a relatable story about navigating one's own culture, struggling to belong, and the value of true friendship.
- The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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