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Middle Grade Graphic Novels

Sincerely, Harriet
Searle, Sarah Winifred

Harriet Flores struggles with boredom and an unrequited crush while learning to manage her chronic illness through a long, hot, 1990s summer in Chicago. She uses her imagination to cope, which sometimes gets her into trouble, as she makes up fantastical fibs and wonders if there are ghosts...

Item No. 9781541545298
$11.99
Sisters
Telgemeier, Raina

  Staff Pick

Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning companion to Smile!

Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to...

Item No. 9781338801880
$12.99
Skeleanor the Decomposer
Ettlinger, Emily
An instantly charming and vivid chapter-book graphic novel, starring a music-obsessed skeleton, Skeleanor, and her quest to find her sound (and her confidence) by debut creator Emily Ettlinger.

Skeleanor loves music more than life itself. There's just one problem: She has a bit more...

Item No. 9780593519448
$12.99
Smile
Telgemeier, Raina
Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood!

Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating...
Item No. 9781338740264
$12.99
Snapdragon
Leyh, Kat

Kat Leyh's Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town's witch and discovers the strange magic within herself.

Snap's town had a witch.

At least, that's how the rumor goes. But in reality, Jacks is just a crocks-wearing, internet-...

Item No. 9781250171115
$12.99
Song of the Sea Graphic Novel

  Staff Pick

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A lush graphic novel about family adrift and the magical adventure that brings them together. Based on the award-winning film, this gorgeous adaptation includes a bonus story from the film's creator.

Many years after the disappearance of their mother, siblings...

Item No. 9780316438919
$14.99
Space Battle Lunchtime #1
Riess, Natalie
Collecting the first four issues of Natalie Riess's delectable series, SPACE BATTLE LUNCHTIME! Earth baker Peony gets the deal of a lifetime when she agrees to be a contestant on the Universe's hottest reality TV show, Space Battle Lunchtime! But that was before she knew that it shoots on location...
Item No. 9781620103135
$12.99
Space Battle Lunchtime #2
Riess, Natalie
It's almost time for the season finale of Space Battle Lunchtime, and finalist Peony (the only Earth contestant) is nowhere to be found! That's because she's been kidnapped and taken to the set of Space Battle Lunchtime's biggest rival, Cannibal Coliseum, where chefs compete to cook... each other....
Item No. 9781620104040
$12.99
Space Battle Lunchtime #3
Riess, Natalie
"Space Battle Lunchtime cooks up a delightful queer cosmic adventure." -- AV Club

Peony may have come in second place on the mega popular cooking show Space Battle Lunchtime, but with a girlfriend and a royal catering gig for a space empress, she's on top of the world! Until she finds...

Item No. 9781620107850
$14.99
Sparks #1
Boothby, Ian
Sparks is a hero and man's best friend, but nobody suspects he's two cats!

This Super Dog is the Cat's Meow!August is a brilliant inventor who is afraid of the outside. Charlie is a crack pilot who isn't afraid of anything. Together these pals save lives every day. They also happen to be cats...
Item No. 9781338029468
$12.99
Spy School Graphic Novel
Gibbs, Stuart
Can an undercover nerd become a superstar secret agent? The first book in Stuart Gibbs's New York Times bestselling Spy School series is now a graphic novel!

Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he's already pegged his dream job: CIA or bust. Unfortunately for him, his...

Item No. 9781534455429
$12.99
Stage Dreams
Gillman, Melanie

In this rollicking queer western adventure, acclaimed cartoonist Melanie Gillman (Stonewall Award Honor Book As the Crow Flies) puts readers in the saddle alongside Flor and Grace, a Latinx outlaw and a trans runaway, as they team up to thwart a Confederate plot in the New Mexico...

Item No. 9781541572843
$10.99
Star Wars Jedi Academy (Book 4) A New Class
Krosoczka, Jarrett J
"A New Class" arrives in the fourth episode of Star Wars(R) Jedi Academy! There are some new faces and old, but the amount of laughs and fun is still the same!

Victor Starspeeder is psyched to be starting school at the Jedi Academy. His sister, Christina does not share an enthusiasm for...
Item No. 9780545875738
$12.99
Star Wars Jedi Academy (Book 5) The Force Oversleeps
Krosoczka, Jarrett J
Victor Starspeeder is back in action with more lightsabers, space races, and middle school escapades in the newest volume of the bestselling series "Star Wars: Jedi Academy"!

Victor Starspeeder is back at Jedi Academy for year two, but it's not going the way he'd planned. He was...
Item No. 9780545875745
$12.99
Star Wars Jedi Academy (Book 6) The Principal Strikes Back
Krosoczka, Jarrett J
There's a new principal at Jedi Academy, and Victor Starspeeder senses a great disturbance in the force! The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling series.

As told through a mix of comics, doodles, and journal entries, it's Victor Starspeeder's third year at Jedi Academy! It's...
Item No. 9781338188240
$12.99
Star Wars Jedi Academy (Book 7) Revenge of the Sis
Krosoczka, Jarrett J
An all-new story arc begins in the New York Times bestselling series, with author Amy Ignatow and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka in Star Wars: Jedi Academy! Starring Christina Starspeeder!

Christina Starspeeder, legendary Padawan and sister to Victor Starspeeder, has graduated from the...
Item No. 9781338295382
$12.99
Star Wars Jedi Academy (Book 8) Attack of Furball
Ignatow, Amy
The Christina Starspeeder saga continues in this laugh-out-loud epic froom author Amy Ignatow and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka in the New York Times bestselling series, Star Wars: Jedi Academy!

As told through a mix of comics, doodles, and journal entries, it's a new year at Jedi...
Item No. 9781338295375
$12.99
Stepping Stones
Knisley, Lucy
This contemporary middle-grade graphic novel about family and belonging from New York Times bestselling author Lucy Knisley is a perfect read for fans of Awkward and Be Prepared.

Jen is used to not getting what she wants. So suddenly moving the country and...

Item No. 9781984896841
$13.99
Stick and Stone on the Go
Ferry, Beth

Two stories in one graphic novel perfect for beginning readers, based on the bestselling Stick and Stone series by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld. For fans of the Narwhal series and Baloney and Friends.

Stick would go anywhere with his best friend, especially if...

Item No. 9780358549383
$12.99
Stratford Zoo Presents Romeo & Juliet
Lendler, Ian

The Stratford Zoo looks like a normal zoo . . . until the gates shut at night. That's when the animals come out of their cages to stage elaborate performances of Shakespeare's greatest works. They might not be the most accomplished thespians, but they've got what counts: heart. Also fangs,...

Item No. 9781596439160
$12.99
Summer Vamp
Karim, Violet Chan

  Staff Pick

What happens when a very human kid ends up at the wrong summer camp--FOR VAMPIRES?! This quirky and heart warming graphic novel about making friends and getting in trouble is perfect for fans of Witches of Brooklyn.

After a lackluster school year, Maya anticipates an even more...

Item No. 9780593425220
$13.99
Sunshine
Krosoczka, Jarrett J

  Staff Pick

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The extraordinary -- and extraordinarily powerful -- follow-up to Hey, Kiddo.

When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into it, Jarrett was...

Item No. 9781338356311
$14.99
Super Boba Cafe
Chanani, Nidhi
First in a series, Nidhi Chanani's Super Boba Café isa sweet and magical middle-grade, full-color graphic novel about a secret teashop, an earthquake-causing monster, and an unforgettable summer.

In the fog-laden hills of San Francisco sits a sleepy independent boba...

Item No. 9781419759574
$16.99
Super Turbo Saves the Day
Powers, Edgar
In this first installment of the Super Turbo graphic novel series, the classroom pets of Sunnyview Elementary band together to form a Superpet Superhero League to fight the crime that is all around them! Can they defeat the evil rat pack threatening their school?

Turbo the hamster is the...

Item No. 9781534474468
$9.99
SweaterWeather
Varon, Sara

Back before Odd Duck, before Robot Dreams, Sara Varon created Sweaterweather. This endearing, quirky volume is a captivating look into Varon's creative process. It combines short comics stories, essays, and journal entries, and invites the reader into the world of Sara Varon...

Item No. 9781626721180
$19.99