Chapin LibGuides: Summer Reading 2021: Middle School: graphic novels that click

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Claudia and the New Girl (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #9) by Ann M. Martin; Gabriela Epstein (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN MAR
Ashley says Claudia is a great artist, but thinks she's wasting her artistic talent with The Baby-sitters Club. When Claudia starts spending more time with Ashley and missing BSC meetings, it becomes clear that Claudia has to make a decision -- one of them has to go!
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Lightfall: the Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN PRO
As this graphic novel opens, Bea and the Pig Wiazard live a peaceful life, crafting medicines and potions... All that changes one day when Bea meets Cad, a member of the Galdurians, an ancient race thought to be long-extinct. Cad believes that if anyone can help him find his missing people, it's the Pig Wizard. But when the two arrive home, the Pig Wizard is nowhere to be found--all that's left is the Jar of Endless Flame and a mysterious note.
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Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse
Call Number: M GN ESC
Could there really be witches in Brooklyn?! Effie's aunts are weird. Like, really WEIRD. Effie's aunts are weird. Like, really WEIRD. Really, really, really WEIRD! The secretly-magic kind of weird and that makes Effie wonder . . . does this mean she can do magic, too?
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Stargazing by Jen Wang (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN YAN
Although they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. But after Moon moves in next door, these unlikely friends are soon best friends. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she has visions, sometimes, of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Moon's visions have an all-too-earthly root, however, and soon Christine's best friend is in the hospital, fighting for her life. Can Christine be the friend Moon needs, now, when the sky is falling?
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Twins (Twins #1) by Varian Johnson; Shannon Wright (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN JOH
Twelve-year-old Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. So when Astrid signs up for roller derby camp, she assumes Nicole will too. But Nicole signs up for dance camp with a new friend instead, and so begins the toughest summer of Astrid's life.
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A Cat Story by Ursula Murray Husted (Illustrator)
Cilla and Betto are two friends who need a place to call home. The docks in Valletta are too wet, and the scraps of food too scarce. The city's streets are too busy, and the humans too unreliable. But what about the quiet garden from old kitten tales--a place where all cats are welcome, and the humans are always kind? Could the stories really be true?
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Kodi (Book 1) by Jared Cullum
A chance accident in Alaska leaves Katya face-to-face with an enormous kodiak bear, soon to become her closest friend. But when Katya must suddenly return home to Seattle, the two are torn apart, leaving Kodi to do whatever it takes to reunite with his fragile human friend.

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The Witches by Roald Dahl; Pénélope Bagieu (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN DAH
Witches are real, and they are very, very dangerous. They wear ordinary clothes and have ordinary jobs, living in ordinary towns all across the world. When an eight-year-old boy and his grandmother come face-to-face with the Grand High Witch herself, they may be the only ones who can stop the witches' latest plot to stamp out every last child in the country!

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Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN BRO
All Vera wants to do is fit in—but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera’s single mother can’t afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range—Russian summer camp.
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Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
Call Number: M GN LEY
Jacks is just a crocks-wearing, internet-savvy old lady who sells roadkill skeletons online―after doing a little ritual to put their spirits to rest. It’s creepy, sure, but Snap thinks it’s kind of cool, too.

They make a deal: Jacks will teach Snap how to take care of the baby opossums that Snap rescued, and Snap will help Jacks with her work. But as Snap starts to get to know Jacks, she realizes that Jacks may in fact have real magic―and a connection with Snap’s family’s past.
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Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable; Stephanie Yue (Illustrator)
When Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbor, life get interesting. First, Madeline has 217 cats (!) and they're not exactly . . . normal cats. Also, why is Madeline always out EXACTLY when the city's most notorious villain commits crimes?! Is it possible that Katie's upstairs neighbor is really a super villain? Can Katie wrangle a whole lot of wayward cats, save a best friendship, AND crack the biggest story in the city's history?

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Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Rey Terciero; Bre Indigo (Illustrator)
Little Women with a twist! Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are having a really tough year: with their father serving in the military overseas, they must work overtime to make ends meet...and each girl is struggling in her own way. Whether it's school woes, health issues, boy troubles, or simply feeling lost, the March sisters all need the same thing: support from each other.

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Go with the Flow by Karen Schneemann; Lily Williams
Call Number: M GN SCH
Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Hazelton High never has enough tampons. Or pads. Or adults who will listen.
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Class Act by Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN CRA
ISBN: 9780062885500
In this companion book to New Kid this time it’s Jordan’s friend Drew who takes center stage in a story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school.
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Sylvie by Sylvie Kantorovitz (Illustrator)
Sylvie lives in a school in France. Her father is the principal, and her home is an apartment at the end of a hallway of classrooms. As a young child, Sylvie and her brother explore this most unusual kingdom. But in middle and high school, life grows more complicated. Sylvie becomes aware of what it means to be the only Jewish family in town.

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Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN SOR
Making friends isn't easy, but losing them is even harder! Natalie has never felt that she's enough -- athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought -- now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more about her true self and natural talents. If Natalie can focus on who she is rather than who she isn't, then she might realize she's more than enough, just the way she is.
Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang; Gurihiru (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN YAN
The year is 1946. While Roberta and her family try to adjust to their new lives in Metropolis, an evil is stirring - the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan targets the Lee family, beginning a string of terrorist attacks. They kidnap Tommy, attack the Daily Planet, and even threaten the local YMCA. But with the help of Roberta's keen skills of observation, Superman is able to fight the Klan's terror, while exposing those in power who support them!
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