Maverick Graphic Novels 2022 (Gr. 6-12) | Round Rock Public Library

1) Sprite and the Gardener

Author

Whitt, Joe

Series

Sprite and the Gardener

Formats:

eComic, Graphic Novels & Manga

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Long, long ago, sprites were the caretakers of gardens. Every flower was grown by their hand. But when humans appeared and began growing their own gardens, the sprites' magical talents soon became a thing of the past. When Wisteria, an ambitious, kind-hearted sprite, starts to ask questions about the way things used to be, she'll begin to unearth her long-lost talent of gardening. But her newly honed skills might not be the welcome surprise she intends...

2) Claudia and the new girl

Author

Martin, Ann M

Series

Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 12

Formats:

Book, eBook, eComic, Graphic Novels & Manga, Kindle

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"Claudia has always been the most outrageous kid in her class ... until Ashley Wyeth comes along. Ashley's really different--she wears hippie clothes, has six holes in her ears, and is the most fantastic artist Claudia has ever met. Ashley says Claudia has artistic talent, too. She thinks Claudia should spend more time on her "calling" and forget about the Baby-sitters Club: it's just a waste of time. The Baby-sitters are sick of Ashley Wyeth, and...

3) Claudia and the New Girl: A Graphic Novel

Author

Martin, Ann M

Series

Baby-sitters Club (Graphic novels) volume 9

Formats:

eBook, Kindle

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A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by newcomer Gabriela Epstein!

Claudia has always been the most creative kid in her class... until Ashley Wyeth comes along. Ashley's really different: She wears hippie clothes and has multiple earrings, and she's the most fantastic artist Claudia has ever met.Ashley says Claudia is a great artist, too, but thinks she's wasting her artistic talent with The Baby-sitters Club. When

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4) Goldilocks: wanted dead or alive

Author

Colfer, Chris

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When King Charming and his brothers set out to purge the Dwarf Forests of outlaws and rule it themselves, they must face the most feared outlaw, Goldilocks--and then, their wives.

5) Bad sister

Author

Harper, Charise Mericle

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"Meet Charise. She's energetic, helpful, a model pet owner and full of inventions. But she's also a bad sister. When she goes too far and breaks her little brother Daniel's tooth, can she redeem herself? Is an accident really an accident if you could have stopped it? But most importantly ... what does it mean to be a good sister?"

6) Turtle in paradise: the graphic novel

Author

Holm, Jennifer L

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In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who doesn't like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she's never met in far away Key West, Florida.

7) Stepping Stones: (A Graphic Novel)

Author

Knisley, Lucy

Series

Peapod farm series volume 1

Formats:

eBook, Graphic Novels & Manga, Kindle

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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 getting new stepsisters shouldn't be too much of a surprise.
Jen did not want to leave the city. She did not want to move to a farm with her mom...

8) Allergic: A Graphic Novel

Author

Lloyd, Megan Wagner

Series

Allergic

Formats:

eAudiobook, eBook, eComic, Graphic Novels & Manga, Kindle

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A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to find the perfect pet!

At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with getting ready for a new baby, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie loves animals and thinks a new puppy to call her own is the answer, but when she goes to select one on her birthday, she breaks out in hives and

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9) The secret garden: the graphic novel

Author

Marsden, Mariah

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"Ten-year-old Mary Lennox arrives at a secluded estate on the Yorkshire moors with a scowl and a chip on her shoulder. First, there's Martha Sowerby: the too-cheery maid with bothersome questions who seems out of place in the dreary manor. Then there's the elusive Uncle Craven, Mary's only remaining family--whom she's not permitted to see. And finally, there are the mysteries that seem to haunt the run-down place: rumors of a lost garden with a tragic...

10) Chunky

Author

Mercado, Yehudi

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"In this full-color middle grade graphic memoir for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jerry Craft, Yehudi Mercado draws inspiration from his childhood struggle with his weight while finding friendship with his imaginary mascot Chunky as he navigates growing up in a working class Mexican-Jewish family"--Publisher marketing.

11) Besties: Work It Out

Author

Miller, Kayla

Series

Click

Formats:

eBook, Graphic Novels & Manga, Kindle

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A fun and fresh graphic-novel series spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Click books, featuring aspiring entrepreneurs Beth and Chanda! When the girls land a lucrative dogsitting gig, they're sure that fame, fortune, and popularity can't be far behind, but nothing can prepare them for the mishap that throws their business plan—and friendship—into chaos!

Meet Beth and Chanda, two stylish best friends on

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12) Forget Me Nat: A Graphic Novel

Author

Scrivan, Maria

Series

Nat enough volume 2

Formats:

eBook, Graphic Novels & Manga, Kindle

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Companion to the New York Times bestseller Nat Enough!

It's called a crush for a reason...For the first time in her life, Natalie feels confident. Her talents are being recognized, she has supportive friends, and she's spending a ton of time with her crush, Derek! But when Derek tells Natalie that he just wants to be friends, Natalie's self-confidence quickly changes to self-doubt. As she tries to recover from her broken heart, Natalie

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13) Doodleville

Author

Sell, Chad

Series

Doodleville volume 1

Formats:

eBook, Graphic Novels & Manga, Kindle

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For fans of Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward and Raina Telgemeier's Smile comes an inventive new story from Cardboard Kingdom creator Chad Sell about a group of young artists who must work together when one of their own creations becomes a monster.
Drew is just a regular artist. But there's nothing ordinary about her art. Her doodles are mischievous . . . and rarely do they stay in Doodleville, the world she's created in...

14) Just pretend

Author

Sharp, Tori

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"Tori makes up stories all of the time, so she has never lived in just one world. Those stories might just save her when her world seems to crumble"--

15) Black heroes of the wild west

Author

Smith, James Otis

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""Black Heroes of the Wild West" celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black historical figures in the Old West: Mary "Stagecoach" Fields, a cardplaying coach driver; Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy S Marshall west of the Mississippi; and Bob Lemmons, a cowboy famous for his ability to tame mustangs"--

16) I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

Author

Tarshis, Lauren

Series

I survived (Graphic novels) volume 1

Formats:

eAudiobook, eBook, Graphic Novels & Manga, Kindle

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A thrilling graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Haus Studio

George Calder must be the luckiest kid alive - he and his little sister, Phoebe, are sailing with their aunt on the Titanic, the greatest ship ever built! George can't resist exploring every inch of the incredible boat, even if it gets him into trouble.

But

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17) The infinite adventures of Supernova: 1,Pepper Page saves the universe!

Author

Walker, Landry Q

Series

Infinite adventures of Supernova volume 1

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"The year is 2421. Awkward and shy, Pepper buries herself in the universe of the classic fictional superhero Supernova to avoid dealing with the perils of the 9th grade. But then fate intervenes when Pepper encounters a strange cat named Mister McKittens and stumbles into a volatile science experiment run by a sinister substitute teacher named Doctor Killian"--Publisher marketing.

18) Other boys

Author

Alexander, Damian

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"Damian is the new kid at school, and he has a foolproof plan to avoid the bullying that's plagued him his whole childhood: He's going to stop talking. Starting on the first day of seventh grade, he won't utter a word. If he keeps his mouth shut, the bullies will have nothing to tease him about, right? Wrong--his vow of silence just makes him a bigger target, and it doesn't keep his classmates from discovering the many ways that Damian is different....

19) Jukebox

Author

Chanani, Nidhi

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"A mysterious jukebox, old vinyl records, and cryptic notes on music history are Shaheen's only clues to her father's abrupt disappearance. She looks to her cousin Tannaz, who seems just as perplexed, before they both turn to the jukebox which starts--glowing? Suddenly, the girls are pulled from their era and transported to another time. Keyed to the music on the record, the jukebox sends them through decade after decade of music history, from political...

20) Oh my gods

Author

Cooke, Stephanie

Series

OMGs volume 2

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When Karen leaves New Jersey to spend time with her enigmatic father on Mount Olympus, she's shocked to learn that her junior high classmates are gods and goddesses, and that one of them is turning people to stone.