Thursday, November 5, 2020

Kids' Book Spotlight - Graphic Novel Staff Favorites from Sharon Forks

 The Youth Services staff at the Sharon Forks branch wants to share their favorite books with you! Here are our favorite graphic novels for kids and teens. Stop by and let us know how you enjoyed them!

Easy Graphic Novels

by Raul the Third 

Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabe, his dog, deliver supplies to vendors at the Mercado, a busy border town market.

~Ms. Cleo

by Ivan Brunetti

In this introduction to compound words by a famed cartoonist, a young student named Annemarie learns how to have fun with language.

~Ms. Anu

by Andrew Cangelose

A taco-loving squirrel named Taco teaches kids that the most important story is the one they writes itself.

~Ms. Stephani





Juvenile Graphic Novels

by Nathan Hale

The Reed family struggles to survive the wagon train journey from Illinois to California as members of the ill-fated Donner Party.

~Ms. Cleo

by Ryan Andrews

Ben and his friends are determined to find out where the paper lanterns of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival go, so they follow the river as far as they can until the only followers left are Ben and Nathaniel.

~Ms. Cleo

by Cece Bell

Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers!

~Ms. Amy

by Katie O'Neill

After discovering a lost Tea Dragon in the marketplace, apprentice blacksmith Greta learns about the dying art form of Tea Dragon caretaking from the kind tea shop owners.

~Ms. Stephani

by Jerry Craft

After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds.

~Ms. LeAnne





Teen Graphic Novel

by Scott Westerfeld

Three years ago an event destroyed the small city of Poughkeepsie, forever changing reality within its borders. Uncanny manifestations and lethal dangers now await anyone who enters the Spill Zone. The Spill claimed Addison's parents and scarred her little sister, Lexa, who hasn't spoken since. Addison provides for her sister by photographing the Zone's twisted attractions on illicit midnight rides. Art collectors pay top dollar for these bizarre images, but getting close enough for the perfect shot can mean death--or worse. When an eccentric collector makes a million-dollar offer, Addison breaks her own hard-learned rules of survival and ventures farther than she has ever dared. Within the Spill Zone, Hell awaits--and it seems to be calling Addison's name.  

~Ms. Cleo

by Kazu Kibuishi

After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves. ~Ms. Amy

by Nidhi Chanani

Indian-American teen, Priyanka "Pri" Das, attempts to reconnect with her mother's homeland through a magical pashmina shawl. 

~Ms. Anu

by Cassandra Clare

A prequel to Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, The Infernal Devices is the story of Tessa Gray, a sixteen-year-old American girl traveling alone to Victorian London who runs afoul of the city's sordid supernatural underworld. Rescued by the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, Tessa quickly finds herself caught up in an intrigue that may very well destroy her new friends - including the two enigmatic young men, Jem and Will, who have taken her under their wing. 

~Ms. Page and Ms. Stephani


Stephani Lindsey
Youth Specialist
Sharon Forks Library
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