![5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1101935863.jpg?itok=fM7zi3hB)
Three unlikely heroes emerge to save their worlds by lighting five beacons. Told through action-packed sequential panels of art and conversation bubbles, the characters bring magic and fantasy to a thrilling end of the first installment in a new graphic series.
5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior
![Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1935179810.jpg?itok=HInxaTnh)
New York’s crowded subway system is known for many things, but being easy on a lost kid isn’t one of them. Pablo gets separated from his new schoolmates during his first field trip in New York City. Luckily, he has a little knowledge, a new friend, and the surprisingly approachable city itself to guide his way. This story features maps, archival photos, and fascinating facts in a graphic novel format to help readers explore the subway.
Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure
![Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1616550740.jpg?itok=BxAsjmAC)
Aang and friends must join together once again as the four nations’ tenuous peace is threatened in an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei! As the world heads toward another devastating war, Aang’s friendship with Zuko throws him into the middle of the conflict!
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise
![Laika](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1596431016.jpg?itok=zbxga3sO)
Laika was the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth’s first space traveler. This is her journey. The author masterfully blends a graphic novel format with fiction and fact in the intertwined stories of three compelling lives. Along with Laika, there is Korolev, once a political prisoner, now a driven engineer at the top of the Soviet space program, and Yelena, the lab technician responsible for Laika’s health and life. An extensive bibliography of sources is appended.
Laika
![Smile](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545132061.jpg?itok=7dpFimGK)
Sixth-grader Raina falls and severely damages her two front teeth. Through middle school and into high school, she struggles with peer relationships, discovering her own strengths while enduring painful orthodontia. The concluding pages reveal a self-assured high school student who can indeed smile. Full-color comic panels perfectly capture young adolescence.
Smile
![March: Book One](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1603093001.jpg?itok=Msub0mW5)
John Lewis, son of a sharecropper, grew up to become an activist and later, a U.S. Congressman. His life and crucial role in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement is dramatically presented in word and image in graphic format in three volumes (March: Book Two (opens in a new window) and March: Book Three (opens in a new window)). The story of the young John Lewis can be shared with children as young as four years in the picture book biography, Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis written by Jabari Asim, illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
March: Book One
![Hippopotamister](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626722005.jpg?itok=lrSD97-i)
“The old City Zoo was falling apart.” So Red Panda and his friend, Hippo, get jobs among humans. Hippo excels at all of his work as Hippopotamister, but he finds he’s happiest when he can be himself! This graphic novel is fresh and funny and sure to engage young readers.
Hippopotamister
![Mad Scientist Academy: The Weather Disaster](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0553523767.jpg?itok=Cff-B4AP)
Factual information about weather and the water cycle is included in this comic graphic novel. Welcome to the Mad Scientist Academy, where slapstick humor and fast-paced action come together in a silly but engaging romp.
Mad Scientist Academy: The Weather Disaster
![Apollo: The Brilliant One (Olympians series)](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626720150.jpg?itok=DzusId7w)
The Greek muse, Polyhmnia, invites readers into a story of the gods of Olympus focusing on the flawed hero, Apollo. Dramatic sequential art and rich language are used in this retelling of Apollo’s successes and failures. Back matter completes this attractive and compelling addition to the series.
Apollo: The Brilliant One (Olympians series)
![Fluffy Bunnies 2: The Schnoz of Doom](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1419710516.jpg?itok=KVarhgCD)
Space bunnies are back for a second installment. Can twins Joules and Kevin save their school from the ferocious fur balls? Fiercely funny, this is sure to please young readers.
Fluffy Bunnies 2: The Schnoz of Doom
![Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0810984164.jpg?itok=ReaAqL0o)
With humorous allusions to a candy universe and over-the-top puns, this laugh out loud funny novel follows twins as they defeat killer space bunnies. Heavily illustrated and with a light tone, this should appeal to even the most reluctant reader.
Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies
![Secret Coders](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626720754.jpg?itok=45gtFPWQ)
Hopper’s new school, Stately Academy, is more creepy than scholarly as the 12-year-old girl soon learns. But with her new friends, they discover the school’s secrets and address them through computer coding. The adventures of this multicultural cast of kids continue in Paths and Portals (opens in a new window) as the series goes on.
Secret Coders
![Roller Girl](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803740166.jpg?itok=B2tmGaU2)
Astrid realizes that her interests differ from those of her best friend but decides to pursue them anyway. How the girls’ friendship weathers this is key to this story as much as information about the sport in this engaging graphic novel.
Roller Girl
![Alamo All Stars](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1419719025.jpg?itok=Cm2w0mK0)
Actual events and people from 19th century Texas come to life in the Hale’s latest look at history. Humor and fact combine in image and word presented in comic book format. (Book 6 in Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series)
Alamo All Stars
![Treat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544472705.jpg?itok=RKx-xiJH)
A pudgy brown and white dog looks everywhere for a treat — from granny’s bedroom to the baby’s crib. Nothing … until the girls offer a special treat to the greedy canine. Cartoon illustrations and the word “treat” in different fonts in a comic book format move the slapstick humor along to a satisfying conclusion.
Treat
![The Real Poop on Pigeons](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1935179934.jpg?itok=3cvEQijv)
When a couple complains about pigeons in the park, two children in pigeon costumes come to give them the real story about pigeons. Done in an open comic book format, this easier-to-read book is sure to entertain as well as inform.
The Real Poop on Pigeons
![El Deafo](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1419712179.jpg?itok=XGHUouU0)
In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful — and very awkward — hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear — sometimes things she shouldn’t — but also isolates her from her classmates. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become “El Deafo, Listener for All.” And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she’s longed for.
El Deafo
![Skip School, Fly to Space: A Pearls Before Swine Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1449436374.jpg?itok=YaQ2r23k)
The cast of the Pastis syndicated comic strip, Pearls Before Swine, share adventures in this comic book collection of slightly irreverent, always funny strips.
Skip School, Fly to Space: A Pearls Before Swine Collection
![The Croc Ate My Homework: A Pearls Before Swine Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1449436366.jpg?itok=aWkRKB_K)
The Croc family is on a never-ending mission to eat Rat, Pig, Goat, and Zebra. Fans of graphic novels (or comic collections such as Calvin and Hobbes) and of the Timmy Failure series are sure to enjoy this collection.
The Croc Ate My Homework: A Pearls Before Swine Collection
![Beginning Pearls](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1449423035.jpg?itok=N-Yf7vsF)
Each section of the first in the Pearls Before Swine collections is organized by each of the strip’s characters: Rat, Goat, Zebra, Croc and Pig. Understated humor is evident in the line drawings and minimal language create an accessible, offbeat humor just right for middle schoolers.
Beginning Pearls
![American Born Chinese](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1596431520.jpg?itok=1-0q5jrl)
Three storylines — contemporary and mythic — intersect in this tale of a boy who is not comfortable with his culture or himself. This fresh, sometimes surprising, revealing novel is told in image and text. This graphic novel was the first of its format to win the Printz Award for best work of Young Adult Literature.
American Born Chinese
![Little Robot](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626720800.jpg?itok=bk9i8UOq)
A little girl activates a robot and finds a friend but now must save her friend from fierce, nasty robots. This nearly wordless adventure is presented in comic book form and is sure to delight young readers.
Little Robot
![Squish: The Power of the Parasite](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375843914.jpg?itok=5QUPbFjG)
School’s out! Everyone’s favorite amoeba is headed to summer camp! Squish’s summer is turning out to be terrifying! For one thing, Squish can’t swim. And to make matters worse, his new camp friend is a Hydra (scientific fact: A hydra’s tentacles can paralyze you!). Will Squish sink or will he swim this summer?
Squish: The Power of the Parasite
![Sunny Side Up](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545741661.jpg?itok=9pmG_MtG)
Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. Sunny meets Buzz, a boy who is completely obsessed with comic books, and soon they’re having adventures of their own: facing off against golfball-eating alligators, runaway cats, and mysteriously disappearing neighbors. But the question remains — why is Sunny down in Florida in the first place? The answer lies in a family secret that won’t be secret to Sunny much longer.