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Graphic Novels Gr 6 The Other Side of a close friend in this sweetly The Witch Boy the Wall gothic, mildly spooky tale. by Molly K. Ostertag by Simon Schwartz Illustrated by the author Illustrated by the author Spill Zone Graphix, 2017. Graphic Universe, 2015. by Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 9781338089523. ISBN: 9781467758406. Illustrated by Alex Puvilland Aster was born into a Schwartz’s graphic memoir First Second, 2017. magical family where all boys recounts his family’s life in ISBN: 9781596439368. are expected to become communist East Berlin, their Addison and her sister Lexa shapeshifters, but Aster escape to to the West, and have been on their own since discovers he has a talent for his childhood growing up in something strange destroyed witchcraft. Could revealing West Berlin. their city and killed their his secret help save a missing parents, now selling photos boy’s life? Pashmina of the odd happenings is both by Nidhi Chanani the only way to survive—but A Wrinkle in Time: Illustrated by the author will it also be what destroys The Graphic Novel First Second, 2017. Addison? based on the novel by ISBN: 9781626720886. Madeleine L’Engle, adapted Priyanka Das discovers Swing It, Sunny by Hope Larson a magical pashmina that by Jennifer L. Holm and Illustrated by Hope Larson connects her to her mother’s Matthew Holm Farrar, Straus and Giroux, past and India. Illustrated by the authors 2012. Graphix, 2017. ISBN: 9780374386153. Primates: The Fearless ISBN: 9780545741729. With the help of some Science of Jane Goodall, In the sequel to Sunny Side Up, unusual guardians, three Dian Fossey, and Sunny faces new challenges in children travel across time Biruté Galdikas middle school—missing her and space to save their by Jim Ottaviani brother and struggling with father and our universe in Illustratedby Maris Wicks changes everywhere. Sunny’s this graphic adaptation of First Second, 2015. positive attitude and a good L’Engle’s Newbery Medal ISBN: 9781250062932. friend will see her through, winning novel. The stories of three because she’s determined to scientists and their stay on top. groundbreaking work in Trickster: Native the field with chimpanzees, American Tales: gorilla, and orangutans. A Graphic Collection. Princess Decomposia edited by Matt Dembicki and Count Spatula Fulcrum, 2010. by Andi Watson ISBN: 9781555917241. Illustrated by the author This collaborative effort by First Second, 2015. more than 40 writers and ISBN: 9781626721494. artists presents over twenty The overwhelmed princess Native American trickster of the underworld hires a tales in graphic novel format. vampire chef who becomes www.ala.org/alsc The Graphic Novels Reading List was created by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Titles on this list were selected and annotated by members of ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee. GradesFor more booklists, K please– visit2 www.ala.org/alsc/booklists. Grades 6–8 www.ala.org/alsc www.ala.org/alsc 2018 © American Library Association Graphic Novels Reading List Grades 6–8 All’s Faire in science club rivalry, make her Drowned City: Hurricane Gaijin: American Hereville: How Mirka huge powers while also staying Middle School reconsider her rules. Katrina and New Orleans Prisoner of War Got Her Sword true to her family, culture, and by Victoria Jamieson by Don Brown by Matt Faulkner by Barry Deutsch dreams? First book in the series. Illustrated by the author Baba Yaga’s Assistant Illustrated by the author Illustrated by the author Illustrated by the author Dial, 2017. by Marika McCoola Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Disney-Hyperion, 2014. Amulet, 2010. Nothing Can Possibly ISBN: 9780525429982. Illustrated by Emily Carroll ISBN: 9780544586178. ISBN: 9781423137351. ISBN: 9780810984226. Go Wrong A girl starting middle school Candlewick, 2015. Both beautiful and disturbing, Biracial American Koji Miyamoto Mirka Herschberg lives in an by Prudence Shen after being home schooled by ISBN: 9780763669614. Brown captures both the struggles to stay true to himself Orthodox Jewish family and Illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks her Renaissance Fair parents Masha relies on her intimate and large-scale during his time as an American dreams of fighting dragons. First Second, 2013. learns that being herself grandmother’s stories told to disasters and failures that prisoner of war in an internment A witch appears and issues ISBN: 9781596436596. comes with challenges. help her complete a series of led to the catastrophic camp during WWII. a challenge, giving Mirka the This year’s student-body tasks for Baba Yaga. destruction caused by chance she’s always wanted. election is pitting nerds Anne Frank: The Anne Hurricane Katrina. A Game for Swallows: To First book in the series. against jocks in class warfare! If Frank House Authorized Child Soldier When Boys Die, to Leave, to Return Charlie wins, the cheerleaders Graphic Biography and Girls are Used in War The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Zeina Abirached In Real Life get new uniforms. If Nate wins, by Sid Jacobson by Jessica Day Humphreys by Jimmy Gownley Illustrated by the author by Cory Doctorow the robotics club stays funded. Illustrated by Ernie Colón and Michel Chikwanine Illustrated by the author Graphic Universe, 2012. Illustrated By Jen Wang Hill and Wang, 2010. Illustrated by Claudia Dávila Graphix, 2014. ISBN: 9781575059419. First Second, 2014. Nimona ISBN: 9780809026845. Kids Can Press 2015. ISBN: 9780545453479. Zeina’s parents have not ISBN: 9781596436589. by Noelle Stevenson Drawing on the unique ISBN: 9781771381260. This graphic memoir recalls a returned from visiting the other Anda loves playing her favorite Illustrated by the author historical sites, archives and The autobiography of Michel time when Gownley, bedridden half of divided Beirut during massively multiplayer online HarperTeen, 2015. expertise of the Anne Frank Chikwanine, explores his by chicken pox and pneumonia, the civil war in Lebanon. Zeina game. It’s a fun way for her to ISBN: 9780062278234. House in Amsterdam, this family’s life in the Democratic overcomes these and other gathers with neighbors in the escape from real life—until Sassy shapeshifter Nimona authorized biography is the Republic of Congo, his time pre-adolescent challenges safest place in the apartment, she meets another player who is a sidekick to Lord Ballister complete account of the lives as a child soldier, his father’s by rediscovering his love of where they play games, talk, is having an entirely different Blackheart, a not so evil of Anne’s parents, her first activism and Chikwanine’s writing and drawing comics. and support one another. experience. Interesting genius. Together they battle years in Frankfurt, the rise of eventual emigration. examination of the murky Blackheart’s nemesis, Sir Nazism, her life in the annex, Fantasy Sports The Graveyard Book, ethics of MMORPG and the Ambrosius Goldenloin, the and her arrest and tragic death Curses: Foiled again! by Sam Bosma Volume 1 different realities faced by first champion of the Institution of in Bergen-Belsen. by Jane Yolen Illustrated by the author by Neil Gaiman and world vs third world players. Law Enforcement and Heroics. Illustratedby Mike Cavallaro Nobrow Press, 2014. P. Craig Russell Anya’s Ghost First Second, 2013. ISBN: 9781907704802. Illustrated by P. Craig Russell Jane, the Fox and Me This One Summer by Vera Brosgol ISBN: 9781596436190. A magical heroine and former Harper, 2014. by Fanny Britt by Mariko Tamaki Illustrated by the author The sequel to Foiled! (2010), mentor must defeat a mummy ISBN: 9780062194817. Illustrated by Isabelle Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki First Second, 2011. Aliera Carstairs and Caroline, in a game of basketball to win This graphic adaptation of the Arsenault First Second, 2014. ISBN: 9781596437135. her wheelchair-bound cousin, a treasure. Newbery award-winning novel Groundwood Books, 2013. ISBN:97811596437746. When Russian-American must defend the fairy kingdom tells the first half of the story ISBN: 9781554983605. Taking place over the course teenager Anya falls down from the realm of Seelie. Friends with Boys about Nobody Owens who is Helene delves deep in the of a summer, we follow two a well and meets the ghost by Faith Erin Hicks raised in a graveyard by ghosts world of Jane Eyre to escape friends—one who is ready to of a girl who was killed, they Drama Illustrated by the author after his parents are murdered. the cruelty of her everyday life make the leap to teenager- become fast friends as Emily by Raina Telgemeier First Second, 2012. at school, until she meets a hood and all the cool and helps Anya and Anya vows to Illustrated by the author ISBN: 9781596435568. friend in an unlikely location. dangerous things that come solve Emily’s murder. Graphix, 2012. A young homeschooler with it, and the other who ISBN: 9780545326995. transitions to high school, Ms. Marvel would rather hang onto being a Awkward Drama abounds on and off along with the mystery of the by G. Willow Wilson kid a little longer. by Svetlana Chmakova stage in this hilarious take on ghost who has followed her Illustrated by Adrian Alphona Illustrated by the author school theater productions. most of her life. Marvel, 2014. Yen Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780785190219. ISBN: 9780316381307. Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl Peppi Torres is just trying to from Jersey City who stumbles survive middle school, but an upon superpowers and awkward encounter on the first becomes the next Ms. Marvel! day, and a heated art versus Is she ready to handle these .
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