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MoComCon 2024 - Children

Created on January 2, 2024, 4:30 pm

Last Updated February 3, 2024, 4:02 pm

Check out these notable graphic novels and nonfiction for children, recommended by MCPL librarians and staff who just can’t get enough of graphic novels and manga! Want to show your love of graphic novels? Come to MoComCon at Germantown Library and BlackRock Center for the Arts March 2nd: https://mcpl.events/MoComCon Spend an hour—or several—at MoComCon and geek out with all of us at the event! We'll have storytimes, crafts, a cosplay parade and contest, a superhero dance party, a graphic novelist talk, a Make Your Own Comic workshop, a science fiction writing workshop, vendors, presenters of Black and Latino fandoms, Pokémon trivia, Pokémon card trading, and much more! Find out more about MoComCon: https://mcpl.events/MoComCon

1) Nayra and the djinn

Author

Ata, Iasmin Omar

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Nothing is going right for Nayra Mansour. There's the constant pressure from her strict family, ruthless bullying from her classmates, and exhausting friendship demands from Rami -the only other Muslim girl at school. Nayra has had enough. Just when she's considering transferring schools to escape it all, a mysterious djinn named Marjan appears. As a djinn, a mythical being in Islamic folklore, Marjan uses their powers and wisdom to help Nayra navigate...

2) Little monarchs

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Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

In the twenty-second century, a sun shift has made it impossible for mammals to survive in the daylight, and ten-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, are studying the migration route of monarch butterflies along what used to be the western coast of the United States, hoping that something in the butterflies wing scales can be used to protect people from the sun and save humanity from extinction.

Author

Chmakova, Svetlana

Series

Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 1

Description

After shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member.

Author

Christmas, Johnnie

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--

5) Marshmallow & Jordan

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Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed ... Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her ... until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just come between Jordan and her best friends on the basketball...

6) The real Riley Mayes

Author

Elliott, Rachel

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded up--except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking Joy Powers! Things start to look up when a classmate,...

7) Witches of Brooklyn

Author

Escabasse, Sophie

Series

Witches of Brooklyn volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Effie moves to Brooklyn to live with her strange aunt and soon discovers that she might be a witch"--

Author

Fernández, Kelly

Series

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Description

"Set at a magical school for girls, a funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure about friendship, defying expectations, and finding your place. Manu is always getting into trouble. The headmistress at school believes Manu has the potential to help people with her magic, but Manu would rather have fun than fit in. The other students claim she's secretly a demon and that she was raised by wolves. Manu doesn't care what people say about...

9) The legend of auntie Po

Author

Khor, Shing Yin

Description

"Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po Pan Yin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch"--

10) Everyday hero machine boy

Author

Series

Everyday Hero Machine Boy

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Description

"When a machine boy falls to earth, his heart is awoken for the first time. As he learns to be human, he struggles to override his own programming and become a hero, from rising stars Tri Vuong and Irma Kniivila. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Machine Boy! When Machine Boy falls from the sky into the domed city of Mega 416, he leaves a wake of destruction in his path... until Karate Grandpa is able to turn on his heart. Now, Machine Boy wants...

11) Rabbit chase

Author

LaPensée , Elizabeth

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in Wonderland in this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass. Aimée, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development, Aimée zones...

12) Goldie Vance

Author

Series

Goldie Vance volume 1

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Description

Move over Nancy, Harriet, & Veronica. There's a new sleuth on the block! Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel's in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can't crack, he agrees...

13) Goldie Vance: Volume 2

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Series

Goldie Vance volume 2

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Description

Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance has an insatiable curiosity. She lives at a Florida resort with her dad who manages the place, and it's her dream to one day become the hotel's in-house detective. In this second story arc, Goldie investigates the mysterious appearance of a lady astronaut on the beach!

14) Goldie Vance: Volume three

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Series

Goldie Vance volume 3

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Description

Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance has an insatiable curiosity with dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily, she lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place, and with a rotating roster of guests and events, there's bound to be some mystery afoot! With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to find who is sabotaging the drivers before the...

15) Goldie Vance: Volume four

Author

Series

Goldie Vance volume 4

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Description

"Sixteen-year-old Marigold 'Goldie' Vance has an insatiable curiosity and dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily for Goldie, with the St. Pascal Rockin' the Beach Music Festival coming to town, there's plenty of inexplicable shenanigans keeping her gumshoe brain busy, from mysterious power outages, to missing musicians, to Russian spies hiding in the shadows."--Publisher description.

16) Goldie Vance: Volume five,Larceny in La La Land

Author

Ball, Jacqueline A

Series

Goldie Vance volume 5

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Description

"Goldie, Diane, and Cheryl find themselves jetsetting to sunny Los Angeles. Goldie befriends a silent film star and takes on a case of stolen film memorabilia."--Provided by publisher.

17) Beetle & the Hollowbones

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Series

The Beetle Books

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Description

Twelve-year-old goblin and witch-in-training Beetle enlists her former best friend, Kat Hollowbones, to help stop Kat's sorceress aunt from demolishing the mall where Beetle's friend Blob Ghost is trapped.

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Description

"Snap's town had a witch. At least, that's how the rumor goes. But in reality, 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...

19) The woman in the woods and other North American stories

Series

Cautionary fables and fairytales

Description

Loup Garrou, trickster rabbits, and spirits with names that can't be spoken--the plains and forests of North America are alive with characters like these, all waiting to meet you in this collection of folklore retold in comics! This fifth volume of the "Cautionary Fables and Fairytales" anthology series features updated takes on ancient stories from tribes spanning the continent, bursting with bedside tales that are thrilling, chilling, and most of...

20) The accursed vampire

Author

McGrane, Madeline

Series

Accursed vampire volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, eComic, Kindle

Description

Cursed by a witch centuries before, Dragoslava must complete every task the witch assigns to him, challenges that send him off to a sleepy midwestern town to obtain a spellbook, in what becomes a life-changing mission that brings about friendship and a sense of belonging.