Graphic Novels
All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Eleven-year-old Impy has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's keen to start her training as a squire. First, she needs to prove her bravery and she has just the quest in mind—she'll go to public school after a life of being homeschooled!
Impy falls in with a group of girls who seem really nice (until they don't), and although Impy has always thought of herself as a heroic knight, when she does something really mean to fit in, she begins to wonder if she might be more of a dragon after all.
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures by Nickelodeon
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
This volume collects long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine plus over seventy brand-new comics pages. A total of twenty-six stories set in Airbender continuity, created by a host of top-notch talent, many of whom worked on the original animated series!
Rutabuga The Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
In a world where there are dragons, wyverns, and haunted squash, you'd figure someone would have recipes for them, right? Rutabaga and his magic cooking pot, Pot, join young adventurers Winnifred, Manny, and Beef on a quest to defeat a dragon, discover new ingredients, find monsters to have for and/or to dinner, and to save the day through cooking.
Comics Squad – Detention! by Jennifer L and Matthew Holm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and more
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Calling all kidz! Do you like comics? Do you like laughing till you get sent to the principal?!
Leave your troubles behind with this collection of quick and funny stories about many kids' biggest fear—detention! Sure, detention can be scary or frustrating or just plain boring, but who knew it could also be an adventure? It's a bust-your-gut-laughing comics anthology with original contributions from the most beloved and bestselling names in graphic novels!
Comics Squad Series, Book 3
Comics Squad – Lunch by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jennifer L. and Matthew Holm, and more
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Calling all kidz! Do you like comics? Do you like laughing till milk comes out of your nose?!
Look no further—do we have the book for you! All your favorite comic characters are right here in one book, including the Peanuts gang, Babymouse, and Lunch Lady. This all-star tribute to classic Sunday comics includes eight sidesplitting, action-packed stories about every kid’s favorite subject—LUNCH!
Comics Squad Series, Book 2
Frozen Graphic Novel by Disney
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as eBook
Relive Disney's Frozen with this exciting and visually-stunning graphic novel! Follow along with your favorite characters—Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Sven, and more—as they race to save the kingdom of Arendelle from an eternal winter. Enjoy the adventure from the beginning!
Garfield's Big Fat Hairy Adventure by Jim Davis
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
The lasagne-loving fat cat stars in KaBOOM!'s first-ever Garfield original graphic novel! When Jon reveals plans to bring Odie to a talent show audition, Garfield decides he can't let Odie get all the spotlight. But when his actions cause Odie to run away, it's up to Garfield to bring Odie back home.
Junior High Drama: A Graphic Novel by Louise Simonson
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Welcome to Memorial Middle School, where drama fills the classrooms and follows students home on the bus. Social awkwardness. Mean girls. Hallway gossip. It's all part of life in junior high, but maybe it helps to know you aren't alone. Can Lucia avoid the boy-girl party? Will Kamilla overcome her self-consciousness and try out for the play? Can Allie keep anyone from finding out her secret? Junior High Drama shows that while you can't escape the drama, you can certainly survive it.
The Losers Club by Andrew Clements
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Sixth grader Alec can’t put a good book down. So when Principal Vance lays down the law—pay attention in class, or else—Alec takes action. He can’t lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he intends to be the only member of. After all, reading isn’t a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club, right? But as more and more kids find their way to Alec’s club—including his ex-friend turned bully and the girl Alec is maybe starting to like—Alec notices something. Real life might be messier than his favorite books, but it’s just as interesting.
Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max by Stevenson, Ellis, Watters, Ellen, etc.
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
The second collection of the award-winning Lumberjanes is here! Five girls become instant best friends when they go to camp and discover there is a lot more to the summer than learning to how to paddle a canoe. This is not your average summer camp and Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are not your average campers. Between the river monsters, magic, and myths, summer is only just beginning!
Lumberjanes Series, Volume 2
Making Friends by Kristen Gudsnuk
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Sometimes making a friend is a lot easier than keeping one!
Sixth grade was SO much easier for Danny. All her friends were in the same room and she knew exactly what to expect out of life. Now that she's in seventh grade, she's in a new middle school, her friends are in different classes and forming new cliques, and she is totally, completely lost. What Danny really needs is a new best friend! So when she inherits a magic sketchbook from her eccentric great-aunt in which anything she sketches in it comes to life, she draws Madison, the most amazing, perfect, and awesome best friend ever.
The thing is, even when you create a best friend, there's no guarantee they'll always be your best friend. Especially when they discover they've been created with magic!
Making Friends Series, Volume 1
Making Friends: Back to the Drawing Board by Kristen Gudsnuk
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Almost everything is going great for Dany. She and Madison are still best friends, she still has her magic sketchbook, and the new school year is looking up. But when Dany creates a duplicate of herself to secretly help with homework and raise her social status, the two of them accidentally unleash a magical dog that wreaks supernatural havoc on the town. Now, with the big school dance coming up, time is running short for Dany, Madison, and their friends to set things right before the night is completely ruined!
Making Friends Series, Volume 2
Swing it, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of middle school. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best time. Not only is the whole middle school thing confusing but life at home is confusing, too. Sunny misses her brother Dale, who's been sent to boarding school. But when Dale comes back, she STILL misses him... because he's changed. Luckily Sunny's got her best friend and a mysterious new neighbor on her side because she is NOT going let all this confusion get her down. Instead, she's going to stay Sunny-side up!
Sunny Series, Book 2
Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Available via South Island Downloadable Zone/Libby as an eBook
Too cool for school . . . or the least groovy girl in the grade?
Sunny's just made it to middle school and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying, it's hard to worry about whether you look cool or not. Especially when it's your turn to roll the 20-sided die. Trying hard to be cool can make you feel really uncool, and it's much more fun to just have fun.
Sunny Series, Book 3