Ages 14+
Lucy Knisley tells the smart, funny story of her year-long engagement and wedding. She writes about how her fiance came back into her life, and all the fun (and stressful) things about being a bride.
Category: Graphic
Sunnyside Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Grades 4-6
This is Sunnyside Up, a graphic novel by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm. It’s 1976, and ten-year-old Sunny has just arrived in Florida to spend the summer with her grandpa, who lives in a retirement community.
In the beginning, Sunny is bored because Gramps thinks outings like going to the post office and the grocery store are fun.
Finally, Gramps reveals that there is a pool where he lives. There, she meets a boy named Buzz and thinks start looking up. They talk about comic books and collect runaway golf balls together.
To find out how the rest of the summer is for Sunny and Buzz, read Sunnyside Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm!
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Grades 5-7
Drama is a play…I mean, graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier. In Act 1, we meet Callie, a student at Eucalyptus Middle School. She has just come clean to her crush, Greg, who has just broken up with his girlfriend.
The next day at school, the students are preparing to put on a play, Moon Over Mississippi. A group of students is assigned a part of the Stage Crew. The play is beginning to take shape!
In Act 2, Callie meets Justin and Jesse, twin brothers who are excited about getting involved in the play. The trio become great friends and start hanging out together.
Before they know it, dress rehearsal has arrived and the show is upon them. Find out how Callie and her friends put on the play of their middle school lives in Drama by Raina Telgemeier.
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
Ages 18+
From Marjane Satrapi comes the sequel to Persepolis, which, in my opinion, is better than the first. This graphic memoir is about the author’s adolescence. She spends some time in Austria and she is exploring new things like interesting haircuts, drugs and sex for the first time. She goes back to Iran after having experienced life as a “Westerner” and has to deal with life back home. This book is very entertaining and educational as well.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Ages 18+
This graphic memoir was gripping from start to finish. Told in first person through the eyes of a child, Satrapi explained what it was like to grow up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. This book is great for those who want a quick read, however, it’s packed with history and real emotion.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Grades 3-6
This creepy novel follows a girl named Coraline, not Caroline, as she finds a secret door in the home to which her family has just moved. She meets her “other mother” and has to fend for herself until she tries to make her way back to her real parents.
Michelle’s Bookish Life 