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Kitty Curran
Molly Dade is preparing for a violin audition, assigned to a group project with her nemesis, and keeping a life-or-death secret from nearly everyone. Her family once seemed ordinary and lived in a reportedly haunted house in a local cemetery in Maine. Their deadly embarrassing family history becomes part of a ghostly mystery and a perilous plot at school.
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Serafina and the Black Cloak: The Graphic NovelRobert Beatty, illustrated by Braeden SherrellSerafina and the Black Cloak: The Graphic Novel adapts Robert Beatty’s gothic fantasy in graphic-novel form. Its central figure is a heroine, and the story includes a man in a black cloak who binds young victims. Richly atmospheric illustrations accompany the adaptation, giving the fantasy a visual presentation throughout its pages.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews during World War IIRalph Shayne, illustrated by Tatiana GoldbergSet in Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943, this historical graphic novel depicts Mette, a young Jewish girl, as her family tries to evade an impending roundup. Alongside Mette’s family, teachers, fishers, members of the resistance, and other Danish residents help Jewish neighbors make it safely to Sweden. Ralph Shayne incorporated experiences from his mother’s life, and the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center helped develop the book.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Dear RosieMeghan Boehman, Rachael BrinerIn this graphic novel, seventh-grader Millie and her friends Florence, Claire, Gabby, and Rosie are close. After Rosie dies in a car accident, the four friends left behind must contend with grief and try to continue forward. Millie is already uncertain about her everyday preteen feelings and avoids the more difficult ones by pursuing a mystery. Her investigation begins with a cryptic notebook that was left at her family’s laundromat.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details