Makayla, Howard, and Lynda come together to form The Cartoonists Club, where kids can learn about making comics and use their creativity and imagination for their own storytelling adventures!
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Battle of the Books 2026
Dog Star
(Juvenile Fiction - J Shepher)
Nina, a young girl unsure of her role in her Soviet society, befriends a dog from her father's lab named Laika, who dreams of finding a home.
Front Desk
(Juvenile Fiction - J Yang)
Series: Front Desk
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, 10-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao, is a nasty skinflint who exploits them.
Impossible Creatures
(Juvenile Fiction - J Rundell)
Christopher discovers the Archipelago, a world where mythological creatures were secreted away by magic long ago. But those creatures are now dying, and it's up to Christopher and Mal, a girl from the Archipelago, to save both of their worlds.
Odder
(Juvenile Fiction - J Applega)
Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself—and about the humans who hope to save her.
Refugee: The Graphic Novel
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J-GN Gratz Refugee)
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape riots and unrest in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Stuntboy, In the Meantime
(Juvenile Fiction - J Reynold)
Series: Stuntboy
Portico Reeves' secret identity as Stuntboy allows him to use his superpower keeping everybody safe, but when his superhero parents start fighting a lot more, he feels the responsibility to save them.
A Whisper of Horses
(Juvenile Fiction - J Bethell)
In a post-apocalyptic Great Britain, after her mother's death, 12-year-old Serendipity leaves Lahn Dan and teams up with an orphan named Tab, hoping to find horses surviving somewhere.
A Wizard of Earthsea
(Juvenile Fiction - J Leguin)
Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea. But once, he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world.
A World Without Summer
(Juvenile Nonfiction - J 303.485 Day)
A narrative nonfiction account that explores how Mount Tambora's eruption in 1815 affected the global climate and inspired author Mary Shelley's work.