SJPL Picks: Multicultural Graphic Novels for KidsLike this list

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• Speak Up, Santiago!

  a Hillside Valley Graphic Novel

  Anta, Julio,

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  Grade Level - 3rd to 7th - Lexile Level 390. Santi is excited to spend the summer in Hillside Valley, meeting local kids, eating his Abuela's delicious food and exploring, but Santi doesn't speak Spanish and it seems everyone he meets does, in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Crazy Summer

  the Graphic Novel Adaptation of the Newbery Honor Book

  Williams-Garcia, Rita,

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  Grade Level - 3rd to 7th. In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Halfway to Somewhere

  Pimienta, Jose,

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  Grade Level - 2nd to 6th - Lexile Level 330. Ave, their mom and their younger brother make a life in the US while Ave's father and older sister stay in Mexico because of a divorce, in a story about exploring identity, understanding family and making…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are Big Time

  Khan, Hena,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 8th - Lexile Level 320. Moving to Wisconsin and starting a new Islamic school, Aliya joins the school's losing basketball team and together with her new teammates, works hard to strengthen her skills on the court, discovering it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Uprooted

  a Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back

  Chan, Ruth, 1980-

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  Grade Level - 4th to 8th. Moving to Hong Kong, where her family fits in but she doesn't, Ruth feels lonely and uprooted by the language barrier and harder classes until her father tells her stories about her family that help her to be strong and put…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gamerville

  Christmas, Johnnie,

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  Grade Level - 3rd to 6th. Sent to Camp Reset, a summer camp where electronics are forbidden and he's forced to socialize, eat healthy and go outdoors, gamer Max, a qualifier for the Gamerville championship, must level up his escape plan to realize…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ali Cross, the Graphic Novel

  Rau, Adam,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 6th. The son of famous detective Alex Cross, Ali, with his father on trial for a crime he didn't commit, decides to prove himself when his best friend Gabe goes missing but wonders if he's in way over his head as he learns to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shiny Misfits

  Zayid, Maysoon,

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  Grade Level - 5th to 8th. When her classmate and crush steals her spotlight after she wins the school talent show, Bay Ann, reduced to her disability and her talent ignored, vows to do everything in her power to beat him at his own attention-seeking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anzu and the Realm of Darkness

  Nguyen, Mai K.,

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  Grade Level - 3rd to 7th - Lexile Level 420. Accidentally transported to the Shinto underworld called Yomi, Anzu discovers the queen of this realm has been kidnapping the spirits of lost children for decades and is torn between escaping or staying…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pearl

  Smith, Sherri L.,

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  Grade Level - 6th to 10th - Lexile Level 510. Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl from Hawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visit family in Hiroshima. But when the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Weirdo

  Weaver, Tony, Jr,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 8th. Eleven-year-old Tony Weaver, Jr. loves comic books, anime, and video games, and idolizes the heroic, larger-than-life characters he finds there. But his new classmates all think he's a weirdo. Bullied by his peers, Tony…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unhappy Camper

  LaMotte, Lily,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 8th. When their parents send them to a Taiwanese American summer camp, sisters Michelle and Claire polar are. opposites. Claire and Michelle learn more about their culture and each other, forcing Michelle to decide whether to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Continental Drifter

  Macleod, Kathy,

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  Grade Level - 5th to 8th. Spending most of the year in Bangkok and then the summer in Maine, Thai American Kathy struggles to fit in and longs to find a place where she truly belongs, but she's not sure if it's in America, Thailand ... or anywhere.

• The Other Side of Tomorrow

  Cho, Tina,

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  Grade Level - 5th to 9th. Yunho and Myunghee flee North Korea, facing dangers such as poisonous snakes, corrupt soldiers and the fear of being found as they dream of a better future, in a story told in verse.

• Lion Dancers

  Tse, Cai,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 6th. Returning to lion dancing after a long absence, Wei comes face-to-face with Hung, his former best friend and bitter rival, and as they claw their way to the top, they must face their mistakes head-on and remember what it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Parachute Kids [1]

  Tang, Betty C.,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 7th - Lexile Level 250. After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stories of the Islands

  Angkasa, Clar,

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  Grade Level - 6th to 9th. In this collection of reimagined Indonesian fairy tales, the girls are the ones with power. The power to fight evil, to protect others, and to grow as people. Because why should girls in folktales always need saving?

• Saving Chupie

  Ortiz, Amparo,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 6th. Violeta Rubio and her friends are on a mission to protect their local chupacabra from international smugglers and monster hunters in this supernatural island adventure.

• Nayra and the Djinn

  Ata, Iasmin Omar,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 9th - Lexile Level 220. 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saving Sunshine

  Faruqi, Saadia,

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  Grade Level - 4th to 7th - Lexile Level 230. It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. It's even harder when you're constantly fighting your sibling--and Zara and Zeeshan really can't stand each…Read moreRead more of this annotation