GPLD 2025 Summer Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels

When twin sisters Neecy and Nay open a salon for a class assignment, they discover styling is much harder than they thought.

Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic, yet none of the teachers can figure out what kind of magic is in his calabash--but when one of Kwame's new friends is possessed by an evil magic his power is revealed.

Third-grader Emma McKenna's plans to start fresh at a new school are complicated when her former best friend--and now enemy--shows up in Emma's class.

"After the magical stones of Ravenwood go missing, eight-year-old Dak Evans goes on an adventure with Lucy, a magical llama, and Fenn, a mysterious girl, to help some dragons and find the fire stone"-- Provided by publisher.

For Ember, a rescue Chihuahua and the newest pet in the Chin family, the first step in fulfilling his destiny to rule the world is to defeat the evil neighborhood squirrel, Masher.

"Willow Feathers McBeaver, aka Detective Duck, is a crime-solving duck who can crack any case--no matter how hard-boiled! Even though she's still just a little duck, there's no problem too big or too fowl for her to figure out. So when a strange object comes crashing into her pond home, she knows egg-xactly what she has to do: Start sleuthing! What is this object, and how can she get it out of the pond? Armed with her ever-present satchel for collecting...

A supremely unlucky kid's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad first day at a new school. Only a bold or foolish narrator would start a book by calling out the upcoming story beats like Babe Ruth predicting a home run. But Justin Chase does just that, warning readers of the mortification to come. Now that his mom has married Vlad, his new stepdad, both of whom work the night shift, he'll be living with his dad during the week and spending weekends...

"Gabby Torres is nine years old and ready to conquer the world. She's already joined the Sea Musketeers, the environmental protection club founded by her idol, Stella Díaz, and plans to be their best (and youngest) member ever. Gabby's latest and greatest idea: start a social media page for her club. But her parents think she's too young! Nothing stops Gabby though...until some online meanies get her in some serious trouble! But she's totally got...

Fifth grader Penny, who doodles to cope with anxiety, worries that her best friend is drifting away.

"12-year-old Meg is pulled into a mysterious treasure hunt at her new boarding school and must learn to work with her new classmates, who all have secrets of their own."-- Provided by publisher.