GPLD 2024 Fall Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels

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Reeya Rai and her friend Finlay discover a priceless ivory peacock in a cave near the Roman site her parents are studying, and Reeya must come up with a way to retrieve the nearly inaccessible artefact before the greedy Dr. Acker finds it.

2) The fast and the furriest

Author

Brown-Wood, JaNay

Series

Love puppies volume 6

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There is a new puppy in town! A baby corgi has arrived at the Doghouse, ready to learn how to become a Love Puppy. The pups have an extra-tough mission this time--to help Samnang deal with bullies at school. With the help of their pup in training, will the Love Puppies be able to help Samnang stand up for himself and realize that tiny can also be mighty? With a little bit of magic and a whole lot of kindness, the Love Puppies are here to help kids...

3) Hocus and Pocus and the spell for home

Author

Capetta, A. R

Series

Hocus and Pocus volume 1

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"Puppies Hocus and Pocus are still waiting to be adopted from the Shelter for Slightly Magical Pets. Even though Hocus can see two minutes into the future and Pocus can turn bad feelings into bubbles (which he eats!), nobody seems to want them. This could be because the two keep causing mischief so they won't be separated. When Jinx the witch uses a "spell for home" potion to help a color-changing tortoise find his match, the puppies know what to...

4) Go, go, green energy!

Author

Griffith, Theanne

Series

Magnificent makers volume 8

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Pablo, Violet, and Garry embark on an adventure in the Maker Maze, collaborating with scientist Dr. Crisp to tackle energy challenges while learning to use energy sustainably.

5) Troop Esme

Author

Heuer, Lourdes

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"Esme always has a plan. A funny and sweet early illustrated chapter book about a problem-solving girl who decides to start her own badge-earning troop . . . and makes a new friend along the way."--

6) Rise of Pegasus

Author

Holub, Joan

Series

School for magical monsters volume 1

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Clumsy Pegasus makes new friends and discovers his powers at the School for Magical Monsters.

7) Welcome to scare school

Author

Lerner, Jarrett

Series

Scare school diaries volume 1

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Bash is a young ghost who has never been good at scaring people is nervous about his first day at scare school, where he will learn to master the necessary skills to become a successful ghost.

8) Race to the magic mountain

Author

Mensah, Bernard

Series

Branches

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Eight-year-old Kwame is called upon to save the world from the evil magic that has turned his friend into a green flame--new to magic he has five days to learn as much as he can before setting out on a dangerous journey to the Magic Mountain, where the flame is trying to create an all-powerful calabash.

9) I'm your biggest phantom

Author

Miedoso, Andres

Series

Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 22

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Ghost Patrol's Andres and Desmond gain celebrity status from the new kid in Kersville, but there is more behind his adoration than meets the eye.

10) Wildfire rescue

Author

Rajan, Rekha S

Series

Disaster Squad volume 1

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The Jackson family, including eight-year-old Jaden and his sister Leela, travel the United States responding to disasters, helping people and rescuing animals--but they have never responded to a wildfire like the one raging in Northern California.

11) Fairytale puppy picnic

Author

Ruths, Mitali Banerjee

Series

Party diaries volume 4

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Priya plans a fairy-tale-themed party for her friend's rescue puppy, which will raise money to help African wild dogs--but with five invited dogs the party is likely to be chaotic.

12) The beginning of all things

Author

Valenti, Karla

Series

Legendarios volume 2

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Nine-year-old twins Emma and Martín travel into a book of legends to the beginning of time with the giant Ometecuhtli, but soon must figure out how to activate the portal home when nothing yet exists.

13) Grow up, Luchy Zapata

Author

Alessandri, Alexandra

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When eleven-year-old Luchy's best friend Cami returns from a summer in Colombia and ditches her for the cool kids at school, Luchy is left to figure out who she is and where she belongs.

14) The Pumpkin Princess and the forever night

Author

Banbury, Steven

Series

Pumpkin Princess volume 1

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"A runaway orphan is adopted by the fabled Pumpkin King and whisked away to a land of undead creatures"--

15) Carnival chaos

Author

Baptiste, Tracey

Series

Moko magic volume 1

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When Misty moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, she was not expecting to discover she is a moko jumbie spirit, that she and her cousins all have magic, and she certainly did not expect to discover a plot to capture magical power during the annual West Indian Labor Day parade.

16) Freedom Fire: Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos

Author

Baptiste, Tracey

Series

Moko magic volume 1

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From the best-selling author of the Jumbies series comes an Afro-Caribbean-inspired story about three cousins who discover they are mokos—protector spirits—during carnival season in Brooklyn
Weirdness and wonders abound in this colorful celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture by the author of the beloved Jumbies series.
Twelve-year-old Misty and her mother have just moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, New York, in time for the annual

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17) The science of friendship

Author

Davis, Tanita S

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"Rylee Swanson is beginning eighth grade with zero friends. A humiliating moment at the end-of-seventh-grade pool party involving a cannonball, a waterlogged updo, and some disappearing clothes has Rylee halfway convinced she's better off without any friends--at least friends like those. The one question Rylee can't shake is . . . why? When a group assignment in journalism pairs Rylee with science geek DeNia Alonso, DeNia's annoyingly know-it-all,...

18) The Serpent Rider

Author

Diño, Yxavel Magno

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After monsters attack her village and her sister disappears, Tani risks everything to acquire a shadow serpent in order to fulfill her destiny as a Serpent Rider and defeat the Great Bakunawa.

19) The great Zoodini

Author

Gardner, P. J

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When his latest escape goes wrong, the Great Zoodini--a fennec fox--winds up at an animal sanctuary/drive-in movie theater where he gets the chance to become world-famous but wonders if fame is worth losing his newfound family--the only ones who've ever accepted him.

20) Villains Academy

Author

Hammond, Ryan

Series

Villains Academy volume 1

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At Villains Academy, werewolf Bram, initially unsure of his villainous abilities, embarks on a quest to prove his potential, and win the Villain of the Week trophy with the help of his newfound friends.