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Indy Now Book Club Features April 27, 2022: Graphic Novels for Kids

The Indianapolis Public Library is thrilled to help host a 'book club' on the Indy Now Morning Show with Ryan and Jillian. Tune in at 10am every other Wednesday to catch book recommendations and IndyPL program highlights from your own local librarians. On April 27th, Chris Hogsett shared five of his favorite kid-friendly graphic novels. Each of those books is listed below (along with a paraphrase of the recommendation). #IndyNowBookClub #IndyPLAdults

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  • I wouldn't be me if I didn't promote a Star Wars graphic novel. Doctor Aphra is essentially the Indiana Jones of the Star Wars Universe. She is commissioned to go after specific artifacts all across the galaxy; her number one customer is Darth…
    Unknown, 2018New York : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., [2018] — TEEN GN GIL
  • Jukebox is really interesting because it is a music-history lesson. The main character and her father are at a record store and they come across this jukebox and it's glowing. After they leave this record store, her dad disappears. She enlists her…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : First Second, [2021] — J GN CHA
  • This is one of my daughter's favorites. It follows the main character Maggie. Her parents are expecting and she has twin brothers, so she's kind of left on the out-and-out. She decides she would like to get a pet. However, she is allergic to…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2021. — J GN LLO
  • The title speaks for itself! Ms. Marvel is a student, she has her friends, she has her family, she has a job, she babysits, and she's an Avenger in training. So she has all of these things pulling her in different directions and she's trying to…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : Scholastic, [2021] — J GN SHA
  • Last Kids on Earth is a funny series, kind of along the lines of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but it's kind of Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets the Walking Dead. An alien invasion has taken over and created these zombies and monsters and this group of kids have…
    Book, 2015New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2015. — J FIC BRA