July 2020 list by K. Pearson
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Act
by Kayla Miller
A lively follow-up to Click and Camp finds sixth grader Olive looking forward to an upcoming field trip before organizing a student-council election after discovering that school policy is preventing some of the kids from participating.
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Becoming Brianna
by Terri Libenson
Told in alternating past and present chapters, a latest series entry finds brainy Bri wondering if she has taken on too much when she agrees to learn a new language, give a speech and organize a party while juggling drama at school and home.
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Bone Adventures
by Jeff Smith
A two-in-one graphic novel mash-up includes Finders Keepers, in which the Bone cousins disagree over how to spend a coin they have found, and Smiley’s Dream Book, in which Smiley imagines a fantastical way to keep up with a friendly flock of birds.
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Cave Club Vol. 1: The Dawn of Kids
by Brett Register
Jump back in time to a world of stomping dinosaurs, erupting volcanoes, and the most chaotic creatures to ever trample this earth: KIDS! Emberly, Tella, Fernessa, Roaralai, and Slate are five best friends who are almost as wild as their hair! To make sure fun and freedom never go extinct, these best barefoot friends invent many new concepts, from friendship, birthdays, and pets (pet rocks, to be specific) to competitions, sneak attacks, and groundings (when their parents bury them in the ground to try to keep them out of trouble). Now, they're letting loose, exploring the wild, and cracking up the bedrock of civilization as the Cave Club!
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Doodleville Vol. 1
by Chad Sell
Creating a giant friendly monster character in her sketchbook after an inspiring if haphazard trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, Drew teams up with fellow artists to create comics that her monster character destroys whenever Drew starts to feel stress.
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Geronimo Stilton Reporter Vol. 5: Barry the Moustache
by Geronimo Stilton
When his journalistic rival, the editor-in-chief of The Daily Rat, goes missing, Geronimo Stilton teams up with ace reporter Simon Squealer to determine if the notorious mobster Barry the Mustache is behind the disappearance or if fake news has cast suspicion on the wrong rat.
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Jacky Ha-Ha
by Adam Rau
A graphic-novel adaptation of the first entry in the best-selling series introduces class clown Jacky, who uses humor to navigate her mother’s military tour and her father’s absence before making a promise to give up her comedy in exchange for keeping her loved ones together.
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Just Beyond: The Horror at Happy Landings
by R. L. Stine
Two Martians unexpectedly land on Earth and have to get home - by highjacking the bodies of two kids and leaving a trail of trouble in their wake that no one may be able to fix! ENJOY YOUR VISIT! Family camping trips are supposed to be fun, but for Parker, Annie, and the Walden family, they’re an absolute nightmare!
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My Little Pony: Feats of Friendship
by Ian Flynn
FAs Sandbar, Smolder, Gallus, Ocellus, Yona, and Silverstream prepare for the School of Friendship's very first sporting event, a new student named Swift Foot may tear the ponies' friendship apart.
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Once Upon a Space-Time!
by Jeffrey Brown
he best-selling author of the Jedi Academy books presents the first entry in a laugh-out-loud space-themed graphic novel series that finds a brainy kid with overprotective pareTnts and a girl who has no idea how she was chosen leaving Earth to join new alien classmates on an intergalactic mission to Mars.
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Pokémon Sun & Moon Vol. 7
by Hidenori Kusaka
Sun dreams of money. Moon dreams of scientific discoveries. When their paths cross with Team Skull, both their plans go awry…
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Warriors: A Shadow in RiverClan
by Dan Jolley
A first Warriors graphic novel features the original standalone story of RiverClan survivor Feathertail, who struggles to escape the shadow of Tigerstar’s vicious rule when RiverClan takes in a rogue cat and her kits in an effort to rebuild.
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Yo-kai Watch Vol. 14
by Noriyuki Konishi
Nate and Hailey Anne can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms! As the two befriend even more hilarious Yo-kai, it looks like Nate’s constant Yo-kai companion, Jibanyan, might be ready to rank up!
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Yorick and Bones
by Jeremy Tankard
A rib-tickling first entry in a new series by the co-creator of the Grumpy Bird picture books follows an unlikely friendship between a hapless Elizabethan-era skeleton named Yorick and the curious stray dog, Bones, who digs him up.
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Battle Station Prime: The Zombie Wars
by Cara J Stevens
Hoping that Brooklyn’s zombie-spawner invention will end the ongoing war against the skeletons, the kids of Battle Station Prime pursue separate paths to protect their homes and the station while navigating tests to their friendship, a ghost encounter and an ultimate cooking competition.
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