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2025 Maverick Graphic Novel List (Grades 6-12)

Graphic novels are increasingly popular with readers of all ages. These novels powerfully combine images and text, contain diverse characters, encourage empathy among readers and invite them to explore settings both fictional and real. The Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List (TMGNRL) is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table (YART). The purpose of the list is to encourage students in grades 6-12 to explore a variety of current books. We are excited to announce the 2025 selections! More info at: https://txla.org/tools-resources/reading-lists/maverick/current-list/

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  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Downloadable Graphic Novel, 2018Titan Comics, 2018
  • Starred💫 Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024.
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8 (publisher) or 9-12 (committee) Committee Note: Contains depictions of physical violence in Norse mythology that may be unsettling to some younger readers. Based on professional reviews, intended audience, and wide…
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York, NY : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2024.
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8 & 9-12
    Graphic Novel, 2024Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2024]
  • Becoming Who We Are

    Real Stories About Growing Up Trans

    Starred💫Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2024[Rhinebeck, New York] : A Wave Blue World, 2024.
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : First Second, 2024.
  • Dear Dad

    Growing Up With a Parent in Prison--and How We Stayed Connected : a Graphic Memoir

    Patton, Jay Jay,
    Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic ; [New York, New York] : Kaepernick Publishing, 2024.
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : Atheneum, 2023.
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    eBook, 2024Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024.
  • Starred💫 Recommended for Grades 6-8
    eBook, 2021Kodansha USA Publishing LLC, 2021
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023]
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2023.
  • Starred💫 Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Graphix, [2024]
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2024
  • Recommended for Grades 6-8
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2024.
  • Puzzled

    A Memoir about Growing Up with OCD

    Cooke, Pan
    Starred💫 Recommended for Grades 6-8
    eBook, 2024Penguin Young Readers Group, 2024