Graphic novels are a favorite among students, teachers, and librarians alike. Spanning a variety of genres, stories, and art styles, anyone can find their perfect graphic novel match. We have no shortage of them here in the Butler Center, so this week we’re taking a look at some of our middle grade graphic novels. Our feature pick is The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang by Stan Yan. Eugenia Wang has never been allowed to celebrate her birthday on the day itself, because her mother believes the date, April 4th, is unlucky due to Chinese superstition around the number 4. Genie plots to throw a party on her actual 13th birthday and to apply to an art summer camp behind her disapproving mother’s back. But while she plans, she begins having visions of death and disaster striking on her birthday, which bleed through into the comic she draws for her art camp application. As the visions continue and her birthday draws closer, Genie begins to suspect the visions are a supernatural warning — and she needs to figure out how to stop their events from coming true.

Check out more middle grade graphic novels below!

Grumpy Monkey School Stinks!: A Graphic Novel
Suzanne Lang
Illustrated by Max Lang
Random House Children’s Books/Random House Studio
Available now!

The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang
Stan Yan
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing/Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Available now!

Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics: The Graphic Novel
Chris Grabenstein
Illustrated by Douglas Holgate
Random House Children’s Books/RH Graphic
Available now!

My Life as an Internet Novel
A Hyeon and Yu Han-Ryeo
Random House Children’s Books/RH Graphic
Available now!

Someone’s Gonna End Up Crying
Jo Knowles
Illustrated by Glynnis Fawkes
Candlewick Press
Available now!