Ready for some new graphic novels to read in 2025? Well look no further as we have compiled our list of most anticipated new graphic novels for tweens and middle grade readers that are releasing in 2025!
From a new graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier to new graphic novels from some of our favorites series, if you have a reader who cannot get enough of graphic novels, these are the ones to read in 2025.
For even more books to add to your must-read list, check out our list of most anticipated new chapter books for tweens and middle grade readers!
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New Graphic Novels for Kids and Tweens Releasing in 2025
The Cartoonist Club
by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
Makayla is bursting with ideas but doesn’t know how to make them into a story. Howard loves to draw, but he struggles to come up with ideas and his dad thinks comics are a waste of time.
Lynda constantly draws in her sketchbook but keeps focusing on what she feels are mistakes, and Art simply loves being creative and is excited to try something new.
They come together to form The Cartoonists Club, where kids can learn about making comics and use their creativity and imagination for their own storytelling adventures!
The Last Comics on Earth: A Song of Swords & Stuffies
by Max Brallier
with Joshua Pruett
Illustrated by Jay Cooper and Douglas Molgate
After one-upping themselves with a triumphant follow-up to their bestselling comic book, the Last Kids on Earth are met with unexpected competition: Skaelka has written her own comic and it’s selling like hotcakes! Determined to reclaim their #1 spot, our heroes get to work to create the ultimate threequel.
When a vicious monster attacks Apocalyptia, a group of adorably fluffy and delightfully stinkin’ cute mascot-shaped heroes arrive on the scene to help: the Laser Blade Hero Squad!
Forming an alliance with our heroes, they agree to look after Apocalyptia while the Savage Aloner is called home on a mission to save his people from a mysterious threat. The entire land, and its citizens, have been . . . cutified!
Now it’s up to Savage and our heroes to get to the bottom of things, before Barbarious Fantastica, and the rest of Apocalyptia, becomes permanently adorable!
Related: The Last Kids on Earth Books in Order: The Complete Guide
Unicorn Book Club: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure
by Dana Simpson
In this shimmering new sequence of storylines from the world of Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Marigold and Phoebe delve into the world of reading by forming their own book club.
Unlikely new friendships form when Lord Splendid Humility meets Marigold’s frenemy, Dakota. But there’s plenty of adventure and intrigue, too, and when Marigold goes missing, Phoebe sets out to find her unicorn best friend and makes a shocking discovery.
Young readers and lovers of unicorn lore will find a real page-turner in Unicorn Book Club.
Related: Phoebe and Her Unicorn Books in Order: The Complete Guide
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin
by Erin Hunter
illustrated by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter
Allegiances are shifting among the Clans of warrior cats that roam the forest. With tensions so delicately balanced, friends can become enemies overnight, and some cats are willing to kill to get what they want.
Fireheart is determined to find out the truth about the mysterious death of the former ThunderClan deputy Redtail. But as he searches for answers, he uncovers secrets that might be better left hidden.
In the heat of a blazing summer, Fireheart struggles to handle sinister omens, an apprentice with a shocking secret, and a devastated Clan leader who is a shell of her former self. And as the forest gets hotter and hotter, every cat braces for the coming storm.
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The Great Space Iguana
by Judd Winick
AHHHHH! A GIANT SPACE IGUANA has landed in D.J.’s backyard. Where did she come from? And why is the whole universe out to get her?! D.J., Hilo, and Gina will have to RACE through space to get her home!
If they don’t, the whole universe will be in DANGER! But there’’s a galaxy of TROUBLE—(not to mention one super annoyed alien dad, some very cranky monsters, and a warrior match combat challenge (um, what?!?!)—in their way.
Can they make it?! (And how is D.J. at driving a spaceship, anyway?)
Nat a Chance
by Maria Scrivan
You don’t know until you try…
Nat doesn’t think she’s an athlete, but after a series of painfully embarrassing moments, she’s determined to build her confidence and signs up for a triathlon with her best friend, Zoe.
As training begins, Nat realizes she’s in way over her head, facing so many setbacks and challenges that she wonders why she ever signed up!
Can Nat get out of her own way and complete the triathlon, or will she convince herself that she’s not cut out for it and quit?
Related: Nat Enough Series Books in Order: The Complete Guide
Spy Ski School: The Graphic Novel
by Stuart Gibbs
Illustrated by Anjan Sarkar
Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley is not exactly the best student spy school has ever seen—he keeps flunking Advanced Self Preservation.
But outside of class, Ben is pretty great at staying alive. His enemies have kidnapped him, shot at him, locked him in a room with a ticking time bomb, and even tried to blow him up with missiles. And he’s survived every time. After all that unexpected success, the CIA has decided to activate Ben for real.
The Mission: Become friends with Jessica Shang, the daughter of a suspected Chinese crime boss, and find out all her father’s secrets.
Stuck
by Kayla Miller
A storm is brewing—in the skies and in Olive’s friend group.
Olive is excited to reunite with Max and Bree at Camp Acorn Lake, but the buses have barely pulled away when her two closest camp friends start fighting…and it’s not just a little squabble.
They refuse to speak to each other and, even worse, try to make Olive choose sides. Any attempt to smooth things over seems to aggravate them more, leaving Olive stuck in the middle.
With Willow enjoying her busy activity and social schedule, Olive has no choice but to spend most of her time with unhappy first-time camper Nat. It’s far from the fun-filled, sun-filled summer she had planned.
Luckily, Olive is able to distract herself with a new challenge: pitching a winning plan for improving the camp!
Willow, Nat, and even the feuding Max and Bree want to help Olive make the camp a better place, but with all the drama, they’re lacking the teamwork to make the dream work.
Can Olive find a way to free herself and her friends from everything that’s holding them back, or are they doomed to stay stuck in their disagreements?
Max Meow: When Pancakes Go Bad
by John Gallagher
Kittyopolis is in chaos! Pancakes are turning monstrous and FLIPPING out. Mindy’s inventing in her sleep! And a bunch of Max’s old foes are organizing themselves into a Legion of Nasty to put our favorite feline on PERMANENT PAWSE.
Luckily, Max’s pal Rex Rocket, Cosmic Weiner Dog, is here to help. But will their combined efforts be enough to clean up such a massive mess?!
Will Agent M be able to stay a good guy and resist joining the Legion of Nasty?! Will breakfast ever be the same?! Stay strong, heroes– Kittyopolis needs you more than ever!
I Survived the Great Molasses Flood
by Lauren Tarsish
Illustrated by Karen De la Vega
It’s been four years since Carmen and Papa moved from Italy to Boston. Life here is exciting, but not always easy. And then there’s the massive metal tank that rises up over their crowded North End neighborhood. T
he ugly tank, filled with sticky brown molasses, has always leaked. But nobody imagined that it could one day explode apart, sending a tsunami of molasses into the streets.
Caught in the flood, Carmen must fight for her life — the life that she and Papa built together in America. But where will she find the strength?
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Outsider Kids
by Betty C. Tang
After seven months on their own as undocumented immigrants, the Lin siblings have settled into their new lives in California. Jia-Xi (Jesse) has a new job, Ke-Gang (Jason) has a new crush, and Feng-Li (Ann) is excited to celebrate her eleventh birthday with her new friends.
Their parents still await visa approval in Taiwan, so the trio is trying to take better care of one another and stay under the radar of immigration authorities.
But when their stuck-up cousin Josephine-a violin prodigy-arrives with her privilege and demands, suddenly their world is in turnaround. Will they have to give up the life they worked so hard to achieve?
Mallory and the Trouble With Twins
Adapted by Arley Nopra
Mallory knows she’s a good baby-sitter. She’s been looking after her seven younger brothers and sisters for years. So when Kristy offers her a steady job baby-sitting for the Arnold twins, Mal thinks it’ll be easy money.
The twins sure are cute in their matching outfits. But once Mrs. Arnold leaves, Marilyn and Carolyn turn into twin terrors! They trick Mallory so that she can’t tell them apart and they act like spoiled brats.
Taking care of Marilyn and Carolyn is a baby-sitting nightmare. But Mallory is a responsible member of the Baby-sitters Club and she’s not giving up!
PAWS: Hazel Has Her Hands Full
by Nathan Fairbairn
Illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
Summer break is just around the corner, and the PAWS team is gearing up for a busy season full of dog-walking, travel, and fun!
Gabby’s got a packed schedule with about a hundred different camps plus playing host to her mysterious cousin visiting from out of town.
Meanwhile Mindy is headed to her dad’s house for a month-long stay. With so much going on, the girls are looking forward to scaling back and taking it easy this summer. . . with one exception.
When the opportunity to cat-sit two new fur babies arises, Hazel jumps at the chance. Their new client’s house is even wheelchair accessible! But when everyone’s hectic summer plans mean she would have to take on the job alone, Hazel knows her overprotective mother would never approve.
On the other hand, managing a side business all on her own could prove that she is much more capable than her mom might think…
Hazel soon learns that juggling multiple cats and dogs along with her own physical therapy—while also keeping a big secret—is no easy task.
When disaster strikes, will she have the energy to make everything right by herself, or will she be forced to reach out for help and risk getting into even more trouble?
Reel Life
by Kane Lynch
When Galen’s parents reveal that they’re splitting up, his life is thrown into chaos. He knows he shouldn’t like his dad’s home-wrecker girlfriend, Jasmine, but she isn’t a jerk like he expected.
Then his mom brings home a new boyfriend — and his teenage daughter! To top it off, Galen’s friend Kyle has inexplicably become really mean.
To process these confusing emotions, Galen and his best friend, Luna, decide to make a documentary movie all about his parents’ divorce. But will the reel life of filmmaking help Galen face his real life?
One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She’s had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California.
But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers.
Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.
Survival Scout: Lost at Sea
by Maxwell Eaton III
Scout has found herself in another sticky situation: this time she’s LOST AT SEA! Luckily, she knows just what to do to make sure she and Skunk make it back to shore in one piece. Here’s some of the fun stuff you can learn in this interactive, informative survival guide:
1.) Signal for help: Don’t just flap your arms in the air, call for aid with a flare or radio.
2.) Take care of physical needs: Your boat can provide you shelter, and it should be stocked with emergency food and water–ration them. You may be adrift for days!
3.) Learn how wind and boats work: Did you know that a sailboat can sail into the wind? It’s all about the angles!
Learn all this, and more, in this fun and practical graphic novel guide to surviving at sea.
Very Bad at Math
by Hope Larson
Verity “Very” Nelson can do it all. She’s student body president, debate club whiz, and first chair clarinetist. You could say she’s pretty much the best at everything…Well, almost everything. Everything except math.
And it’s not like she doesn’t try. Math just doesn’t make sense in her brain. But it better start soon, or else she can kiss her presidency—and her campaign promises—goodbye.
Soon Verity finds herself enrolled in a remedial math class where, despite her best efforts, failure persists. All seems lost until a teacher helps her discover the truth: Verity has dyscalculia, a learning disability that causes her to mix up numbers.
Armed with a new perspective, can Verity pass math, keep her presidency, and make good on her word to the student body she loves so much? Or will her presidency—and perfect reputation—all come crashing down?
Speechless
by Aron Nels Steinke
Middle school was supposed to be a fresh start for Mira, who struggles to speak in class even though she can speak at home without a problem.
Her former best friend, Chloe, has become her worst enemy, and Mira’s only solace is making videos for her secret stop-motion animation channel.
But when Chloe’s mom has to travel for a family emergency, Mira is horrified to learn that her family has volunteered to let Chloe stay with them. When it feels like everything is going wrong, will Mira ever find her voice?
Mixed-Up
by Kami Garcia
Stella knows fifth grade will be the best year ever. Her closest friends, Emiko and Latasha, are in her class and they all got the teacher they wanted. Then their favorite television show, Witchlins, announces a new guidebook and an online game!
But when the classwork starts piling up, Stella struggles to stay on top. Why does it take her so long to read? And how can she keep up with friends in the Witchlins game if she can’t get through the text-heavy guidebook?
And when she can’t deal with the text-heavy Witchlins guidebook, she can’t keep up with her friends in the game.
It takes loving teachers and her family to recognize that Stella has a learning difference, and after a dyslexia diagnosis she gets the support and tools she needs to succeed.
Hulk Teach
by Jeffrey Brown
Bruce Banner, AKA the Hulk, is a genius scientist and super hero whose rage-outs have led him to damage way too much public property. After his latest meltdown, Tony Stark arranges a PR move to smooth things over.
Hulk will perform community service — by teaching. Can Banner make it through the school year without destroying everything? And can middle school kids really learn anything when the HULK is their teacher?
This all-new middle grade story told through comics, journal entries, doodles, newspaper clippings, spot-illustrations, and two-color artwork offers a laugh-out-loud take on middle school. It ain’t easy being green.
Miss Camper
by Kat Fajardo
Sue is heading to Camp Willow this summer! She’s looking forward to hiking, archery, and making comics in the fresh air. She’s especially excited about LARPing (live-action role-playing) and can’t wait for the freedom of being away from home.
But she won’t be far from family because her big sister, Carmen, is a camp counselor and her little sister, Ester, is a fellow camper and won’t give her any space!
All Sue wants is to make memories with her friends, but they’re assigned to only a few of the same activities. To make matters even worse, her best friend, Sam, has a best camp friend named Marisol?
And Sue’s good friend Izzy has a crush on Sue?! This summer isn’t at all going as planned!
On Guard!
by Cassidy Wasserman
Grace isn’tready for a new school year. Her best friend Ava dropped her at the end of last year, the dust is still settling from her parents’ messy divorce, and things are not going well between Grace and her mom.
Mothers and daughters are always so close in movies. But that’s never been Grace and her mom.
So now Grace has no friends, no hobbies (band was Ava’s thing), and home feels even more complicated than school. There’s not a single place Grace can just relax. Until, she sees the school’s fencing club practicing.
They look so sure of themselves. So steady. It may not solve everything…but could this be a place Grace can finally belong and be herself?
Sea Legs
by Jules Bakes
Janey’s family is about to set sail for the adventure of a lifetime! The only problem? Janey must leave her school, her life, her best friend, the entire country behind for new adventures ― coral reefs, colorful markets, and new cultures.
Life at sea is exhilarating, but there’s a major downside: when you’re raising anchor every few days with sights on a new harbor, it’s almost impossible to make new friends.
Finally, Janey meets the cool and aloof Astrid ― a fellow boat kid who’s equally starved for friendship. But Astrid can be a challenging friend to navigate, and beyond that, hurricane season has only just begun.
Karen’s Prize
by Shauna J. Grant
Karen loves to spell words. She is very good at it, too. First, she wins the spelling bee in her class. Then Karen wins another spelling contest. And another… and another! Soon Karen might be the best junior speller in the state of Connecticut. She’s even going to be on TV!
Karen thinks that is so great. But her friends don’t. They think Karen is a show-off!
Almost Sunset
by Wahab Algarmi
It’s almost sunset, and Hassan has been dreaming about eating since the sun came up. The month of Ramadan has begun, and not eating until sundown intensifies his already busy days full of homework, soccer, and gaming.
And since his teachers and friends at school barely understand Ramadan and its traditions, it’s easier to just…not mention it.
As the month stretches on, Hassan’s family and community grow closer together. They wake up before sunrise every morning, feast when the sun goes down, and attend mosque in the evenings.
Can Hassan balance it all during the hectic holy month—faith, tradition, school, and fun, too?
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