Best Graphic Novels Books for 6th Grade

Sixth grade often brings new schools, new friends and new pressures, and the graphic novels on this page meet readers right there. Chosen for readers around eleven and twelve, they range from true stories drawn from their creators' own childhoods to school dramas and a science fiction adventure. Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything, winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, follows a shy middle schooler on a class trip through Europe, and Jerry Craft's New Kid looks at starting over at an unfamiliar school. Mexikid, The Cartoonists Club and Nnedi Okorafor's The Space Cat complete the list.