{"product_id":"middle-school-monsters-a-graphic-novel","title":"Middle School Monsters (A Graphic Novel)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJamie starts at a new school determined to keep her monster side out of sight and her year uneventful. Robin Easter's graphic novel seats her beside the classmate everyone calls a vampire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA middle-grade graphic novel for ages 8 to 12 (grades 3 to 7)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten and illustrated by Robin Easter, creator of \u003cem\u003eUpstaged\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThemes of friendship, identity and belonging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReviewed by Kirkus Reviews, Booklist and School Library Journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover from Little, Brown Ink, published August 4, 2026; 224 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJamie's plan for the year is to stay unremarkable, with her hairy legs covered and her feelings under control. Then she is assigned the seat next to Vera in English. Her popular new friends warn her away, yet something about Vera feels familiar, and as the two of them keep talking, Jamie begins to wonder whether she is the only monster in town. Easter plays her worries for laughs as often as for feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hardcover suits readers ages 8 to 12 and the parents, teachers and school librarians who choose books for them, especially children who have tried to keep part of themselves hidden. Jamie came to school to guard one secret, and Vera gives her reason to wonder who else is guarding one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobin Easter, a cartoonist and illustrator, studied sequential art at SCAD. Their earlier graphic novel, \u003cem\u003eUpstaged\u003c\/em\u003e, was a Rainbow Book List pick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854478917781,"sku":"NEW-ING-HB-JUV-0316580260","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_d907f7e4-4ce2-4b4c-84ad-d177bc4440b3.jpg?v=1787904127","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/middle-school-monsters-a-graphic-novel","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}