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SistersGraphic memoir. If the family scenes in Smile were your favorite, take this book on the road with Raina and her younger sister, Amara. The drive to a family reunion gives their bickering a tight space to play out, while flashbacks show how long they've been rubbing each other the wrong way. The…0 - 2
Guts (2019)Published Sep 17, 2019Graphic memoir. Start here if you liked how Smile showed a physical problem changing the way a school day feels. Raina is in fourth grade, and an upset stomach becomes tangled up with worries about food, friendships, and school. It takes place before Smile, so you can go back to it without picking…0 - 3
DramaOriginal fiction. Try this when you want the school friendships of Smile with somebody else's story at the center. Callie designs sets for a middle-school musical and tries to get a Broadway effect out of a school budget. Crushes and backstage snags are part of the fun. Scholastic lists it for ages…0 - 4
GhostsOriginal fiction. Cat's family moves to a Northern California coastal town, where her younger sister, Maya, hopes to meet a ghost. Choose this for the sibling bond of Sisters with a more wistful turn. Maya has cystic fibrosis, and the supernatural setting gives the book room to talk about illness,…0 - 5
The Cartoonists Club (2025)Published Apr 1, 2025Co-created with Scott McCloud. If Smile made you want to draw a story of your own, try this fiction about kids who start a school comics club. The book shows the decisions that go into making a comic while the club members develop their own voices. You can take ideas from it even if the first thing…0 - 6
Kristy's Great IdeaThe Baby-sitters Club graphic novel #1. Ann M. Martin's story introduces Kristy and her friends as they start a babysitting service. This is the place to learn how the club fits together, especially if you liked the everyday friendships in Smile and want a series you can follow from the beginning.0 - 7
The Truth About StaceyThe Baby-sitters Club graphic novel #2. Stacey has moved to town and is still adjusting to life with diabetes when the club faces a rival babysitting group. Pick it up after Kristy's Great Idea for the sense that a health problem can matter every day without becoming the only thing worth knowing…0 - 8
Mary Anne Saves the DayThe Baby-sitters Club graphic novel #3. A fight splits the group, and Mary Anne has to handle a babysitting emergency without her friends. This volume gives the quiet friend the point of view, so try it when you want the small indignity of a lonely school lunch and the bigger pressure of having to…0 - 9
Claudia and Mean JanineThe Baby-sitters Club graphic novel #4. If you liked Sisters, this is the adaptation to look for. Claudia clashes with her sister Janine, and their grandmother Mimi's stroke makes it harder for them to keep to their separate worlds. You get a family story inside the club series, with more of…0 - 10
Baby-sitters on Board! (2026)Published Sep 15, 2026The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #1. Telgemeier and Gale Galligan adapt Ann M. Martin's group vacation story. Try it once you know the club and want a chance to follow several sitters away from their usual routines. Between a cruise to the Bahamas and an amusement park, it has more room for…0
