Sticks & Stones by Abby Cooper. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016, 288 pages.

The Ruins of Gorlon: Ranger's Apprentice Book 1, by John Flanagan. Puffin, 2006, 288 pages.

Redwall by Brian Jacques.Puffin, 2002, 386 pages

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang, First Second, 2014.

Fabulous graphic for gamer girls middle school and up. Cory Doctorow. Action, gaming gender issues, gaming economy, international issues come home. Quick Read-- wish I ordered this one.

Drama by Raina Telgemeier. Graphix/Scholastic, 2012, 231.

Not exactly so, but feels like a sequel to Smile, this graphic memoir-ish fiction has all the charm of Telegmeier's first. The story plays out over the course of one middle school play-- Drama -- as in the play and drama-- as in the lives of 7th and 8th graders-- who's gay, who thinks they are gay, bi or whatever, who falls in love with every nice guy she meets, who are the prima donnas-- on and off the stage, etc. Telegmeier's drawings are warm and familiar and the dialogue is spot on. Telegmeier remembers what it is like to be a middle school Drama-Geek. Loved it.