Summer Quest Chapter Books & Graphic Novel for Kids
Our Summer program is now for all ages! Read, Do and Go this summer to win prizes! Join us on a Quest!
Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of chapter books & graphic novels to help you on your Quest. Annotations provided by publisher unless otherwise noted.
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Mythspeaker
In an attempt to fulfil a prophecy, thirteen-year-old Kyta, with a band of misfit kids, attempts an impossible heist to steal back the stolen Egg of the World Turtle and save the world from destruction.
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Impossible Creatures
Christopher discovers the Archipelago, a world where mythological creatures were secreted away by magic long ago, but those creatures are now dying, and it is up to Christopher and Mal, a girl from the Archipelago, to save both of their worlds.
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Stranded
When nature-loving Ava gets to leave New York City to live with her aunt in the Adirondack Mountains, she couldn't be happier. But after her aunt is called away, she is left in the secluded cabin--and after a brutal winter storm, she must test her new survival skills.
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A Potion, A Powder, A Little Bit of Magic
A plucky goat keeper named Bernadette embarks on a chaotic quest to retrieve a runaway goat, and with help from a forgetful wizard and a Boat That Does Not Grant Wishes, in an out-of-order tale narrated by an author scrambling to finish it.
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Availability: On order
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Scarlet Morning
Viola and Wilmer have been waiting on a dead island for their parents for fifteen boring years. When a mysterious pirate captain sweeps into their lives, they strike a bargain to join the pirate crew and head off for adventure on the high seas.
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Murray the Viking
Murray and Bun go through the magic cat flap in their kitchen door and arrive in a land of Vikings, instead of the backyard garden. There they embark on an important quest to save Eggrik the Viking from some super-hungry trolls--and try not to get gobbled up themselves.
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The Manifestor Prophecy
All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of terrifying events launch Nic and two friends on a hunt for a powerful magic tool she's never heard of...to save her father.
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Bravepaw and the Heartstone of Alluria
A humble mouse learns she has the same magical abilities as her favorite fabled hero and must save the world from grave danger.
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One Crazy Summer
In the summer of 1968, three sisters travel from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know. They arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Format: Graphic Novel
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Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate
A calamitous wish sends a girl on an adventure to free her father from entrapment while exploring the secrets of her true heritage.
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