Creaky Acres: A Graphic Novel
$55.14
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
4 June 2025
Summary
A heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel about being the new kid, making new friends, and learning to trust yourself through the power of horseback riding—perfect for fans of Victoria Jamieson’s Roller Girl.
Nora is a prize-winning horseback rider in a suburban area, with a tight-knit circle of best friends. But when her mom gets a prestigious new job in a poor, rural area, she has to adjust to a lot of change: to being the only Black kid in a new class and to a new barn called Creak…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780735230613 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0735230617 |
| Author: | Calista Brill, Nilah Magruder |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Canada Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Canada Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 4 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 151mm x 217mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
Praise for Creaky Acres: A Graphic Novel by Calista Brill and Nilah Magruder; Illustrated by Nilah Magruder:
57th NAACP Image Awards nominee (outstanding literary work - graphic novel)
A Junior Library Guild selection
May/June 2025 Kids’ Indie Next List (middle grade)
Indie Bestsellers List (#5)
A 2025 Good Housekeeping Kids’ Book Award
A New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2025
A 2026 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Finalist (chapter book category)
A Texas Little Maverick Reading List 2026
Betsy Bird’s 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids
2026-2027 Denny O’Neil Graphic Novel List (Missouri)
“[An] endearing middle grade graphic novel” —Booklist
“Expressive…and zippy. [A story] about seeing and being seen beyond first impressions and outward appearances.” —School Library Journal
“Appealing…friendship and a love of horses transcend race and class division. The artwork is expressive and highlights the characters’ feelings.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Heartwarming…[a] quirky collaboration that will satisfy horse girls and fish out of water alike.” —Publishers Weekly
“Readers will fall in love with Nora and her quirky crew, the world of Creaky Acres, and all the horses … and cows … and possums!” —Varian Johnson, award-winning author of Twins
“A heartwarming story about adjusting to change while unknowingly making room for new adventures.” —Shannon Wright, award-winning illustrator of Twins and Holding Her Own
“An unbridled joy to read that brought my inner horse girl out!” —Gabriela Epstein, bestselling author of Danny Phantom: A Glitch in Time
Calista Brill
Calista Brill is a writer and editor based in New England, where she lives with her family and either too many or too few house spiders, depending on how you feel about spiders. She has fallen off as many horses as she has ridden, which is a lot. Although Calista has yet to achieve her life’s dream of petting a possum, she has read a lot of comic books, sewed a few quilts, and eaten an appropriate number of lime Popsicles (also a lot).
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