MISS CAMPER
July 2025, Scholastic/Graphix, 272 pp
A companion to Miss Quinces, Kat Fajardo’s bestselling, award-winning middle-grade graphic novel!
Sue is heading to Camp Willow this summer! She’s looking forward to hiking, archery, and making comics in the fresh air. She’s especially excited about LARPing (live-action role-playing) and can’t wait for the freedom of being away from home. But she won’t be far from family because her big sister, Carmen, is a camp counselor and her little sister, Ester, is a fellow camper and won’t give her any space! All Sue wants is to make memories with her friends, but they’re assigned to only a few of the same activities. To make matters even worse, her best friend, Sam, has a best camp friend named Marisol? And Sue’s good friend Izzy has a crush on Sue?! This summer isn’t at all going as planned!
STARRED REVIEWS
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL – “For graphic novel fans who enjoy realistic family and friend relationships, camp stories, and characters who grow up before their eyes.”
NOTE: Scholastic has North American Spanish and plans to publish in English and Spanish simultaneously.
MISS QUINCES
May 2022, Graphix/Scholastic, 272 pp
A coming-of-age middle grade graphic novel about a girl forced to celebrate her quinceañera despite hating all things pretty and pink.
Suyapa “Sue” Gutierrez was planning a fun summer at camp with her friends, but is instead forced into a family trip to Honduras where she’s stuck with her crazy relatives. Plus, her mom surprises her with the news that she’s going to have a quinces there, despite Sue’s protests. The pair strike a deal: if Sue goes along with the quinces without complaint, she can go to camp with her friends later in the summer. But between the photo shoots, dance practice, wild turkeys (yes, wild turkeys), and her overeager family, Sue doesn’t know how long she’ll be able to take it all. Will she be able to hold up her end of the bargain and make it to camp?
STARRED REVIEWS
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL -“With all of the charm of Raina Telgemeier and Lucy Knisley’s works, this title will be enjoyed by voracious fans of coming-of-age graphic novels. But the specificity of having to stride two cultures and feeling like an outcast in both will especially resonate with readers from bicultural communities.”
THE HORN BOOK – “Fajardo’s deft graphic-novel paneling and expressive use of line and Azzi’s color palette of cool blues and pinks convey the complexity and full range of Sue’s feelings, both in important moments and in more mundane ones.”
ACCOLADES
- Indie Bestseller
- Entertainment Weekly Summer Reading List pick
- NPR Best Books of 2022 pick
DRAMATIC RIGHTS
Please contact Katrina Escudero at Sugar23.
NOTE: Sold at auction