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Title:   Mr. Wuffles Genre:  Science Fiction / Fantasy Author /  Illustrator: David Wiesner Major Awards:  Caldecott Award  Age group : 1st-5th Summary This graphic novel follows a day in the life of a house cat named Mr. Wuffles.  In Mr. Wuffles house there's a whole space ship full of little green men, they even speak their own language made only of symbols.  Mr. Wuffles attempts to play with these aliens as he's not interested in any other normal cat toys and definitely not interested in his owner.  The only thing he's interested in is a small silver spaceship that houses these small little aliens.  Then the story cuts to the aliens developing a plan that will help launch their spaceship back into the atmosphere.  They work along side the insects such as ants and lady bugs and when the time comes they get Mr. Wuffles to jump on a platform that launches them out the window and back into the atmosphere.  Then Mr. Wuffles is left al...

  Title:   New Kid Genre:  Realistic fiction Author/Illustrator : Jerry Craft Major awards : Newberry Award & Coretta Scott King Award Age group : 4th-10th Summary This story is written in the format of a graphic novel, this is like comic book style.  It follows the life of student Jordan Banks as he attends a new prestigious school.  Jordan comes from an urban area in New York and has grown up this way his entire life.  At this new school diversity is slim to say the least.  On his journey Jordan wrestles with finding his fit because of how all his classmates were raised and how his race is highly misrepresented at the school.  He wants to make friends but no one talks to him or when they do stereotypes and microaggressions run amuck.  In the beginning Jordan does not even want to befriend the other black student in his grade because of how that ma be perceived to others. Through it all Jordan is able to be aware of the stereotypes but n...