Best Graphic Novel Series for 11 and 12 year olds

Over the past few years, graphic novels have been gaining more and more popularity among pre-teens and teens. And it comes as no surprise! Graphic novels are perfect way to keep readers LOCKED in, with their full-colour illustrations throughout, relatable characters and gentle approach to the most sensitive of topics. They're also great for visual readers or simply those of us who like having an extra layer of gorgeous illustrations in the stories we read.

Engage your minds AND your eyes with some of our favourite graphic novel series for readers aged 11 and 12, all in the list below.

If you're looking for more recommendations for this age-group, check out our 50 Best Book Series for 11 and 12 year olds.

Georgina Atwell

Toppsta

2025-04-08

2024-11-01

Best Graphic Novel Series for 11 and 12 year olds

The Sad Ghost Club Series

This graphic novel series is for all the timid, shy and sensitive souls, beginning with one sad, lonely ghost. And it's one of those sad, lonely days. When the sad ghost decides to go to a party, they spot another sad ghost across the room. And that's the moment everything changes, because from that night forward they start The Sad Ghost Club, a secret society for the anxious and alone, a club for people who think they don't belong. And from that night forward, they don't ever feel alone again. The series progresses to explore other anxiety-inducing situations, like welcoming new members into a small-knit club and opening ourselves to them. It's a heart-warming series about friendship, compassion and finding your kindred spirits.

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The Babysitters Club Graphic Novel Series

The Babysitters Club graphic novels are bringing the Babysitters' Club to a new generation! With brilliant full-colour comic strip illustrations, these stories about a gang of best friends are perfect for readers 12+. The series is illustrated by a range of popular graphic novel artists, including Raina Telgemeier and Gale Gallighan. The Babysitters Club books have been a huge hit with teens since they were first published in the 1980s. The books follow the adventures of four best friends in suburban Connecticut who stick together through thick and thin - from fashion emergencies through to dealing with strict parents and mysterious secrets. The Babysitters Club characters now also star in their own Netflix show, with all the drama and humour of the original stories.

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Amulet Graphix Series

In this exciting and adventurous graphic novel series, a young girl takes on the responsibility of saving a parallel, magical world. When Emily's dad suddenly passes away, she and her family are forced to move into an old family home. This is where Emily discovers her great-grandfather's strange but magical amulet, which is the key to the beginning of her adventure spanning 9 books. She will enter a new world, Alledia, where elves and monsters called 'arachnopods' live. She will break curses, visit cities in the clouds, travel through portals and even meets an older version of herself. Each book in the series is packed full of adventure, and the illustrations throughout make for an even more engaging experience.

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Sweet Valley twins Series

This series will ring familiar to quite a lot of the 80s babies! Yes, that's right: this is a graphic novel adaptation of the much-loved YA Sweet Valley High series. The series was popular from 1983 to 2003 and is now revisited in a beautiful, full-colour graphic novel format. The books follow twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield and their many trials and tribulations of being sisters. We all know it's often a love-hate relationship! We see them navigating dance classes, new friendships, school and big feelings, including jealousy and anxiety. With full-colour illustrations throughout, this is a wonderfully cosy read about the love between two sisters and growing up, and we think a lot of siblings will relate to the Sweet Valley twins.

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The Adventures of Invisible Boy Series

This fantastic graphic novel series for readers aged 10+ is one of our favourites for its approach to themes like loneliness, making friends, starting school and the power of science. It all begins when, on his very first day of school, young Stanley makes a wish: all he wants is to become invisible. Then it's granted, courtesy of a big spill at the school science fair! But he's not the only one to have acquired a new status of invisibility... Over the course of the series, Stanley and the potion's inventor, Gene, will have to get used to their new life, learn how to master their new power and even fight villains together!

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Corpse Talk Series

This series mixes comic books with funny jokes and mind-fizzing history for readers aged 8+ and we LOVE it. Imagine if you could dig up from the ground the dead bodies of famous people from history. What secrets would you uncover? In each of these books, we get to have an in-depth interview with the corpses of these historical figures. Find out the secret of Cleopatra's irresistible personality. Interview the dead famous scientists who changed the world. Uncover the reason why Queen Elizabeth poisoned her face. Dig all history's dirt.

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Power of Five Series

The Power of Five series is a YA fantasy full of adventure, action, superpowers and BIG revelations and aside from the full text versions, there are graphic novels too. From the first page we're introduced to Matt Freeman, a young thirteen-year-old who has always known he has unusual powers. And when he is sent to a rehabilitation programme in Yorkshire, he discovers it's not just him who has something otherworldly inside. There are in fact other teenagers like him, and their job is to protect the world from the 'Old Ones', beings banished long ago. So he meets Pedro, Scott, Jamie and Scarlett throughout the books, and they must work together if they want to save the world from evil forces.

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The Dragon Prince Series

Based on the hugely successful animated Netflix series, this book series will draw readers further into the fantasy world of adventure and dangerous quests that is The Dragon Prince. The perfect reading step before moving onto Harry Potter. With their world on the brink of war, three young heroes from opposite sides of the conflict embark on a dangerous quest that changes everything. Meet The Dragon Prince characters: Callum, the adopted son of King Harrow, and “step prince” of Katolis. He’s an awkward fit for the role of a prince: Callum can hardly hold up a sword, he falls off every horse he tries to ride, and he isn’t quite sure how to act around his stepfather, the King. Ezran, the crown prince of Katolis and heir to King Harrow’s throne. Quirky and lighthearted, Ezran has always had trouble making friends — with humans, at least. He has an amazing ability to befriend animals, and his best friend is his pet grumpy glow toad, Bait. Rayla, a young Moonshadow elf assassin… or, at least she calls herself one. When Rayla is on her mission to kill the King and Prince Ezran, she is stopped...

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Emily the Strange Graphic Novels Series

We all love the weird and wonderful 13-year-old Emily the Strange, and along with her fiction series comes this fantastic collection of graphic novels, perfect for fans of the Netflix television series Wednesday! Emily wears the same black dress every day. She loves maths and science. Her best friends are four black cats and she's into old rock and punk music. Emily is anything but typical and so is this exciting series of graphic novels about her very strange life. Each book offers up a winning format and highly designed features like ghostly varnish effects, die-cuts and more. The books also work as a companion to the main fiction series, giving us a closer look into Emily's mind, from her nocturnal imaginings to her very own secret language, Morose Code. Anarchist, heroine, survivor, this little girl with a big personality appeals to the odd child in us all.

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Long Gone Don Series

From the brilliant The Etherington Brothers comes the Long Gone Don graphic novel books all about a young boy whose death propels him into a whole new world...

Ten-year-old Don Skelton never imagined a school day could get any worse than drowning face down in a bowl of oxtail soup. Then he lands in the spooky underworld of Broilerdoom, where he must fight for his life-after-death against a host of villainous monstrosities. This is just the beginning of his adventure, as he meets a cast of oddballs who soon become his friends, and Don discovers he's in it for saving much more than his own afterlife...

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