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As Halloween is approaching, it is a perfect time to read about supernatural beings. Beings such as, witches, aliens, werewolves, ghouls, and more, here are a few of the best new supernatural graphic novels from this year.

By Stephanie Cooke
Boston : Etch/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

Abby lives in a town filled with supernatural creatures. Her best friends are a wolf-girl, a ghost, and a pumpkin-head. When a vortex opens up to another land and a hoard of rabid chaos bunnies enters their world, Abby and her friends must work together to save their town before it is too late. 

By Whitney Gardner
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021.

From the author of Fake Blood, comes a fun read that will take you out of this world! Vega is sent away to summer camp to make some new friends. Strange occurrences begin to happen, that make Vega and her campmates question what kind of summer camp they have been shipped away to. 

New York : Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2021.

Moth is back in the sequel to The Okay Witch. As Moth continues her training and improves her control over her powers, she begins to have other problems. The other kids at school begin to tease her, especially when her mom starts dating a teacher. All Moth wants is to become popular and be liked by all. Then Moth gets a hold of a mysterious charm that has the potential to grant her wish of becoming popular. But like all magic, it has consequences.

The Ghoul Next Door
By Cullen Bunn
New York, NY : HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.

Grey is an 11-year-old boy who lives in the haunted town of Ander's Landing. He begins to find odd gifts left for him and soon discovers that he has a secret admirer, a ghoul named Lavinia. They become friends and soon Grey is pulled into a mystery that involves the ghouls. 

Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2021.

This is another graphic novel that takes place at a summer camp, where strange events begin to occur. Willow's family doesn't just send her away to camp, they move to the same town that the camp is located. While at camp, Willow is pulled into solving a mystery when campers begin to disappear and there are suspected vampires at large.

Hooky
By Míriam Bonastre Tur
New York : Etch/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

Twins, Dani and Dorian, miss their bus to magic school and are forced to find their own mentor to help them learn magic over the next year. In the process, they discover a group of evil witches seeking to gain power. Because of certain events, the twins are now considered traitors in their world and they must work to prove their innocence and stop the group of evil witches.

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