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Top 10 graphic novel series for 10 year olds

  1. Amulet

    Kazu Kibuishi · Ages 8-12

    A long, serious fantasy across nine books, finished in 2024. Start at book 1; each picks up where the last left off.

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  2. Bone

    Jeff Smith · Ages 8-12

    One long story in nine volumes, funny at first and darker as it goes. Finished; Scholastic labels each 8 to 12.

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  3. Wings of Fire graphic novels

    Tui T. Sutherland, drawn by Mike Holmes · Ages 8-12

    Nine dragon books so far, and a bridge to the prose novels many readers try next. Scholastic says 8 to 12.

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  4. Berrybrook Middle School

    Svetlana Chmakova · Ages 10+

    Each book follows a different student at the same school, in manga-style panels read left to right. JY (Yen Press) labels the newest book 10+; book 6 is due 26 January 2027.

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  5. 5 Worlds

    Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel · Ages 8-12

    Young heroes cross five planets to light the beacons that can save them: one quest in five books, finished. 8 to 12 is our estimate.

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  6. Cleopatra in Space

    Mike Maihack · Ages 8-12

    Fast space adventure with a puzzle that grows across six books, finished. Scholastic Canada says 8 to 12.

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  7. Click

    Kayla Miller · Ages 8-12

    One girl's worries, friendships and family, seven books, finished. 8 to 12 is our estimate.

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  8. The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels

    Ann M. Martin, adapted by Raina Telgemeier and others

    The friends' babysitting business, retold in comics; the prose series is a separate, much longer list.

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  9. Zita the Spacegirl

    Ben Hatke · Ages 8-12

    Three books, one story, finished: a quick, complete adventure for a fast reader. 8 to 12 is our estimate.

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  10. Bunny vs Monkey

    Jamie Smart · Ages 8-12

    For a ten-year-old who wants to laugh: a joke on almost every page, twelve books. The US publisher labels it 8 to 12.

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Ten is the middle of the 8-to-12 range most children's comics are labelled for, so the long fantasies and the school-and-friends books fit best. Ours: Peabody's page of graphic novels for 10-year-olds (peabody.kids/series/for/10-year-olds) and the series pages linked below, each with the books in order and a checklist kept on your device. The pages are ours; the books are not.

Every series with a Peabody page was checked against its publisher's pages (or Wikipedia and Bookroo where a publisher's page would not open) on 29 and 30 October 2026; counts are as of 30 October 2026. Ages say whose they are: the publisher's label, or Peabody's own estimate. Series without a Peabody page are named with their author only, from facts we are sure of. Ranked by our judgment: the long stories with an ending first, then the school stories and the funny ones. Checked 2026-10-25. Nobody paid to be here. The buy links are plain search links, not affiliate links, so Peabody earns nothing from them.

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