Doodleville: (A Graphic Novel) -- Chad Sell, Paperback

For fans of Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward and Raina Telgemeier's Smile comes an inventive new story from Cardboard Kingdom creator Chad Sell about a group of young artists who must work together when one of their own creations becomes a monster.

Drew is just a regular artist. But there's nothing ordinary about her art. Her doodles are mischievous . . . and rarely do they stay in Doodleville, the world she's created in her sketchbook. Instead, Drew's doodles prefer to explore the world outside. But after an inspiring class trip to the Art Institute of Chicago--where the doodles cause a bit too much trouble--Drew decides it's time to take her artistic talents to the next level.
Enter the Leviathan--Levi, for short. He's bigger and better than anything Drew has ever created before. He's a monster, but a friendly one. That is, until Levi begins to wreak havoc on Drew's other doodles--and on the heroes her classmates have dreamt up.
Levi won't be easily tamed, and it seems there is a link between the monster's bad behavior and Drew's feelings. With the help of her loyal art club friends, will she be able to save Doodleville--and Levi--before it's too late?

Author: Chad Sell
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/09/2020
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781984894717
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509782 / Doodleville


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 110
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2020
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2020 pg. 113
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Chad Sell's first children's graphic novel was The Cardboard Kingdom, which he illustrated and co-wrote with a team of ten collaborators. Doodleville is his first full-length solo project, and it is set in Chicago, where he lives with his husband and two cats. Much of the story takes place in Chad's neighborhood of Lincoln Square and at one of his favorite places in the world: the Art Institute of Chicago.