Gillian Goerz

children's middlegrade graphic novel (book 2 in a series - works as a standalone/can be read out of order, but you'll want to read all of them because they are so good). 233 pages.

Jamila (incidentally from a Pakistani-Canadian Muslim family) starts her new school, making it onto two basketball teams and even making a new friend, Seena (Aghani- and Pakistani-Canadian), but it seems like Seena doesn't much like Jamila's supersleuthing friend Shirley. Meanwhile the school bully needs to be stopped, and this case will require "a little breaking and entering."… (more)

children's middlegrade graphic novel (4th grade and up) - two 5th graders meet by chance at a garage sale and one of them quickly hatches a plan to allow each to carry out the activities they want to do (basketball and supersleuthing) instead of dance and science summer camps.

This is a super sweet story featuring a 10-y.o. girl version of Sherlock Holmes, her new acquaintance (incidentally brown-skinned and Muslim) Jamila, and a diverse group of kids going through their own issues and who also could use some friends. The illustrations are perfectly appealing, the text is just right; very highly recommended.… (more)