Superpunk

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

“Packed with punk rock and monster fights, this graphic novels fun vibes will be rocking right off middle grade shelves.” School Library Journal, starred review

Meet Violeta! Violeta is a thirteen-year-old skateboarder and podcaster. But most importantly? Shes a PUNK! Oh, and a superhero, too. Superhero + punk = SUPERPUNK. Thats Violeta!

After discovering her grandfathers old cassette player, Violeta decides to play a cassette tape backward. (Why? Its pure punk rebellion, duh!) What she didnt know was this rebellious act would grant her magical powers! Aaaaand . . . unleash monsters. A LOT of them. Violeta will need to use all her new superpowers to protect her home of Hollow Hills from the strange creatures and send them back to wherever they came from. Luckily, shes joined by Alan, Violetas faithful sidekick and fellow podcaster. Together, theyll have to find a way to put these monsters back in their place. But between homework, podcasting, and skateboarding, Violeta has a tough time managing it all. When a horde of monsters descend on her school, will this superpunk be able to save the day?

Multi-award-winning comic book artist Guilherme Petreca and TV writer Mirtes Santana bring you Superpunk, a radical adventure story about the need to rebel and act out to protect the people and things you love.