The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

by Chris Lincoln

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Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

The Night Librarian is a fun adventure story graphic novel for middle grade readers by Christopher Lincoln. Due out 30th July 2024 from Penguin Random House on their Young Readers' imprint, it's 256 pages and will be available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats. 

This is an engaging and fun illustrated adventure (Lexile 430L). It's not derivative, but there are definite vibes of Night at the Museum and The Land of Stories, with a little soupcon of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. It's set in NYC with twins Page and Turner (*snork*) whose absentee parents and AWOL nanny leave them alone to get up to shenanigans. Which they do, in spades. Books come alive and characters escape in the real magic happening under the NYPL.

They are recruited by one of the Night Librarians (the LAST night librarian, because of budget cuts) to help get the creatures/characters back in the books where they belong. 

There are numerous book title tie-ins (Treasure Island, Dracula, Jack and the Beanstalk, and others), and the art is clever and well rendered in color throughout. 

Four stars. This would be an excellent public or school library acquisition, for the home library, and for anyone who has ever understood that libraries are real magic. 

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.