Emma Mills & Sarah Nicole Kennedy Create The Greenies Graphic Novels

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The Greenies is a brand new middle-grade graphic novel collection by Emma Mills and Sarah Nicole Kennedy which comply with seventh grader Violet.

The Greenies is a brand new middle-grade graphic novel collection by Emma Mills and Sarah Nicole Kennedy which comply with “seventh grader Violet as she acclimates to a brand new college after her mother and father’ divorce, discovering camaraderie to her shock when she’s compelled into the varsity’s environmental membership.

Emma Mills younger grownup romance novel author in addition to a scientist, and YouTuber. She started her debut novel First & Then in highschool and accomplished the guide at Indiana University, the place she gained a Ph.D. in Anatomy and Cell Biology. Her novels revealed by way of Henry Holt, she began the YouTube channel “How To Adult” with fellow YA creator T. Michael Martin, and bought the channel to John and Hank Green’s on-line video firm, Complexly. And now Kate Farrell at Henry Holt has acquired world rights to the primary of the graphic novels and publication of The Greenies will begin in 2025.

Sarah Nicole Kennedy, an illustrator at SNK Illustration, and a bookseller at Books Of Wonder, posted on Instagram, “I am beyond grateful and excited to illustrate The Greenies a middle-grade graphic novel written by Emma Mills. My middle school experience looked a lot similar to Violets. In fact when I was around her age I took a trip to St. Louis and went to the St. Louis Arch granted, I was much too afraid to actually go the very top. The book is full of adventure, growing pains and altogether feels like one big hug. I can’t wait to grow as an illustrator alongside these characters. So grateful to be accomplishing all of the dreams that seventh grade me wished for.”

Emma Mills additionally posted, saying “I’m extremely excited to announce The Greenies, my middle grade graphic novel series with the fantastic @sarahnicoleillustration, coming 2025! Set in St. Louis and inspired by many of the cartoons and shows I loved as a kid in the late 90s/early 2000s (Lizzie McGuire, Even Stevens, The Weekenders, Pepper Ann), The Greenies follows middle schooler Violet, who gets into a bit of trouble on her first day at a new school and has to join the environmental club as part of a Breakfast Club-style detention. There’s hijinks, disaster, friendship, humor, and a whole lot of heart! And most excitingly — it’s a trilogy! I’ve already scripted all three books, and I am SO incredibly excited for Sarah to bring them to life!”

Emma Mills’ agent Bridget Smith at JABberwocky and Sarah Nicole Kennedy’s agent Nicole Tugeau at Tugeau 2 negotiated the deal.

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