• Age: 7 to 10
• Grade: 2 to 5

Summer's over and Claire's a bit nervous about starting at a new school. She doesn't care about being popular --- she just wants to fit in.

Claire is thankful to have her best friend, Jet. But the girls quickly grow apart when Jet wins a digital camera. Jet's bitten by the shutterbug and seems only interested in snapping photos with the cool kids.

Tired of Jet's antics, Claire strikes up a friendship with Sky, a girl from the local Lovesick Lake community. She learns that the water in Sky's lake is undrinkable. The community suspects someone's been secretly dumping waste in it for years. But when the three friends stumble across the polluters' trail, will they be able to put their differences aside in time to save Lovesick Lake?

The Claire graphic novels are built on stories of strong friendships and action-packed fun. Young girls will love to share the adventures of Claire and her friends --- and then try the activities at the end of each book!

Janice Poon ’s artistic career has been the stuff of dreams. She has designed ball gowns for real-life princesses and sculpted forty-foot dragons. Her work on children`s movies such as It Takes Two with the Olsen twins and Samantha of American Girl, inspired her graphic novels about Claire. Janice lives in Toronto.

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Her simple and clear black-and-white art, with expressive faces, is a nice fit for younger readers.

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