NEW YORK, NY (3/18/2019) – JY, the middle grade imprint of Yen Press, LLC, announced today the latest
installment in Svetlana Chmakova’s BERRYBROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL series. DIARY, the
fourth volume of the award-winning graphic novel franchise, represents an
exciting variation that, in addition to exclusive short stories featuring
familiar faces from Berrybrook, doubles as a real journal featuring a “One
Sketch a Day” section, stickers, and free note pages with fun journal entries from
one of the main characters.
Simultaneous to the standalone release of DIARY, the latest book will also be included in the BERRYBROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL BOX SET, a collection of all four of the Berrybrook stories, including AWKWARD, BRAVE, and CRUSH. Perfect for the holiday gift season, the BERRYBROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL BOX SET is the ideal introduction of these books to new readers.
From its initial release with AWKWARD in 2015, Berrybrook Middle School
has garnered critical acclaim, earning an Eisner nomination and winning the 2nd Annual
Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids’ Comics. The subsequent books, BRAVE and CRUSH,
have also been well received, securing spots on YALSA’s Top Ten Great Graphic
Novels for Teens list. The series has sold almost a million copies to date.
Creator Svetlana Chmakova is an
internationally published, award-winning manga/comics author, with more than 10
published books and her work translated in over 13 languages. Born and raised
in Russia, she moved to Canada at sixteen-years-old to finish high school and
received a Classical Animation diploma from Sheridan College. Her full-length
manga and comics series include the fan-favorite romantic comedy DRAMACON, the
award-winning urban fantasy NIGHTSCHOOL: THE WEIRN BOOKS and the manga
adaptation of The New York Times bestselling WITCH & WIZARD
by James Patterson.
Both DIARY and the BERRYBROOK MIDDLE
SCHOOL BOX SET are slated for an October 2019 release.
