the cover of the graphic novel Cicadapocalypse, which shows 2 squirrels running from a swarm of cicadas with glowing red eyes

Cicadapocalypse

by Roger McMullan

An educational graphic novel about periodical cicadas

Once every 17 years, millions of red-eyed beasts emerge from the earth and fill the forest with their song. Follow squirrels Fae (a prepper) and Cyrus (a foodie) as they confront an invasion of periodical cicadas.

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This graphic novel flies off the shelves of my K-5 library. Very well done, educational and entertaining.

Megan

Librarian

I very much enjoyed Cicadapocalypse. I liked how the squirrel’s horror story turned into a very nice cicada learning story.

Dr. Gene Kritsky

Entomologist
92 Pages
Hardback or Ebook
Ages 8-12
Published April 22, 2024

Cicadapocalypse has been mentioned in...

New York Times newspaper Kids Comics Unite Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Bugs Need Heroes podcast KJZZ Radio Station Story Comic podcast Block Club Chicago newspaper New York Times newspaper Cicada Safari app and website St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper Core Toons newsletter Reading With Your Kids podcast Cicada Mania Website

SPECIAL FEATURES

Includes a flip-book animation showing an emerging cicada nymph.

Spot gloss, sturdy paper, and smyth-sewn binding!

a GIF showing the flipbook animation of a cicada emerging from its shell
a GIF showing the spot gloss on the cover

Cicadapocalypse in the Wild

Cicadapocalypse on display at The Morton Arboretum gift shopCicadapocalypse on display at Bookie's bookstore in ChicagoCicadapocalypse on display at The Field Museum gift showCicadapocalypse on display at the Insect AsylumCicadapocalypse on display at the Cicada Mini Market in the Brushwood Center in Ryerson Woods