Books like Wandering Son Vol. 1 by Takako Shimura

Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novel follows middle‑school theater enthusiast Callie as she designs a blue‑grass‑tired set for a school play, grappling with teamwork, budgets, and the drama of friendship and family.

Nate Wright, an 11‑year‑old sixth‑grade chess prodigy, partners with friends to launch fun schemes in the middle‑school world of Big Nate, blending humor, school mischief, and clever ideas.

Big Nate stars both the comic strip and the school soccer team—will his goalkeeping save the day at Jefferson Middle School?

Nate hatches a clever scheme, but can he avoid Mrs. Godfrey’s watchful eye before the plan backfires?

Jedi Academy follows Roan as he enrolls in a secret Jedi school, learning Force skills under Master Yoda and discovering his hidden potential while navigating school life and adventure.

Big Nate is the president of P.S. 38, a cartooning club. When he sees Mighty Jefferson Middle School win in a contest, he decides it's time to become a hero. Will Nate lead P.S. 38 to its biggest victory ever?

In chapter 11 of Yotsuba&!, the playful girl tries pizza, blows bubbles, goes chestnut picking, and watches udon being made in this lighthearted manga adventure.

Yotsuba’s world expands in the 10th volume, as she explores her new town and meets friendly neighbors, turning everyday moments into harmless adventures.

When her parents relent and give Amanda a ferret, the quiet household plunges into chaos, especially as the pet learns to fear the girl who knows nothing about caring for a pet.

Sixteen-year-old tomboy Ito Miura is going to be Romeo in the school production of "Romeo and Juliet.' The cute new student, Makoto Amano, has been chosen to play Juliet. As they become friends, Ito discovers that Makoto has a secret that will ruin Makoto's life if anyone ever finds out what it is.

Shimura Takako's sensitive and charming manga series about two middle-schoolers wrestling with their gender identities continues. Faced with unwanted changes to their growing bodies, male-identified Takatsuki-san discovers the wonders of "breast binders," and female-identified Nitori-kun explores the limits of his ability to "pass." Also: the success of their performance of The Rose of Versailles in the fifth grade - in which the boys played the women and the girls played the men - inspires our protagonists to put on another gender-bending play for the junior-high school festival. They riff on Romeo and Juliet. Nitori-kun and his friend Chiba-san write the script together, but Chiba-san has an agenda: She wants to play Romeo, with Nitori-kun in the role of Juliet. But Nitori-kun wants Takatsuki-san to play Romeo. Chiba-san forces Nitori-kun to confront a question he's been avoiding. Are his feelings for Takatsuki-san those of a boy for a girl, a girl for a girl, or a girl for a boy? Meanwhile, Maho plans a trip to the beach with her boyfriend, and Nitori-kun must chaperone.

Nitori-kun gets his first signs of acne. This may well be the end of the world. But when he turns to nationally famous model Anna-chan for help, events take an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, Nitori-kun and Chiba-san are scouted by the theater club after the success of their gender-bending play, The Rose of Versailles. But when Takatsuki-san congratulates Chiba-san, Chiba-san calls her a hypocrite. If Takatsuki-san wanted to join the theater club, she wouldn't congratulate Chiba-san -- she'd be jealous. So says Chiba-san, but what does she know?

Curiosity and transphobia collide in the latest volume of Fantagraphics critically acclaimed manga about a boy who wants to be a girl, and a girl who wants to be a boy. In Volume 8, Nitori-kun, a boy who wants to be a girl, explores kissing with girlfriend Anna-chan; and Yoshino-san, a girl who wants to be a boy, finds the courage to go to school wearing a boy s uniform. Meanwhile, one of their male classmates, Doi-kun, who has caused our protagonists misery in the past, becomes intrigued with their grown-up friend Yuki-san, a transwoman.

Hee‑So, a high‑school girl with a string of boyfriends, falls for the thirteenth—Won‑Jun—on national TV. When he abruptly ends the romance, she vows to win him back and reunite with her destined love.

Hideki is a down-and-out slacker who is all alone, until he finds a persocon--a humanoid robot--in a garbage pile. He decides to take her home, after all, one man's trash is another man's treasure.