Super Boba Café (Book 1): A Graphic Novel

First in a series, Nidhi Chanani's Super Boba Café is a sweet and magical middle-grade, full-color graphic novel about a secret teashop, an earthquake-causing monster, and an unforgettable summer.

In the fog-laden hills of San Francisco sits a sleepy independent boba café. Run by Jing Li and guarded by her kitty, Bao, it comfortably fades into the background. But inside the boba café, there's a secret. Jing is the keeper of the monster of San Francisco. Each day she prepares one giant boba for nine hours to feed it.

When Jing's granddaughter, Aria, comes to stay with her for the summer, she makes it her mission to turn the café around. Aria is quickly aided by Bao, who gives birth to eight perfect kittens.

Aria spreads the news of the boba cat café on social media and overnight it is overrun with excited customers. Each day Nainai Li (Grandma Li) finds reasons to close the café, but the demand only increases.

When she opens, the hill monster is left hungry and small earthquakes begin to plague the city. When Aria secretly follows her nainai to the hill monster's cave, she isn't sure what awaits. Will Aria be able to reason with the monster, or will she become its new favorite meal? Or might she disturb its underground existence and cause the Big One?

Author: Nidhi Chanani
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 10/24/2023
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781419759574
ISBN10: 1419759574
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & M
- Juvenile Fiction | Asian American & Pacific Islander
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General

About the Author
Nidhi Chanani is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and writer. Born in Calcutta and raised in California, she creates because it makes her happy--with the hope that it can make others happy too. Her debut graphic novel, Pashmina, received starred reviews from School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly, was a JLG Selection, a YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novel for Teens, and was reviewed in the New York Times, among other honors. She has a number of other comics and picture books out in the world, including Binny's Diwali, Jukebox, and What Will My Story Be? Chanani draws and dreams every day with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.