Bone: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith

Bone: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith is about Phoney Bone, Fone Bone and Smiley Bone and their adventures as they leave Boneville. Phoney Bone is always up to no good, and has finally been kicked out of Boneville for good. His cousins, Fone and Smiley accompany him in his banishment because they feel sorry for him. As they are journeying away from their hometown, they become lost and separated from one another. Each Bone has to survive the winter alone. Fone Bone finds a nice community and makes some friends. He is desperate to find his cousins, though, and keeps searching for them. Along the way he is attacked by rat creatures, meets a tiny bug named Ted, befriends a red dragon, and eventually ends up staying with Thorn (his crush!) and her zany grandmother. Eventually, Phoney Bone shows up, but immediately falls out of Grandma Ben's good graces by criticizing her racing cows. He leaves and ends up in the next town where he finds Smiley, tending bar at a local pub! Fone Bone, Thorn, and Grandma Ben leave for that very same town, intent on racing the cows in the festival race. They don't realize that an evil man is after Phoney Bone and that, once they all meet up at the festival, the real adventure will begin.

I really enjoyed this graphic novel! I read it after it was recommended to me by a former student. It was a quick read, and one of the few graphic novels I have been able to follow! I will definitely read the next Bone adventure so I can find out what happens at the festival!