What Happened to the Naked Mole Rat?: A Graphic Novel

The first book in a funny supernatural graphic novel series for early readers about an eight-year-old boy who solves mysteries with the ghost of his former class pet.

Mr. Pebbles is dead, and everyone thinks it's Carter's fault!

When Carter's third-grade class accuses him of killing the class pet, a naked mole rat named Mr. Pebbles who shivers a lot and smells a little funny, can Carter clear his name . . . with the help of Mr. Pebbles's ghost?

Author: Akeem S. Roberts
Publisher: Kokila
Published: 07/15/2025
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.85w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9780593856673
ISBN10: 0593856678
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | African American & Black
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Animals
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Mystery & Detective

About the Author
Akeem S. Roberts is the illustrator of the J.D. the Kid Barber chapter book series, which was a School Library Journal Best Book of 2021, a Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2021, a Charlotte Huck Award Honor recipient, and a Texas Bluebonnet Master List selection. He has worked as an illustrator for Hasbro (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) and as a cartoonist for The New Yorker. The Class Pet Ghost Detective series is his author-illustrator debut. Visit Akeem at AkeemTeam.com to see more of his work.