Dog Trouble

Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

ALA 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List

2025 Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Selection

Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025 Nominee

2026 Oklahoma Library Association’s Sequoyah Masterlist Children and Intermediate Book Award nominee

“A successful story of overcoming challenges with compassion and patience, and a recommended purchase for libraries, especially for those who can’t seem to have enough graphic novels for their patrons."

—School Library Journal

"Varner’s (Horse Trouble) graphic-novel storytelling is well paced and compelling... A tender story of friendship (human and animal),  family, and growing into oneself."

—The Horn Book Magazine