Middle school students love graphic novels and manga - and our donated collection had very, very few. And I did not have much budget to work with. But I was on a mission to get more graphic novels and manga! Luckily a Donor's Choose project was funded that provided about 50 books for the Book Nook. I also traded in some of the donated books to our local Used Bookstore that has a great buy/trade program. Slowly, slowly we have been able to start building the graphic novel collection, and it's insanely popular! Around 75% of our circulations are just from this collection!
Front-facing, appealing covers and popular titles - the graphic novels are favorites with our kids!