Meesh the Bad Demon #1

Author Michelle Lam

Grades 3-7 Ages 8-12

A tale of unlikely heroes and myths is made real in this debut graphic novel series about a “bad” demon trying to find her place in the underworld. But she’ll have to save it first!

Meesh is a bad demon. “Bad” in that she always sees the good in those around her—which isn’t how a demon is meant to feel or act. 

Bullied by the other demons, twelve-year-old Meesh is more likely to be found reading magazines from Plumeria City—the fairy realm—and fangirling about the fairy princesses.

But when disaster strikes and all of demon-kind is threatened, Meesh must journey to other worlds in search of help.

As luck would have it, she meets a fairy princess right away. Things in the fairy realm aren't so perfect either, though. As Meesh makes surprising new friends and unites a band of outcasts, she learns there's much more to being a demon than she ever realized. And learning to love herself might just uncover the secret to saving her home.

Available Formats

Trade Paperback 9780593372869
Hardcover 9780593372876
Hardcover Library Binding 9780593372883
eBook 9780593372890

State Awards

Maryland

2025, Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, Nominee

New York

2024, NYPL Vibrant Voices: New Books From Authors of Color, Selection

Texas

2024, Texas Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List, Selection

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