ucators can effectively use comics and graphic novels to develop readers' critical literacy and empathy, DeHart explores the use of graphic novels across grade levels in a wide range of topics and themes. Taking When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed as a recurring focal text, DeHart argues that critical conversations can be opened up through well-chosen graphic novels. The book features recommended titles, insights from graphic novel authors and creators, and lesson ideas. Topics include:

- Anti-Bias and Anti-Bullying

- Autobiographical and Biographical Stories

- Gender Representation

- Diverse Abilities

- Black Joy, Black Lives Matter, and Antiracist Pedagogy

- Stories of (Im)migration and Removal

- Indigenous Peoples/First Nations Stories

- Mental Health and Grief