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Magical Girl Burnout will be hitting shelves May 27th, 2026!

In this hilarious graphic novel about teenage burnout, witness a team of “Magical Girls” who are short-staffed and underpaid, and struggling to balance their normal lives with their jobs as heroes.

Page Count: 416
Genre: Young Adult
On Sale: 05/25/2027
Age Range: 14-18

Magical Girls Rox, Piper, and Snips are the protectors of love, justice and…
…the local community fridge, the abandoned mall, the eerie pool, the struggling fruit stand, the hipster music shop, and every other place in the town that gets attacked by The Forces of Evil. This leaves our trio of teens very little time for normal high school stuff. Worse yet, there are no temps and no time off, resulting in missed classes, getting sick, and skipping anime club AGAIN. Work/life balance anyone???

When Snips finally gets fed up and quits the team to pursue greater opportunities (like getting a job that ACTUALLY pays money), the remainder of the group is sent into turmoil. Rox is overwrought and overworked, Piper’s immune system and emotional stability takes a tumble, and assistant-manager Shoya is barely able to pick up the slack. SURELY there’s a better way to protect the town of Pumpkin Hill right? Because these burned-out teens aren’t gonna be able to hold on much longer.

Praise for Magical Girl Burnout

With a perfect cast of gremlin characters, interpersonal drama and an extremely relatable evisceration of unhealthy workplaces [Magical Girl Burnout] is a NONSTOP DELIGHT. —Gale Galligan, NYT-bestselling cartoonist of The Baby-Sitters Club

“Jade has crafted a layered tale of friendship, working relationships, and teenhood with stunning action sequences, magical girl charm, and sharp-as-a-tack humor that will delight savvy manga-fans and new readers alike. Nobody is doing modern comics like Jade Armstrong.” —Kristina Luu, cartoonist of Besties