Svetlana Chmakova Books in Order
See all Svetlana Chmakova books in order, with quick summaries, series overviews, and guidance on where to start with Berrybrook, Weirn, Dramacon, and more.
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Publication Order
24 books
The Weirn Books, Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon
by Svetlana Chmakova
2024
Haunted by nightmares after the Silent Woods adventure, Na’ya decides the only way to protect everyone is to become a dragon herself. A spell gone wrong instead summons a dragon and a lurking shadow to their town, forcing the friends to fix a magical disaster they created.
Enemies
by Svetlana Chmakova
2022
Felicity Teale loves art, games, and big ideas, but she rarely finishes what she starts. Joining an entrepreneur contest to outshine her “perfect” sister, she stumbles into old grudges, partner drama, and the question of who really counts as an enemy.
Time Capsule
by Svetlana Chmakova
2020
Peppi and Jaime are helping create a school time capsule when Jaime spots a heart Peppi drew with another boy’s name inside. This short Berrybrook story gently explores jealousy, assumptions, and how to handle confusing feelings without hurting a friend.
The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods
by Svetlana Chmakova
2020
Cousins Ailis and Na’ya are weirns, young witches bonded to mischievous guardian spirits, who attend a night school for supernatural kids. When a former friend turns strangely nice and Na’ya’s little brother disappears, their search leads to a forbidden mansion in the Silent Woods.
The Captain's Log
by Svetlana Chmakova
2020
Told through pages of Jensen’s wildly imaginative sketchbook, this short adventure turns the Berrybrook crew into a starship team on a risky mission. Monsters, mishaps, and math pop quizzes collide as Jensen works through his worries by drawing himself a hero.
Nightschool: The Weirn Books Collector's Edition, Vol. 2
by Svetlana Chmakova
2020
The second collector’s volume continues the Nightschool saga as Hunters become targets, werewolves invade, and the Sohrem’s return threatens the Night Realm. Collecting the later arcs, it lets readers finish Alex’s story in one hefty, bingeable book.
Nightschool: The Weirn Books Collector's Edition, Vol. 1
by Svetlana Chmakova
2020
This collector’s volume gathers the early chapters of Nightschool into a single book, following Alex as she edges toward the secretive school where her sister works. It is an easy way to dive into the series’ mix of supernatural classes, Hunter politics, and creeping prophecy.
New Girl
by Svetlana Chmakova
2020
After moving away from Berrybrook, Maribella has to start over in a strange old-fashioned town and a new school. Being the new girl means facing cliques, homesickness, and the challenge of finding real friends while still healing from what she left behind.
Diary
by Svetlana Chmakova
2019
Part guided journal and part graphic novel, Diary lets readers plan their months and sketch while following three new Berrybrook stories. See Peppi and Jaime’s latest project, flip through Jensen’s “captain’s log,” and visit a familiar face building a life in a new town.
Crush
by Svetlana Chmakova
2018
Jorge Ruiz looks intimidating, but he is really a gentle peacekeeper who hates drama. When he develops a crush on Jazmine and his best friend starts chasing popularity at any cost, Jorge has to decide what kind of friend, and boyfriend, he wants to be.
Brave
by Svetlana Chmakova
2017
Jensen spends his days at Berrybrook daydreaming about disasters and heroic rescues, not noticing how much teasing he absorbs. Joining the school newspaper forces him to look at bullying, friendship, and his own anxiety head-on and figure out what standing up for himself really means.
Awkward
by Svetlana Chmakova
2015
On her first day at Berrybrook, Peppi trips into shy science kid Jaime and earns the mean nickname “nerder girlfriend.” Hiding in the art club does not erase her guilt, especially once club rivalries flare and she has to choose between pride, loyalty, and kindness.
Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 3
by Svetlana Chmakova
2013
Whit and Wisty have sacrificed almost everything fighting the New Order, but The One Who Is The One only grows stronger. In this final volume, the siblings must risk a direct showdown that could save their world from total control or cost them their magic and their lives.
Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 2
by Svetlana Chmakova
2012
After escaping the New Order’s prison, Whit and Wisty join a hidden community of rebel teens and quickly become leaders in a fragile Resistance. As they rescue kidnapped children and cross into strange realms, Wisty’s mysterious gift draws the eye of the regime’s brutal ruler.
Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 1
by Svetlana Chmakova
2011
Whit and Wisty Allgood wake to soldiers bursting into their home, accusing them of witchcraft in a new regime that has outlawed magic, books, and music. Imprisoned with other kids, they begin to discover the powers the New Order fears and plan their escape.
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 4
by Svetlana Chmakova
2010
The Sohrem rise, the Hunters mobilize, and Alex is drawn back to an emptied Nightschool for a final confrontation. To save both humans and night folk, she must face the enemy pulling the strings and reckon with the frightening power growing inside herself.
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 3
by Svetlana Chmakova
2010
Ancient beings called the Sohrem are waking, and the young Hunters who police the Night Realm have been betrayed from within. While their safe house faces a werewolf attack, Alex trains under eccentric teacher Mr. Roi, hoping his lessons will bring her closer to finding Sarah.
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 2
by Svetlana Chmakova
2009
When Alex’s sister Sarah vanishes and even records of her existence begin to fade, Alex decides the answer lies inside the Nightschool. Sneaking in proves impossible, so she enrolls as a student, stepping straight into a tangle of Hunters, prophecies, and dangerous magic.
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1
by Svetlana Chmakova
2009
In a city where a high school turns into a Nightschool after dark, weirns, vampires, and other night creatures attend class while humans sleep. Homeschooled weirn Alex Treveney wants nothing to do with it, but strange omens and lost time suggest the school is tied to her future.
Flight, Vol. 5
by Svetlana Chmakova
2008
This full-color anthology collects short comics by Kazu Kibuishi, Svetlana Chmakova, Graham Annable, and many others. From daring fantasy journeys to quiet character pieces, it showcases a wide range of imaginative, self-contained stories in one volume.
Dramacon Ultimate Edition Manga
by Svetlana Chmakova
2008
This omnibus edition collects all three volumes of Dramacon, plus extras, in a single book. It follows Christie’s three-year journey through the Yatta anime convention, from disastrous first love and artist alley stress to a more grounded sense of herself and her career.
Dramacon, Vol. 3
by Svetlana Chmakova
2007
Now in college, Christie and Bethany head back to the con as rising creators with fans and real opportunities. As mishaps keep Christie and Matt apart, both of them must decide whether a long-distance romance fits the adult lives they are trying to build.
Dramacon, Vol. 2
by Svetlana Chmakova
2006
A year after her first convention, Christie returns with a new artist, Bethany, and bigger ambitions. Seeing Matt again should be perfect, except he now has a girlfriend, and Christie has to untangle jealousy, loyalty, and what she truly wants from comics and love.
Dramacon, Vol. 1
by Svetlana Chmakova
2005
Christie is an aspiring manga writer debuting her comic at her first anime convention with her artist boyfriend. Long days in artist alley, industry nerves, and a sharp-tongued cosplayer named Matt force her to rethink both her relationship and her creative future.
Where should I start?
If you want funny, realistic middle school stories: Awkward → Brave → Crush → Diary → Enemies
If you like spooky magic school adventures: Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1 → Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 2 → Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 3 → Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 4
If you prefer lighter fantasy for younger readers: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods → The Weirn Books, Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon
If you want convention romance and fandom drama: Dramacon, Vol. 1 → Dramacon, Vol. 2 → Dramacon, Vol. 3
If you enjoy dystopian magic thrillers: Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 1 → Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 2 → Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 3
Author bio
Svetlana Chmakova was born in Russia in 1979 and grew up there reading whatever comics she could find, including a life-changing copy of ElfQuest picked up at a Moscow bookstand. At sixteen, she moved with her family to Canada, finished high school, and began to imagine that drawing stories might be more than a hobby.
In Ontario she enrolled in the Classical Animation program at Sheridan College, spending long hours on life drawing, character design, and hand-drawn motion. She graduated in 2002 with an animation diploma and a much clearer sense of how to tell stories visually, even if she still jokes that she somehow “tricked” the school into giving it to her.
After graduation, she pieced together a freelance life. She drew for animation studios, helped on how-to-draw books, and did toy and character designs. At the same time she started posting her own comics online, including the webcomic Chasing Rainbows and a short strip called The Adventures of CG for a teen magazine. Those early projects built a small but loyal readership and caught publishers’ attention.
Her first long-form series, Dramacon, ran in three volumes and followed an aspiring writer through the chaos of an anime convention, complete with artist alley drama, long-distance crushes, and awkward professional dreams. The books introduced many readers to her blend of expressive art, sharp timing, and genuine affection for fan culture, and they earned industry recognition, including an Eisner Award nomination.
Chmakova then shifted into fantasy with Nightschool: The Weirn Books, set in a secret school for witches, vampires, shifters, and other night creatures. Its heroine, Alex Treveney, is a prickly homeschooled weirn drawn into prophecies, missing people, and questions about who counts as a monster. The series picked up a major Canadian kids’ comics prize and laid the groundwork for the later middle grade spin-off The Weirn Books.
In 2015 she turned to contemporary school life with Awkward, the first book in what became the Berrybrook Middle School series. Each volume follows a different student at the same school: Peppi navigating art club versus science club rivalries in Awkward, anxious daydreamer Jensen in Brave, gentle giant Jorge in Crush, the activity-filled journal Diary, and gamer-artist Felicity wrestling with expectations in Enemies. Librarians, teachers, and awards committees have embraced these books for the way they treat bullying, friendship, and identity with honesty and humor.
Alongside her original work, Chmakova has adapted James Patterson’s Witch & Wizard novels into manga form and contributed stories to anthologies such as Flight, Vol. 5, where her pages sit alongside those of creators like Kazu Kibuishi and Graham Annable. More recently she returned to the world of weirns for younger readers in The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods and The Weirn Books, Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon, revisiting the Night Realm with a slightly softer, middle grade tone.
These days she splits her time between Canada and the United States, continuing to write and draw full time. Interviews and bios hint at a home filled with more books than shelves, a fondness for naps and good food, and a habit of riding the subway in the middle of the day just to people-watch.
Across fantasy battles and cafeteria showdowns, her stories keep circling the same core interests: how kids figure out who they are, how friendships bend without always breaking, and how even the quietest person can take up space in the world.
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