- Graphic Novels
- Ages 8–12
- Contemporary
Click: Clash
Book 4 of 7 in ClickView the full series
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A new-kid friendship story about jealousy, popularity and feeling replaced. It is one of the most emotionally recognisable Click books for children navigating changing friend groups.
- Best for8–12
- FormatGraphic
- Length224 pp
- Read aloud~1 hr45 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
Tone
- Warm
- Funny
- Bittersweet
- Heartwarming
- Thought provoking
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
Olive usually feels comfortable moving between lots of friend groups, but everything changes when Natasha arrives. Natasha is confident, funny and exciting, and soon everyone seems to want to be around her. Olive tries to be friendly, but she cannot shake the feeling that Natasha is taking her place. As jealousy and misunderstanding build, Olive has to work out whether Natasha is really the problem, or whether her own fear of being left behind is making things worse. Clash is a very relatable school friendship graphic novel, with the kind of emotional situation many children experience but struggle to name. Kayla Miller handles the conflict with warmth rather than melodrama, showing that jealousy can be uncomfortable without making a child bad. The book is accessible, expressive and strong as a discussion starter around empathy, insecurity and changing social dynamics.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 8–12
- Read aloud · 7–11
- Independent · 8–12
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Works well for
- Reading aloud
- Bedtime
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
4 / 5 · Bedtime-friendly
Sensitive-child
4 / 5 · Good fit
Graphic intensity
1 / 5 · None
Best for
- Friendship jealousy
- New kid story
- Realistic graphic novel
- School friendship drama
- Reluctant readers
Avoid if
- Sensitive to friendship conflict
- Wants action adventure
- Prefers fantasy or sci fi
Particularly good for children who are…
- Making friends
- Reluctant reader
- Low self esteem
- Anxiety and worry
- Being bullied
In the classroom
How it works in school.
A warm, relatable friendship-drama comic series — a reluctant-reader favourite that opens talk about belonging, friendship and finding your thing.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific recognition is the new kid taking your place — Olive watching Natasha arrive, sliding into the friend group, suddenly being the centre of everything Olive thought was hers. The Click for any child who's felt that specific jealousy without being able to name it.
- Friendship and belonging
- Having a nemesis
- Being special or chosen
Why parents love it
The Click on jealousy and the new-kid effect — Olive's discomfort treated with fairness rather than judgement, the eventual recognition that her own fear is part of the problem. Strong middle-grade emotional-literacy text. Useful when a child's friend group has shifted.
- Conversation starter
- Quick to read
- Shared humour
- Bedtime appropriate
In the series
Click.
7 books · open the series →
About the author & illustrator
Kayla Miller.
If you liked this
Three ways out of this book.
If you liked this, try…
Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
Where you’ll find it
On these reading lists.
Buy or borrow
Pick up a copy.
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