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New Graphic Novels
Looking for a good graphic novel? Try these recent selections from The Ferguson Library collection.
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Amir, Khalil When nineteen-year-old Mehdi vanishes after a protest demonstration in Freedom Square following the 2009 election in Iran, his mother and brother begin to search for him. With genuine and lively characters, the story's emotion seeps from the page offering a real and gritty look at what it is like to live in Iran. Source: Voice of Youth Advocates, Dec 01, 2011
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Santiago, Wilfred Born in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente overcame family poverty, racial prejudice, and the language barrier to be voted the National League's Most Valuable Player for 1966. With a career batting average of .317 featuring spurts up to .414, he led the Pittsburgh Pirates to two World Series victories.
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Case, Jonathan If the Creature from the Black Lagoon had paid homage to the dramas of William Shakespeare, you'd have Dear Creature, which features not only a sea monster who speaks in the Bard's favored iambic pentameter but also a plot that makes use of Shakespeare's unlikely coincidences and star-crossed romance. Source: Booklist, Nov 15, 2011
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Chwast, Seymour Artist Chwast reinterprets Chaucer's fourteenth-century account of a group of medieval pilgrims entertaining one another on the way to a shrine by telling stories. The intentional simplicity, bordering on crudeness, of the line drawings is a fitting match for the brash bawdiness of Chaucer's satires. Source: Booklist, Oct 15, 2011
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Mairowitz, David Zane Dickens' classic novel about how the French Revolution affected individual life and culture through mob action is treated here to a fast-paced reinterpretation strong on visuals. Stripped of almost all but its most dramatic and emblematic scenes, this version brings characters Carton and Darnay to the foreground. Source: Booklist, Oct 01, 2011
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Debeurme, Ludovic Lucille and Vladimir grow up as wounded youngsters in a French fishing village, Lucille anorectically rebellious against her standoffish mother and the slights suffered as a plump little girl, and Vladimir an uneasy bully who must coax his hard-drinking fisherman father home from the bars.
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Hosseini, Khaled This is a beautifully illustrated, four-colour graphic novel adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s best seller. Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan next.
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