Graphic Novels

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Graphic Novels

• In the
• Olympic View Library

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Graphic Novels

• Do you know what a graphic novel is?
• A graphic novel is a book that is set-up like a
  comic book, with comic book style illustrations.

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Tells the story of Lewis and Clark's exploration
  of the unmapped American west in the early
  nineteenth century.

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Elizabeth I the life of England's Renaissance
queen / by Rob Shone Anita Ganeri

• Presents a graphic biography of Queen Elizabeth I
  of England, and chronicles her rise to power in
  1558, the royal House of Tudor, and the passing
  of the English throne to the Stuarts in 1603.

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Benjamin Franklin An American Genius / by Kay
Melchisedech Olson

• Presents a graphic novel that describes the life
  of Benjamin Franklin, who was a printer, an
  inventor, and a statesman.

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The Salem Witch Trials / by Michael Martin

• Presents a comic book version of the story of
  witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692
  which resulting in nineteen hangings.

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Black Beauty the graphic novel / adapted by
June Brigman Roy Richardson

• "Black Beauty," in which a horse tells the story
  of his life in nineteenth-century England, and
  his treatment under both good and bad masters.

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Bram Stoker's Dracula the graphic novel /
adapted by Gary Reed

• Having discovered the double identity of the
  wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a
  small group of people vow to rid the world of the
  evil vampire.

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The Hardy Boys, undercover brothers. 3, Mad
House / Scott Lobdell

• Frank and Joe tackle native voodoo, a gang of
  criminals and a mysterious ghost when they set
  out to search for their father in the Carribbean.

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Treasure Island the graphic novel / adapted by
Tim Hamilton

• A graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis
  Stevenson's tale of buried treasure, pirates, and
  adventure on the high seas, in which young Jim
  Hawkins races to beat Long John Silver to the
  riches on Treasure Island.

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The Haunted Surfboard / by Anthony Masters

• The only good thing about Jack's new school is
  that it is near the ocean and he loves to surf,
  but then Jack meets Peter Stafford, a daredevil
  surfer who insists on risking his life every time
  he enters the water.

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein the graphic novel

• A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of
  dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he
  learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

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Graphic Novels

• Where do I find them?
• At Mr. McGinnis desk at the end of the Fiction
  section.
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