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Barefoot Gen

Continues the autobiographical graphic novel, following the story of Gen, a boy who survived the bombing of Hiroshima, as he and his friends and family try to adjust to the arrival of American troops in the aftermath of the war.
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Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

A graphic-novel retelling of Victor Hugo's story, in which strong Quasimodo, stowed away in the bell tower of the Cathedral of Notre Dame and treated like a monster, meets a kind Gypsy girl, Esmeralda, and becomes an unexpected hero.
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Great Expectations

A graphic novel adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel in which Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, learns that a mysterious benefactor has ensured that he will be educated and raised as a gentleman.
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The Western Front

Describes the battles along the western front of World War II in graphic novel format, including stories of pilots, infantrymen, and D-Day.
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The jungle

"A compelling graphic novel adaptation of Upton Sinclair's seminal protest novel that brings to life the harsh conditions and exploited existences of immigrants in Chicago's meatpacking industry in the early twentieth century"--.
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Soulless

Fashionable Alexia Tarabotti, with her trusty parasol, begins to search for her werewolf husband after she wakes up and finds him screaming before he disappears, and her investigation takes her to Scotland.
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Sakura hime

the legend of Princess Sakura
Rurijo captures Hayate and uses moon spring water on him, Princess Yuri defies her betrothal to Lord Fujimurasaki by seeking the company of someone else, and the emperor holds Sakura hostage.
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The prison-ship adventure of James Forten, Revolutionary War captive

In 1781, fifteen-year-old James Forten, a free African American from Philadelphia, is proud to be fighting for the American colonies, but when the British capture the ship on which he serves he fears for both his life and his freedom.
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Riptide pride

Teenager Tane Kalana is an expert surfer, but his pride may get him into trouble when would-be rival Cody Hannigan challenges him to a dangerous surfer showdown at Breaker Bay.
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Westward, ho!

Details, in graphic form, what life was like on the Western frontier and discusses territorial expansion, the settling of Texas, the Gold Rush, and other related topics.
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