adaptations

These classic plays retold will grab a student's attention from the first page. Presented in traditional play script format, each title features simplified language, easy-to-read type, and strict adherence to the tone and integrity of the original. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight. Yet the bitter feud between their families forbids all contact. Can the power of their love stand up against such a longstanding history of hatred? --Publisher.

"The murderous battle royale to determine the heir to the family estate leaves only Stella, elder sister Miser, and youngest brother Melm standing. Adamant about ending the bloodshed, Stella refuses to fight, instead seeking a way out for her family. But ever cold and calculating mother Olga has different plans, and fighting each other may be the siblings' only chance at survival"--Publisher marketing.

When a plague sweeps over the earth killing everyone except children under twelve, ten-year-old Lisa organizes a group to build a new way of life.

A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" about Guy Montag, a career fireman, who realizes the evils of government-controlled thoughts and sets about to change society.

Stacey Brown, a hereditary witch who has prophetic nightmares and near-death experiences, tries to work things out with Jacob and figure out what is in store for their future by facing the past.

Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.

A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about a group of boys in Uganda who are kidnapped and forced to join the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, and their desperate escape, only to return home to discover that their friends and family are afraid of them.

A graphic novel adaptation of the book in which Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.

Huck tells of his adventures travelling down the Mississippi on a raft with an escaped slave.

An earthquake sends Dorothy and Zeb falling into the land of the Manaboos and they experience many adventures as they try to find their way back to Oz.