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The Battle of Gettysburg

spilled blood on sacred ground
Presents a brief depiction of the Civil War battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in July, 1863; and describes major Union and Confederate generals as well as details of the fight.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

A history of the Cuban Missle Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962, featuring three stories in graphic novel format about actual people and events during the crisis.

Juan Ponce de Le?n

Presents in graphic novel format the life and adventures of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Le?n.

Anne Frank

A graphic novel describing the short life of Anne Frank, who along with her family and others hid from the Nazis until a Dutch informer revealed the whereabouts of their secret annex.

The Wright brothers and the airplane

Presents a brief overview of inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright in graphic novel format, and examines their work on the first successful powered airplane.
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Everyday life in ancient Egypt

Describes, in graphic novel format, the everyday life of a family in Egypt in 2200 B.C., during the reign of Pepi II.

Thomas Paine writes Common sense

Relates, in graphic novel format, how Thomas Paine came to America at the suggestion of Benjamin Franklin, became writer and editor of the "Philadelphia Magazine, " and served a pivotal role in the American Revolution by publishing a pamphlet entitled "Common Sense" that explained why America needed to break away from British rule.

Spartans

Provides an account of the military culture of Sparta in ancient Greece through the story of Aristotle and Plato, two boys who are taken from their homes at a very young age and raised to be warriors, and includes an account of King Leonidas and his battle against Persia.

Curse of the crocodile God

Methen, a young boy in ancient Egypt, helps a servant girl save herself from being forced into marriage to Kenamun, the aging chief embalmer, by exposing the man's grave robbing activities. Presented in graphic form.

The Battle of Antietam

"the bloodiest day of battle"
Presents a brief depiction of the Civil War battle near Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in September 1862; and describes major Union and Confederate generals as well as details of the fight.

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