Tanaka, Shelley

The breadwinner

a graphic novel

Tanaka, Shelley

A graphic novel adaptation of Deborah Ellis' "The Breadwinner" in which to earn money so that her family can survive after her father's arrest, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy because of strict limitations imposed by the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, on women's freedom and behavior.

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Buried in Ice

Submitted by khenkes on Fri, 04/09/2021 - 11:24

Probes the tragic and mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845.

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Anne of Green Gables

Tanaka, Shelley

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

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Secrets of the Mummies

Uncovering the Bodies of Ancient Egyptians

Tanaka, Shelley

Describes the ancient Egyptian practice of preserving the dead through the process of mummification and explains what scientists have learned from unwrapping and examining mummies.

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The buried city of Pompeii

what it was like when Vesuvius exploded

Tanaka, Shelley

Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

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Lost temple of the Aztecs

what it was like when the Spaniards invaded Mexico

Tanaka, Shelley

Uses the discovery of the temple in Mexico City, what was the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, to introduce the story of the Spanish conquest of Moctezuma and his empire in the sixteenth century.