historical comics

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The Scarlet Rose

2019
"Til death do us part. At last! The big day is here. Maud de Laroche and Guilhem de Landrey are getting married! But while they prepare for their wedding by day, at night they continue to put on their masks and fight for justice as the Scarlet Rose and the Fox. Only the arrival of the impetuous Natalia, who possesses a ring identical to one that belonged to Guilhem's long-lost father, may throw everything into turmoil!"--Back cover.

Pirate queen

the legend of Grace O'Malley : a graphic novel
2020
Retells, in graphic novel format, the legend of Grace O'Malley, who spent her life wishing to join the fight to keep Henry VIII's armies from invading her homeland of Ireland--only to be told again and again that the battlefield is no place for a woman. After English conspirators brutally murder her husband, Grace leads men into battle on the high seas and quickly gains a formidable reputation as the Pirate Queen of Ireland. Her newfound notoriety puts the lives of Grace and her entire family in danger and eventually leads to a confrontation with Queen Elizabeth I.

We served the people

my mother's stories
2020
"A collection of moving stories passed from mother to daughter recounting life during China's Cultural Revolution . . . growing up during mid-1960s Communist China. In an inspiring tale, her mother recounts how she ended up as one of the few truck-driving women during the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside movement, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth"--Provided by publisher.

I survived the attack of the grizzlies, 1967

"Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family visit Glacier National Park every summer, but this year Mel comes face-to-face with a terrifying grizzly bear"--OCLC.
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Between shades of gray

the graphic novel
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
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The hunchback of Notre Dame

2020
A graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel about the hunchback Quasimodo and his love for the beautiful Gypsy, Esmeralda.

Les mis?rables

2021
A graphic novel adaptation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.

Turtle in paradise, the graphic novel

A graphic novel adaptation in which in 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.

Why she wrote

a graphic history of the lives, inspiration, and influence behind the pens of classic women writers
". . . brings together both famous and obscure writers from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and highlights their history, hardships, and influence-on the written word . . . Framed by short biographies, bibliographies, and fun facts"--Provided by publisher.

Cold War correspondent

2021
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Korean War correspondent Marguerite Higgins, who risked her life in dangerous situations to provide eyewitness accounts of many of the major events of the war.
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