Classic to Graphic
Classic (or soon to be classic) books reimagined as graphic novels for middle and high school readers.
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Long way down : the graphic novel2020
Summary: As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.- place hold (0)
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The crossover2019
Summary: Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.- place hold (0)
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The Iliad : a graphic novel2019
Summary: Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of the war between Greece and the city of Troy, focusing on Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon.- place hold (0)
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Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy : a graphic novel2019
Summary: "Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are having a really tough year: Not only is their father overseas with the military and their mother working overtime to make ends meet, but each girl is struggling with her... more »- place hold (0)
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The Giver2019
Summary: Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver,... more »- place hold (0)
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Wings of fire. Book 1, The dragonet prophecy : the graphic novel2018
Summary: Not every dragonet wants a destiny-- Clay has grown up under the mountain, chosen along with four other dragonets to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war between the dragon tribes of... more »- place hold (1)
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Hermes : tales of the trickster2018
Summary: Retells in graphic novel format the stories from Greek mythology featuring Hermes.- place hold (0)
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To build a fire2017
Summary: Miles across the sunless Yukon toward the Klondike to search for gold, a man and a dog trek through the Great White North, struggling to survive nature's frigid indifference. The year 1896 is bleak... more »- place hold (0)
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Jane Eyre2016
Summary: In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.- place hold (0)
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Max Ride. First flight2016
Summary: Follow the soaring adventures of Max and her extraordinary "flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel - as they try to escape their creators and defend themselves from the diabolical Erasers. Along... more »- place hold (0)
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Snow White2016
Summary: The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young... more »- place hold (0)
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Legend : the graphic novel2015
Summary: Teens June, a military prodigy born into wealth, and Day, a criminal from the slums, are brought together and face plague, war, and a powerful, common enemy.- place hold (0)
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The golden compass : the graphic novel. Book 12015
Summary: Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a... more »- place hold (0)
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The graveyard book. Volume 12014
Summary: Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.- place hold (0)
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Poseidon : earth shaker2013
Summary: Graphically adapts the adventures of the Greek god of the seas, presenting the myth of how Poseidon became the king of the oceans and such stories as Theseus and the Minotaur, Odysseus and Polyphemos, and the founding of Athens.- place hold (0)
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Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children : the graphic novel2013
Summary: "A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob on a journey to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.... more »- place hold (0)
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A wrinkle in time : the graphic novel2012
Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of the classic tale in which Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.- place hold (0)
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The lightning thief : the graphic novel2010
Summary: After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.- place hold (0)
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The odyssey : a graphic novel2010
Summary: 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.- place hold (0)
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The hound of the Baskervilles : a Sherlock Holmes graphic novel2009
Summary: After the success of their Illustrated Classics version of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Ian Edginton and I.N.J. Culbard have teamed up again to create a visually compelling graphic novel adaptation of... more »- place hold (0)
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Maximum Ride. 12009
Summary: "Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of her 'flock'-- Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel-- are just like ordinary kids, except they... more »- place hold (0)
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Coraline2008
Summary: When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house strangely similar to her own (only better). At first, things seem marvelous. The food is better than at home, and... more »- place hold (0)
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Artemis Fowl : the graphic novel2007
Summary: In 2001, audiences first met and fell in love with a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind named Artemis Fowl. Since then, the series has sold over seven million copies in the United States alone. Now,... more »- place hold (0)
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Alex Rider. Stormbreaker : the graphic novel2006
Summary: Soon to be a major motion picture, this very first Alex Rider adventure, featuring manga-like illustrations, follows a fourteen-year-old boy, who, after the death of the uncle who had been his... more »- place hold (0)
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