Maus: A Survivor’s Tale

From Elaine Pasquali author: Spiegelman, Art Maus: A Survivor’s Tale I have read this allegorical book many times.  Spiegelman takes a journey of understanding about the holocaust, and specifically his parents’ holocaust experience, and uses anthropomorphic animal characters to relate this journey.  Because of its comic book style, Maus has been both lauded and vilified.  [...]

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Ender’s Game: Battle School

From Dean, Teen Book Reviewer author: Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game: Battle School Ender’s Game: Battle School by Orson Scott Card is an extremely short graphic novel, but that doesn’t make it uninteresting. I read it in about 30 minutes, so you could consider it to be like a TV show. The story, which takes [...]

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Witch & Wizard. Battle for Shadowland

From Wendi, Teen Book Reviewer author: Patterson, James Witch & Wizard. Battle for Shadowland  I read the book WITCH & WIZARD BATTLE FOR SHADOWLAND, an original graphic novel adventure by James Patterson. It was an interesting book about a brother and a sister named Wist & Wisty.  Wist and Wisty have magical powers.  They can do [...]

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Shadoweyes

From Edward, Teen Book Reviewer author: Campbell, Ross Shadoweyes “Shadoweyes” by Ross Campbell is a graphic novel that takes place in a dark city named Dranac during the year 200X. The city is covered with disease,  crime and garbage. Hobos litter the streets. The story is about a teenager named Scout Montana who becomes a [...]

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Meanwhile

From Wendi, Teen Book Reviewer author: Shiga, Jason Meanwhile The book “Meanwhile” by Jason Shiga was really fun to read.  It’s kind of like a comic book and a maze you follow.  You can read it over and over as you follow the different paths of the maze.  The book starts out in an ice [...]

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Brain Camp

From Carson, Teen Book Reviewer author: Kim, Susan Brain Camp The book Brain Camp, by Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan is a very interesting book. The main character, Lucas, is a long-haired boy who breaks  into cars and is a slacker. Jenna is a geek, and people consider her to be a freak because she [...]

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Zeus: King of the Gods

From Kyle, Teen Book Reviewer author: O’Connor, George Zeus: King of the Gods I read the book Zeus: King Of The Gods by George O’ Connor. This book is a graphic novel and it started off talking about Gaea. Gaea is also known as Mother Earth and she is married to Ouranos. Then the titans [...]

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A.D. : New Orleans After The Deluge

From Kyle, Teen Book Reviewer author: Neufeld, Josh A.D. : New Orleans After The Deluge I read the graphic novel “A.D. New Orleans After The Deluge” by Josh Neufeld. This book describes how several residents of New Orleans meet each other through different ways. It also depicts their intense struggle for survival during and after [...]

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Twilight Zone: Walking Distance

From Carson, Teen Book Reviewer author: Kneece, Mark Twilight Zone: Walking Distance The graphic novel The Twilight Zone: Walking Distance is about a man named Martin Sloan who wants to take a break from his busy schedule he has to deal with everyday. So he decides to drive further away from where he usually goes, [...]

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SilverFin : the graphic novel

From Edward, Teen Book Reviewer author: Higson, Charlie & Walker, Kev SilverFin : the graphic novel Silverfin is a graphic novel that explains James Bond’s origin and bits of his childhood. It starts off with teenage Bond going to Scotland to visit his uncle, a former spy. He and his new friend, Kelly go camping [...]

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