Search Results: Returned 19 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 19
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2019., Drawn & Quarterly Call No: GN 951.9 GEN Edition: First edition, English edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Ok-sun Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War--a disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the lead-up to the war from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee's strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee's memories"--Provided by the publisher.
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c2005, Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Graphic library. Graphic historySummary Note: Presents a comic book version of the story of Harriet Tubman, a woman born into slavery who escaped and then risked her freedom to help others along the Underground Railroad.
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By Abnett, Dan2007., Juvenile, PowerKids Press Call No: Biography TUBMAN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Jr. graphic biographiesSummary Note: Tells the life story of Harriet Tubman in graphic novel format, focusing on her work to help slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
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2005., Juvenile, Rosen Central Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the life of Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who risked her freedom to help other slaves along the Underground Railroad. Presented in graphic novel form.
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2015., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: GR 741.5 HAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated introduction to the life and achievements of Harriet Tubman depicts her escape from slavery in the mid-nineteenth century and her life-risking dedication to helping runaway slaves find freedom north of the Mason-Dixon line.
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-- Frederick Douglass[2018]., Ten Speed Press Call No: GRAPHIC NOVEL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A comic book-style biography of escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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c2014., Pre-adolescent, PowerKids Press Call No: [B] Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Graphic novels, Graphic novels Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Jr. graphic African-American history.Summary Note: The story of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion he led are brought to life in this book. Drawn in by the graphica format, even reluctant readers will be interested in learning about history. Also includes an introduction, biographical sketches of main characters, and a timeline.
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-- Kindred2017., Abrams ComicArts Call No: GRAPHIC NOVELS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's "Kindred" in which a young African-American woman is mysteriously transferred back in time leading to an irresistible curiosity about her family's past.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Random House Call No: 741.5 LAG Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Graham and Brody, two slaves on the run prior to the American Revolution, gain extraordinary powers and, on the advice of Benjamin Franklin, try to go unnoticed, but their other mentor, Benjamin Lay, has different plans for them that involve masks and the African martial art of Dambe.
![The sons of liberty. [1] /](/LibraryG/images/~imageCT205644.JPG "The sons of liberty. [1] /")
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2019., Juvenile, Nobrow Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Genre: Graphic novels Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "After a deal with Vodyanoy the water spirit sees the merchant's son forced into a life of servitude under water, a not-so chance encounter with Vodyanoy's daughter Tyna may mean that the merchant's son now has a chance at freedom. But dangerous creatures lie in the deep blue... Will the two youngsters be able to survive long enough to plan their escape?"--Back cover.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of Araminta Ross, who was born a slave in Delaware but eventually escaped north to freedom. Changing her name to Harriet Tubman, she became an "abductor" on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to help other slaves reach freedom.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: GN Tub Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of Araminta Ross, who was born a slave in Delaware but eventually escaped north to freedom. Changing her name to Harriet Tubman, she became an "abductor" on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to help other slaves reach freedom.
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2015., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: GN HAL Availability:1 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Volume: 5Summary Note: Presents a graphic novel biography of escaped slave Harriet Tubman, who risked her life helping other slaves escape on the Underground Railroad.
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2015., Juvenile, Harry N Abrams Inc. Call No: GN 973.7 HALE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In graphic novel format, Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale tells a hangman and British officer about the life of Harriet Tubman and her life-risking dedication to helping runaway slaves find freedom.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Nathan Hale's hazardous talesSummary Note: Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of Araminta Ross, who was born a slave in Delaware but eventually escaped north to freedom. Changing her name to Harriet Tubman, she became an "abductor" on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to help other slaves reach freedom.
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c2008., Juvenile, McGraw-Hill/Glencoe Call No: GR 326 COLLINS Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel which depicts the Underground Railroad and uses stories to present background material on runaway slaves along with biographical sketches. Also includes activities to promote critical thinking and vocabulary practice.
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c2008., Juvenile, Magic Wagon Call No: GR 326 DUNN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Graphic history (Edina, Minn.)Summary Note: Presents the history of the underground railroad in graphic novel format. Describes how the network formed to help slaves escape to freedom until slavery was abolished.
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c2012., Juvenile, Graphic Universe Call No: 741.5 973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: History's kid heroes.Summary Note: Recounts in graphic novel format how Allen Jay, a young Quaker boy living in Ohio during the 1840s, helped a fleeing slave escape his master and make it to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
