Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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[2014], Kodansha Comics Call No: GN Attack vol.1 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Kuklow was cut alive from his mother's womb after a Titan devoured her. Now known as the "Titan's son," Kuklo is a feared abomination, sold as a slave to Dario Inocencio, whose son, Xavi, treats him cruelly. However, things are about to look up for Kuklo as he makes a new friend.
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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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-- Harriet TubmanBy Abnett, Danc2007., Juvenile, PowerKids Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Series Title: Jr. graphic biographiesSummary Note: In graphic novel format, a biography of an African American women born into slavery who helped hundreds leave the South to find freedom after she was free.
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By Abnett, Dan2007., Juvenile, PowerKids Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Jr. graphic biographiesSummary Note: This book describes the life and accomplishments of Harriet Tubman, who helped slaves escape from the South on the Underground Railroad.
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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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-- Octavia Butler's2018., Abrams ComicArts Call No: GN Kindred Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Dana, a woman from the twentieth century, is brought back in time by her slave-owning ancestor, Rufus, when his life is endangered, she must save him in order to live out her own life in the future.
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-- Kindred2017., Adolescent, Abrams ComicArts Call No: GN BUT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Dana, a young black writer, can't explain how she is transported across time and space from her loving home in 1970s California to a plantation in Maryland. But she does quickly understand why: to deal with the troubles of Rufus, a conflicted white slaveholder - and her progenitor. Her survival, her very existence, depends on it.
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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., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: GN B TUB Availability:2 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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By Hale, Nathan2015., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: B TUB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Nathan Hale's Hazardous TalesSummary Note: Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. Tubman spent the rest of her life helping slaves run away like she did, every time taking her life in her hands.
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2015., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: 741.5 973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Nathan Hale's hazardous talesSummary 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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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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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.
