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1) Dracula
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The 19th-century novel Dracula was such a seminal work that it influenced the horror novel genre and many other parts of popular culture as well. While readers may think they know this story through movies and books that followed its publication, they'll be surprised at how gripping the true Bram Stoker tale is, especially in enthralling graphic novel form. Stoker's haunting words and the unnerving images of illustrator Anthony Williams transform...
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
There are many iterations of Sherlock Holmes in popular culture, so it's important to go back to the source to find out why people have long been inspired by this ingenious character. This winning graphic novel is a faithful retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle's terrifying tale, which is one of the toughest mysteries to challenge his unique detective. Doyle's exceptional story is paired with thrilling illustrations by renowned graphic artist Anthony Williams....
3) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A ghastly green figure with bolts in its neck lurches toward a helpless victim. It's Frankenstein! Popular culture transformed Mary Shelley's infamous character into a cartoonish caricature. In fact, many people are surprised to learn that Frankenstein isn't the name of the fictional monster at all, but the name of its creator, Victor Frankenstein. It's time to revisit this gothic tale through the eerie pages of this beautifully illustrated graphic...
Author
Publisher
Campfire/Kalyani Navyug Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This book is a graphic novel adaptation of Daniel Defoe's classic tale about an adventuring Englishman who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck and washes up on a seemingly deserted island where he must learn to survive.
Author
Publisher
Campfire/Kalyani Navyug Media
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This book, in graphic novel format, is an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book," the story of Mowgli, who comes of age in the jungle and is taught how to survive by Bagheera, the black panther; Baloo, the brown bear; and Kaa, the python.
Author
Publisher
Campfire/Kalyani Navyug Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book, in graphic novel format, retells H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine," the story of traveling thousands of years into the future and learning how humankind has evolved into two races.
Author
Publisher
Campfire/Kalyani Navyug Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
Author
Publisher
Campfire
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Jack London's "Call of the Wild," a story in which Buck, a dog that has been forced into the harsh life of a sled dog, befriends a man seeking his fortune in the Klondike gold fields and must ultimately decide whether to stay with his master or obey his instinct to join the wolves.
13) Kim
Author
Publisher
Kalyani Navyug Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Kim, a child living on the streets of India in the early 1900s, befriends a Buddhist lama and becomes his disciple. Together they journey across northern India. Along the way, Kim meets a member of the British Secret Service and learns about what is known as the Great Game. Through his adventures, Kim is transformed from a simple vagabond into a sharpened operative in the dangerous world of politics, betrayal, and death.