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Perseus slays the Gorgon Medusa

2013
In graphic novel format, retells the myth of Perseus, who achieved the impossible task of slaying the gorgon Medusa with a little help from the goddess Athena and then met and fell in love with a princess named Andromeda.

Odysseus and the Odyssey

2013
In graphic novel format, retells part of "The Odyssey," the epic poem by Homer that describes the journey home from the Trojan War by Odysseus. After Odysseus outsmarts the witch Circe, she gives Odysseus valuable information to help get him and his men home safe, including how to get past the Sirens and evade the monster Scylla.

Jason and the Argonauts

2013
A graphic novel adaptation of the classic Greek myth in which Jason and the Argonauts are sent on a quest for King Pelias to capture the Golden Fleece, but after years of sailing, Jason must succeed in a series of trials before he can claim his prize.

Hercules fights the Nemean lion

2013
In graphic novel format, retells two of the ten labors of Hercules--defeating the powerful Nemean Lion and beheading the Lernean Hydra, which grew back two heads for every one he cut off.

Achilles and the Trojan War

2013
In graphic novel format, retells the Greek legend of Achilles and the Trojan War.

Artemis Fowl

the eternity code : the graphic novel
2013
Artemis Fowl plans to go straight after one more criminal feat, but his last job goes wrong, leaving his bodyguard, Butler, mortally wounded. The only hope Artemis has of saving his friend's life is to gain the help of his former rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police.

I see the promised land

a life of Martin Luther King Jr.
2013
Presents in graphic novel the story of Martin Luther King, Jr., primarily focusing on his civil rights work, in a musical, storytelling style and illustrated in the scroll-painting tradition of Bengal.

10 little insects

2012
Ten insects are invited to an island where they are killed one by one.

Steve Jobs

2013
Briefly presents, in graphic novel format, the life and inventions and innovations of Steve Jobs.

George Washington Carver

2013
Briefly presents, in graphic novel format, the life and inventions and innovations of agriculturist and educator George Washington Carver.

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