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Stephen Crane's The red badge of courage

the graphic novel
2005
A graphic novel adaptation of Stephen Crane's tale of a youth whose dreams of glory on the battlefield clash with the realities of war.

Robert E. Lee

the story of the great Confederate general
2011
In graphic novel format, presents Lee's surrender to Grant at the end of the Civil War, as he recalls some of the war's most significant battles.

Defying death in the mountains

2010
Discusses how to survive in the mountains, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a plane crash in the Andes in 1972 and the case involving Aron Ralston, whose arm was trapped by a rock while climbing in Utah in 2003.

Daniel X, alien hunter

2008
Daniel goes after number seven on the List of Alien Outlaws, whose destructive tendencies could lead to an attempt to take over the Earth, but first Daniel must find a way to enlist the aid of number seven's own son.

D-Day

the liberation of Europe begins
2008
Describes the events and circumstances leading to the June 6, 1944, invasion of Europe at Normandy by Allied forces, written in graphic novel format.

Defying death at sea

2010
Discusses how to survive at sea, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories in the South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans.

Tyranny

2009
Anna records her struggles with anorexia--which she personifies as Tyranny, her tormentor--in her journal, and describes her efforts to overcome her deadly enemy through strength of character.

The Battle of the Bulge

turning back Hitler's final push
2008
An account, in graphic novel format, of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II in Ardennes, France.

The adventures of Tom Sawyer

2009
A graphic adaptation of the story of Tom Sawyer, a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century who has many adventures, including witnessing a murder, running away to an island and pretending to be a pirate, watching his own funeral, and falling in love.

The storm in the barn

2009
Eleven-year-old Jack Clark struggles with everyday obstacles while his family and community contend with the challenges brought on by the Dust Bowl in 1937 Kansas.

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