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Great Graphic Novels (#GGN2022) Featured Review of A Girl Called Echo, v.4: Road Allowance Era by Katherena Vermette, Scott B. Henderson, and Donovan Yaciuk

A Girl Called Echo, v.4: Road Allowance Era by Katherena Vermette, Scott B. Henderson, and Donovan Yaciuk
HighWater Press
Publication Date: April 27, 2021
ISBN: 9781553799306

Echo, a Métis teenager, embarks on one more trip to the past of her family and heritage. Her mother has returned, and she shares the family tree when Echo realizes she has been seeing her family members in the trips to the past. Echo travels first to 1885 during the trial and execution of Louis Riel after the Northwest Resistance, and she sees how the Métis’ rights to land are not honored by the Canadian government. She continues to travel to several parts of the past to meet her family members. She sees promises reneged on, and Echo wonders what that means for the future. As she heads toward graduation, Echo considers what she can do to stay strong and keep on fighting injustice with support from family and friends.

Great Graphic Novels (#GGN2020) Nominees Round Up, June 6 Edition

Click here to see all of the current Great Graphic Novels nominees along with more information about the list and past years’ selections.

Maneaters, vol. 2 by Chelsea Cain
Image Comics
Publication Date: June 11, 2019
ISBN: 978-1534313095

Man-Eaters Volume 2 starts where Volume 1 leaves off. In Volume 1, we discover that Maude started to dabble in drinking Estro-pop (the drink made for boys and men that does not contain estrogen). In volume 2 we realize that Maude has been avoiding tap water and has encouraged a group of her friends to join her in abstaining from estrogen infused beverages. Then, one of the girls in Maude’s class has gone missing and everyone expects the worst.Has she become the new panther in town attacking local citizens? Meanwhile her detective father and the S.C.A.T. squad led by her mother are looking for panthers to hunt in the area.

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History Comes Alive in Graphic Novels!

I am loving all the graphic novels that are being published that focus on moments in history. They are not just doing a textbook coverage of historical events, but they are personalizing the events and making them more real to readers. Maybe that is the benefit of reading a graphic novel? Things seem more real when they are represented both by text and by art. Check out some of the graphic novels below that will take you on a trip, back in time!

Ancient History/Pre-Industrial Revolution (up to 1800s)

Evolution: the Story of Life on Earth by Jay Hosler, Kevin Cannon, and others (2012 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)

Industrial Revolution (1800-1900)

Around the World by Matt Phelan (2012 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)

The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming (2008 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)

American History (1700-1900)

Lewis & Clark by Nick Bertozzi

One Dead Spy: the Life, Times, and Last Words of Nathan Hale, America’s Most Famous Spy by Nathan Hale (2013 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)

The United States Constitution: a Graphic Adaptation by Jonathan Hennessey, Aaron McConnell (2009 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)

Gettysburg: the Graphic Novel by C.M. Butzer (2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)

Grant vs. Lee: the Graphic History of the Civil War’s Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War by Wayne Vansant

Best Shot in the West: the Adventures of Nat Love by Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack Jr., Randy DuBurke

Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale (2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens)

Houdini: the Handcuff King by Jason Lutes, Nick Bertozzi (2008 Great Graphic Novels for Teens) Continue reading History Comes Alive in Graphic Novels!