Graphic+Novels


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Description:
In this groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father. In her hands, personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power, written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail.



Rationale:
Students in high school are at an age where they are discovering who they are and exploring their relationships with their friends and family. Especially as young students start becoming adults, their relationships with their parents shift along with many other aspects of their life. Bechdel explores these changes in a way that students could relate to. The language is pretty easy for highschoolers, but some of the topics may be mature, so this novel is more suitable for 11th and 12th graders.

Themes:
Self-exploration, family relationships, sexual orientation

Text Complexity:
240 pages, accessible language, artwork helps with comprehension

Additional Resources:
@http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2007-A-Co/Bechdel-Alison.html

Description:
"...David B. has created a masterpiece in Epileptic, his stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother. Epileptic gathers together and makes available in English for the first time all six volumes of the internationally acclaimed graphic work."



Rationale:
David B.'s work deals with family issues and a teenager dealing with a family that he considers "different." He also delves into his own confusion with who he is and what he is become. High school students are often going through similar issues and will be able to relate to B's work. The language is appropriate for high school readers, but the topics are somewhat mature, so juniors and seniors are a good grade level to use this book.

Themes:
Coming-of-age, Family relationships

Text Complexity:
Accessible language, artwork to help with comprehension.

1. //Skim// written by Mariko Tamaki, Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki. 2. //Blankets// by Craig Thompson. 3. //Persepolis: the Story of a Childhood// by Marjane Satrapi. --Vote: Ben Garcia, SC 4. //The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale// by Art Spiegelman. --Vote: Ben Garcia 5. //V for Vendetta// by Alan Moore. - NPH 6. //Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic// by Alison Bechdel. 7. //Summer Blonde// by Adrian Tomine. 8. //Ghost World// by Dan Clowes. 9. //Epileptic// by David B. 10. //Richard Stark's Parker, Vol. 1: The Hunter// by Darwyn Cooke.