[ISLMA-Share] Graphic Novels Suggestions

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Our AmLit Class reads March 1-3.

Freshman English reads American Born Chinese.

Brit Lit reads Beowulf by Garath Hinds .
Sci-Fi Fantasy reads Kindred, the Graphic Novel.
Afro-American Lit will read Yummy, I am Alfonso Jones and Black Panther.
World Lit reads Maus and Persepolis and does a whole unit on culture using graphic novels. The titles for that unit are available here: http://uhigh-ilstu.libguides.com/c.php?g=563562


YALSA has a list of great graphic novels by year: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2018-great-graphic-novels-teens

Hope this helps!

Gretchen Zaitzeff
Librarian
University High School
Normal, IL

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Some of our students have read Persepolis in the past.

Amy Phillips
Riverside Brookfield High School
Library Media Specialist
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On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 2:49 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:

Could you share some quality or award winning graphic novels that high school students might read for an English class?


I already have the following books on my list.

American Born Chinese
Dogs of War
The Silence of Our Friends
Tetris
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
War Brothers



Jennifer Bromann-Bender
Librarian
Lincoln-Way West High School
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New Lenox, IL 60451<https://maps.google.com/?q=21701+S.+Gougar+Rd.+%0D%0A+New+Lenox,+IL+60451&entry=gmail&source=g>
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