Recommended by Emma Sheppard @emma_au_soleil Author: Helen Canac and Agnes Dormergue Form: Graphic Novel/Fantasy Length: 88 pages Brief synopsis: Lila’s father goes missing and she ventures out into the snow to find him. She meets and becomes friends with the wolves living in the snowy forests of her island. Age recommendation and challenging content: KS2-3 …
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Recommended by Emma Sheppard @emma_au_soleil Author: Marjane Satrapi Form: Graphic Novel Length: 352 pages Brief synopsis: The author / narrator’s experience of growing up in Iran during the revolution. Age recommendation and challenging content: Deals with military coups, imprisonment, oppression of women, religious rule, murder and death, torture and war. Age 13+ Notable reasons for recommending …
Recommended by Emma Sheppard @emma_au_soleil Author: Art Speigelman Form: Graphic Novel Length: 296 pages Brief synopsis: An account of the narrator’s father’s experience of the Holocaust as a Polish Jew. All characters are depicted as mice, cats or dogs. Age recommendation and challenging content: Explores and depicts the Holocaust in detail, as well as intergenerational …
Recommended by Emma Sheppard @emma_au_soleil Author: Shaun Tan Form: Graphic Novel Length: 32 pages Brief synopsis: The narrator finds a strange lost robot sort of creature and tries to find out where it belongs. Age recommendation and challenging content: KS2-3 Notable reasons for recommending this book: Explores belonging, rejection and being different.
Recommended by Emma Sheppard @emma_au_soleil Author: Tim Probert Form: Graphic novel/Fantasy Length: 256 pages Brief synopsis: Protagonist Bea partners with an oversize amphibian creature called Cad to find her grandfather. Age recommendation and challenging content: KS2-KS3 Notable reasons for recommending this book: It’s a beautiful graphic novel. Further Info: This book is part of a series.
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended By: Katie Mansell. Author: Julian Sedgewick. Form: Novel – Prose and Manga. Length: 384 pages. Brief Synopsis: Inspired by the events of the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, it …
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley Author: Jason Reynolds Form: available as a prose novel AND a graphic novel Length: 272 pages Brief synopsis: A coming-of-age story set in Brooklyn which deals with …