Kirkus Star
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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Series: Cartoon Chronicles of America


Cover art for FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
CHILDREN'S
Released: July 17, 2012
by Susan Champlin, illustrated by Stan Mack, by Stan Mack

"A graphic-novel series that aims to draw in reluctant historians; it looks like it may well achieve its goal. (Historical graphic novel. 10-14)"
When the people in this graphic novel get into a fight, they go "ACK!" and "POW" and "G-R-R-R-R," yet the book makes for surprisingly credible history. Read full book review >
Cover art for ROAD TO REVOLUTION!
CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2009
by Stan Mack, Susan Champlin, illustrated by Stan Mack

"The comic is sandwiched between prose analyses that separate fact from fancy. (Graphic fiction. 10-12)"
Two fictional young Bostonians are swept up in actual events that culminate in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Read full book review >