David Salariya
81) You wouldn't want to be an 18th-century British convict!: a trip to Australia you'd rather not take
Author
Pub. Date
2007, c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A humorous account of how a British thief would have been punished in the eighteenth century by being sent to Australia in 1785.
87) Egyptian town
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Takes the reader through a typical town in ancient Egypt around 1200 B.C., visiting the different areas, major buildings, and describing how the people lived.
88) Seasons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Text and illustrations on split pages introduce the concept of changing seasons.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Get ready...it's the 1920s, and more and more women around the world are being given the right to vote. But women have not always had it so good. Let your great aunt Edith and her cousin Mabel tell you what it was like to be a suffragist.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a cabin boy on a whaling ship in 1819, discussing the realities of life aboard ship, the catching and processing of the whale, being shipwrecked, and coming home again.
95) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Formats
Description
"When young Robinson Crusoe runs away to sea in search of adventure, he gets more than he bargained for. Shipwrecked on a remote island with no hope of rescue, he will need all his skill and ingenuity just to stay alive. The most famous adventure story in the English language is vividly and faithfully retold in graphic novel format."--P. [4] of cover.
97) White Fang
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Description
"In the icy wastes of the Klondike, a wolf cub is born. He must somehow survive cold, starvation, and deadly predators, but there is a much greater danger: man! Jack London's heartwarming tale of man and wolf is vividly and faithfully retold in graphic novel format."--P. [4] of cover.
98) The odyssey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
The ancient Greek hero Odysseus fought for nine long years in the terrible siege of Troy. Now, all he wants is to go home to his wife and son. But the voyage is long and perilous, and the god of the sea is his enemy. Will he ever see his home and family again? A graphic novel version of Homer's work.
99) Kidnapped
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about David Balfour, a sixteen-year-old orphan who is kidnapped by his greedy, villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish Highlanders against English rule.