Literary Graphic Novels for Secondary School
I think the attraction of a graphic novel for students is that they can read it in one day. This works for both reluctant readers (GNs are not as intimidating), as well as for students who love stories: They want to read as many as possible, as quickly as possible. Also, some stories are better told in a graphic fashion. In the best GNs, the pictures are the poetry which convey the legendary 1000 words. I'm trying to stock my library with as many alternative reads for students as possible. A great resource for buying and chatting about graphic novels is The Beguiling out of Toronto. ***Please preview these titles. Some may not be appropriate for your students.***
Bigfoot
Two Generals
Tyranny
Hyena in Petticoats
The Story Of Suffragette Nellie Mcclung
The Klondike
The Never Weres
Lone Hawk:The Story of Air Ace Billy Bishop
Skim
Friends with Boys
The Next Day
Hark! A Vagrant
Bitter Medicine
A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness
Burma Chronicles
Jerusalem
Chronicles from the Holy City
Shenzhen
A Travelogue from China
Northwest Passage
This One Summer
In Real Life
Canadian Graphic
Picturing Life Narratives
The Outside Circle
A Graphic Novel
Suite Francaise: Storm in June
A Graphic Novel
In-Between Days
A Memoir About Living with Cancer
Secret Path
7 Generations
A Plains Cree Saga