Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
The covers of Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.

Title: Persepolis Author(s): Marjane Satrapi Artist(s): Marjane Satrapi Category: Autobiographical Languages: French, English, German, Finnish, Italian, Indonesian, Greek, Romanian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Danish, Swedish, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Thai, Hebrew, Japanese, Hungarian, Korean Grade Level(s): 9-12 Mature Content?: Violence Synopsis: Persepolis is an autobiographical account, telling the story of the Islamic Revolution in Iran through Satrapi’s eyes, […]

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Additional Graphic Novels
The cover of Barefoot Gen, an additional graphic novel.

Additional Non-fiction Graphic Novels: A. D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, by Josh Neufeld Agincourt 1415: A Graphic Novel, by Will Gill Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, by Keiji Nakazawa The Beats: A Graphic History, by Paul Buhle (editor) Chicken With Plums, by Marjane Satrapi Comanche Moon, by Jack Jackson Echoes of the […]

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Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco

Title: Footnotes in Gaza Author(s): Joe Sacco Artist(s): Joe Sacco Category: True, War, Politics Languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, French, Indonesian, Turkish, Dutch, Czech, German, Swedish, Polish Grade Level(s): 9-12 Mature Content?: graphic violence, language Synopsis: Footnotes in Gaza serves as a companion piece to Joe Sacco’s Palestine. For this graphic novel, he went into […]

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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
The cover of Pyongyang, by Guy Delisle.

Title: Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea Author(s): Guy Delisle Artist(s): Guy Delisle Category: True Languages: English, French, Spanish, Finnish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, Croatian, Swedish, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Danish, Norwegian Grade Level(s): 6-12 Mature Content?: No Synopsis: Pyongyang follows the story of Guy Delisle, an animator contracted to work in North Korea […]

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