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Hubert

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Comics Lit 2009

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HUB

Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Bagieu, Pénélope

Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAG

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 Bagieu

Buckey, Sarah Masters

Summary: Traveling to Paris in 1907 with Grandmary and the Admiral, Samantha and her adopted sister Nellie suspect that someone is trying to harm their beloved grandfather and stop his secret government mission. Includes a glossary of French words and an "Inside Samantha's World" essay about tourism and international tensions in Europe in the early 1900s.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUC

Palacio, R. J.

Summary: Tells the story of Julian's Grandmaere's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PAL

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC PAL

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC PAL

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Palacio 2019

Breach, Jen

Summary: "An action-packed graphic novel about agents who helped the Allies prepare for D-Day and push the Germans out of France during World War II. In 1942, World War II was growing more and more intense. Germany and its allies had occupied a great deal of Europe-including part of France. With the enemy just a few miles from England, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to help free France....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BRE

Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HIS

Billet, Julia

Summary: As France buckles under the Nazi regime, budding photographer Rachel Cohen must change her name, go into hiding, and bear witness to the atrocities of World War II.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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Lewis, John

Summary: This graphic novel is Congressman John Lewis' first-hand account of his lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LEW
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 323 LEW

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LEW

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC LEW

Humphreys, Jessica Dee

Summary: Recounts the experiences of Michel Chikwanine, who at age five was abducted during a schoolyard soccer game and forced to become a child soldier.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 HUM

Thomas, M. J.

Summary: Peter, nine, Mary, ten, and their dog, Hank, journey into biblical history to the time of the battle of Jericho, where they meet Israelite spies.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/Ideals 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC THO

Sheinkin, Steve

Summary: Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 623.4 SHE

Adler, Irene

Summary: While on summer vacation at the seaside, twelve-year-old Irene Adler meets the young Sherlock Holmes, and his friend Arsène Lupin--and when a dead body floats ashore the three young friends set out to solve the mystery.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ADL

Tarshis, Lauren

Summary: "Robbed on the train platform as soon as he arrives in the city, eleven-year-old Oscar Starling soon finds himself in the middle of the Great Chicago Fire when he chases after his thief, who is herself in need of rescue." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC TAR

Xavier, Clément

Summary: "In the early 20th century, English suffragist group the Women's Social and Political Union formed an all-women security unit. Trained by Edith Garrud, these 'jujitsuffragettes' fought against abuse and arrest while pursuing long overdue rights"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 324.6 XAV

Wiebe, Kurtis J.

Summary: In 1940, as Calais, France, falls to the Germans during World War II, an American boy named Peter Panzerfaust rallies a group of orphans to work together to survive and find their way to safety.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics/Shadowline 2014

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PET

Rowe, Kaz

Summary: "This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Getty Publications 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 CAH

Osborne, Mary Pope.

Summary: Jack and Annie visit the Paris World's Fair of 1889 in an effort to protect four scientific pioneers from an evil sorcerer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006

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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSB

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSB

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC OSB

Hale, Nathan

Summary: "The first American pilots to fight in World War I flew for the French military. France created a squadron of volunteer Americans called the Lafayette Escadrille (named after the great Marquis de Lafayette). Follow this squadron on their high-flying adventures: How they got into the French military. How they learned to fly. How they fought--and died. And how these American pilots would go down...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books 2023

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Glass, Adam

Summary: "Led by a young Theodore Roosevelt, a motley crew of soon-to-be American legends must work together to solve a mystery that threatens life itself. Harry Houdini -- street magician and master of misdirection. Annie Oakley -- a washed-up entertainer, eager for a chance to prove herself in a real war. Jack Johnson -- an undefeated brawler and the son of ex-slaves, determined to get his shot at the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: AfterShock Comics 2016

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROU

Selznick, Brian.

Summary: When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2007

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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SEL

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SEL

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION SEL

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC Sel

Langston-George, Rebecca

Summary: "An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II. In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany's Nazi regime expanded into neighboring European countries, committing horrific crimes against Jewish people and other groups. Enter: Virginia Hall. Born on a small Maryland farm, this brilliant woman's worldly ambitions led her to a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAL

Walsh, Liam Francis

Summary: "In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be a normal kid, until she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WAL

Chandler, Matt

Summary: "This is the true story of one man's bravery, ingenuity, and daring determination as he trekked thousands of feet up in the mountains. Readers will learn about the struggles Sven Somme endured as he eluded 900 German soldiers set out to capture him."--Publisher's website.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 CHA

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