They May Look the Same: These are Not Your Normal Comic Books
Something new is being added to the Young Adult collection in the second-floor Fiction department. Graphic novels (which look like comic books) are starting to fill some of the shelves. These are novels which were deliberately written to be illustrated and are proving very popoular among young readers (12-16 years), although older folks like them too.
There are a wide range of titles to choose from. While some are stand-alone non-fiction or novels, others are anthologies of stories, and some are excerpts from larger narratives.
A few of the new titles include: Abraham Lincoln, Alexander the Great, Christopher Columbus, Cleopatra, Harriet Tubman, Hernan Cortes, and Spartacus in non-fiction, and Stories by Mark Twain, Batman: War Drums, The Beast of Chicago and The Irregulars – in the Service of Sherlock Holmes in fiction.