Ben Dunn
18) Iwo Jima
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Abdo Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
History comes alive in this nonfiction graphic novel! Readers will follow along as the battle of Iwo Jima is detailed, from its genesis in Japanese territorial expansion in the early 1930s, to Japan's signing of the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the United States's entry into World War II. The ensuing battle in the Pacific is examined, including the invasion of the strategically important island and the...
19) Armistice Day
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Publisher
Abdo Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
History comes alive in this nonfiction graphic novel! Readers will follow along as World War I is detailed, from its genesis in the Industrial Revolution to its conclusion on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, Armistice Day. Innovations in warfare such as battleships, submarines, airplanes, aircraft carriers, and zeppelins are introduced, as are the horrors of trench warfare and poison gas. Readers will learn of the...
20) Peter Pan
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English
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Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, meets the Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, and entices them away from their London home to experience adventures in Neverland.