Lynd Ward
Author
Series
Library of America volume 210
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
From the eve of the Great Depression to the onset of World War II, Lynd Ward, America's first great graphic novelist, bore witness to the roiling, dizzying national scene as both a master printmaker and a socially committed storyteller. His medium of expression, the wordless "novel in woodcuts," was his alone in the United States, and he quickly brought it from bold iconic infancy to a still unrivaled richness of drama, characterization, imagery,...
Author
Language
English
Description
On the Manhattan bank of the Hudson River, a small lighthouse--made of steel and painted bright red--proudly protects boats with his faithful beam. One day a great expanse of gray steel, which also shines a bright light into the fog and darkness, is built over it. The little red lighthouse feels insignificant and useless in comparison but soon learns that . . . small can be mighty!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Thankful Curtis must leave Bright Island, Maine, for the first time in 1937, she has trouble adjusting to life on the mainland, new people, and "proper schooling," and yearns for her days of farming with her father and sailing.
9) Brady
Author
Publisher
Trumpet Club
Pub. Date
c1960
Language
English
Description
Young Brady discovers an Underground Railroad station near his family's farm and must make his own decisions about trust and about the slavery issue.
11) Bright Island
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mabel Robinson's delightful coming-of-age story won a Newbery Honor in 1938 and garnered extraordinary praise from critics and readers alike.
Born and raised on Bright Island off the Maine coast, Thankful Curtis is more like her sea captain grandfather than any of her older brothers are. Nothing suits her better than sailing and helping her father with the farm. But when her dreaded sisters-in-law suggest that Thankful get some proper schooling