"White Bird" by R. J. Palacio (a graphic children's novel)

White Bird by R. J. Palacio is a story about a young Jewish girl named Sara.  Her childhood is a good one until world War II starts and Hitler and his army start to take over Sara's homeland.  This is a graphic novel so it goes really fast!  The story line is a good one and it kept me engaged throughout.  The pictures were very nice and middle-school readers will enjoy this and also learn some valuable life lessons from factual history.  I think adults would enjoy this too, like I did.
(Gerard's review, 4 stars)

Teaser from page 7:  "...Those were dark times, yes...but what has stayed with me the most is not the darkness......but the light.  That is what I have held on to all these years......and that is the story I want to share with you now."

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"Home After Dark" by David Small is a Graphic Novel

Home After Dark by David Small is my first graphic novel. After Russell’s mom runs off with another man, Russell and his dad decide to move to California for a fresh start! Things go well when Russell even makes some new friends. But things go south after a while and bad turns to worse! What can a young boy do? This book goes really fast since it is a whole lot of drawings to tell the story. The story line was good and kept me engaged throughout, but I missed reading words. (Gerard's review, 4 stars)

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