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Best Historical Graphic Novels for Reluctant Readers
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Nicole Pocklington
I’ve had HUGE success with getting students to read with historical graphic novels! These are some top reads!
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This one has been flying off the shelves during reading days!
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans
Another high flyer - about the Holocaust!
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
I’ve had a couple students that have shared they want to read this book really bad!
Trinity: Graphic History of the Atomic Bomb
I have the whole series and I have several students reading in different spots!
March: Book One by John Lewis & Nate Powell
I just recently saw this at a book store and immediately added it to my classroom wishlist.
Displacement - Hughes, Kiku: Books
I had a student read this and tell me they’re interested in other books like this - and they hate reading!
Amazon.com: They Called Us Enemy
I’ve seen this recommended so much and I want to read it so badly! About the Boxer Rebellion, which students are curious about!
Boxers (Boxers & Saints, 1): 9781596433595
A graphic novel about Native history? Yes please!
Redbone: True Story of a Native Rock Band
Another one I saw at a book store that peeked my interest!
Red Scare: A Graphic Novel: Walsh, Liam Francis
Another Holocaust read - a topic students are really interested in!
The Librarian of Auschwitz
I always enjoy books that you learn about different people, and this is great! Especially for Women’s History Month!
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
A graphic novel about the Salem Witch Trials? I can see this being popular during October!
An Outbreak of Witchcraft: Salem Trials GN
A graphic novel about 9/11. It’s a recent event and as someone alive during it, I want to have more literature about it
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: 9/11
Another US History graphic novel!
The Great American Dust Bowl
We read about Shackleton in Freshmen English, so this is a great complimentary text!
Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey
A great read about why I count graphic novels as reading!
The Benefits of Graphic Novels: Why They Count as Reading - United Through Reading
