This series presents some of the world's best stories, retold in dynamic graphic novel format. Well-known villains and heroes take on new shape while staying true to their original authors.
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted…
When Barnaby sets off on his raft, his mother tells him to stop at each village on the way to Limber Lea. Along the way he ends up collecting a wild and surprising bunch of passengers. Will he be able to transport them all to Limber Lea without any mishaps?
from the readers: I love Matilda!! it keeps my imagination running, it also theaches a lesson for bad adults. this book is also funny and interesting. i also like it because its a chapter book. --Meela, Year 4 student