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Unit 8: Graphic Formats

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Click here or to the right to read about graphic formats (including graphic novels and comics) for adolescents. Especially note the criteria for selecting comics (p. 324), graphic novels (p. 331), magazines (p. 338), and picture books (p. 340).

Also check out these resources:

• "How to Read a Graphic Novel" (n.d.)
• "Graphic Novel/Comics Terms and Concepts" (2008)
• "A Question of Legitimacy: Graphic Novel Reading as 'Real' Reading" (2016)
• "Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Determining the Criteria for Graphic Novels with Literary Merit" (2014)
• "Graphic Novels in the Secondary Classroom and School Libraries" (2010)
• "Expanding Literacies through Graphic Novels" (2006)

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March: Book Three (2016) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

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Click here or below for the reading schedule for this book.

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Click here or below for the literature circle roles for this book.

See also these additional resources for March: Book Three:

• Rep. John Lewis' Twitter account
• Rep. John Lewis' Web site
• Andrew Aydin's Twitter account
• Andrew Aydin's Web site
• Nate Powell's Twitter account
• Nate Powell's Web site
• book review from Kirkus Reviews
• 2016 National Book Award Winner (National Book Foundation)
• author/illustrator interview by Horn Book
• video: "Rep. John Lewis on March: Book Three" (Library of Congress)
• reading guide from Concordia College
• "Using Graphic Novels in Education: March: Book Three" (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund)

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Shattered Warrior (2017) by Sharon Shinn and Molly Knox Ostertag

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Click here or below for the reading schedule for this book.

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Click here or below for the literature circle roles for this book.

See also these additional resources for Shattered Warrior:

• Sharon Shinn's Web site
• Molly Knox Ostertag's Twitter account
• Molly Knox Ostertag's Web site
• book review from Kirkus Reviews
• "Piecing Together Shattered Warrior with Sharon Shinn and Molly Knox Ostertag" (SyFy)
• "Sharon Shinn and Molly Knox Ostertag's Shattered Warrior Is a Manifesto on the Strength of Vulnerability" (Paste Magazine)
• "Shinn and Ostertag Find Hope in Tyranny with Sci-Fi Tale Shattered Warrior" (CBR)