Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage (The Graphic Novel) adapted by Wayne Vansant (Puffin Books, 2005)
genre: Historical, graphic novel
age: 12 years +
honors: none
review: The story of a young Union soldier, Henry Fleming, on the battle fields of the American Civil War has been turned into a graphic novel, but loses none of the realism of the book. Henry escapes the atrocities of the war in fear and shame, yearning for redemption from his cowardice with the “red badge of courage”—a wound.
opinion: Reading this book in the graphic novel format will help readers to understand the language in which the original book was written.
ideas: This is a great book to recommend to kids who are researching or interested in the Civil War, but aren’t able to read the original book.
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