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Review: The Island of Thieves by Josh Lacey.News: The End of Rick Yancey's Monstrumologist Ser.Review: Candle Man: The Society of Dread by Glenn.Review: Pinocchio Vampire Slayer and the Great Pup.News: Book Cover - Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortr.*** Competition: WIN a copy of Escape From Furnace.Review: The Pirate Cruncher by Jonny Duddle.Review: The Kite Runner Graphic Novel by Khaled Ho.

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News Update: The Monstrumologist Series by Rick Ya.

Review: Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding.

News: Book Cover - TimeRiders: The Gates of Rome (.

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Review: The History Keepers - The Storm Begins by.

News: The Night Children by Alexander Gordon Smith.

Guest Post by Andrew Hammond (author of CRYPT: The.

News: Book Cover - The Beast by Barry Hutchison (I.

Guest Post by Keith Mansfield (author of Johnny Ma.

However, although present, the scenes in question are not as explicit in this adaptation and I would have no qualms in recommending it to 14+ teens who are mature enough to understand the background of intolerance and bigotry that lead Assef into behaving the way he does towards Amir and Hassan. This does include some of the elements of The Kite Runner that caused controversy on its release and the subsequent attempts to have it banned in some libraries in the US. The text has been adapted by Hosseini himself, and as such sticks very faithfully to the original novel's story. Andolfo's colouring brings Celoni's drawings, and with them the story, to life in a way that had me lingering over every panel as I slowly made my way through the story. Fabio Celoni and Mirka Andolfo have done a masterful job with the artwork, the illustrations perfectly capturing the settings and characters that I have held in my mind for the last few years.

This is a visually stunning retelling of Hosseini's story and is already on the list as a definite purchase for the school library come the new academic year. And so I decided to dive in and go for it, and I am really glad I did. The Kite Runner is another such story that when read and understood could help open the minds of students like this to important issues in a country that they hear a great deal about in the news, but I know for a fact that most would struggle with the original novel format. I also have first-hand experience of seeing a disaffected male student at school, with no interest in politics or events outside of his immediate environment, let alone in another country, become much more engaged in Citizenship lessons and posing some pretty searching questions, after I had encouraged him to read Maus and then Palestine. I was persuaded into reading this book by other reading memories I have: discovering for the first time Art Spiegelman's Maus, Joe Sacco's Palestine and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, and to a slightly lesser extent Will Eisner's To The Heart Of The Storm, all graphic novels that deal with some pretty massive issues in a way that really touched me.

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