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Suggestions for graphic novels by theme:

 * ** A. Importance of gender equality ** ||
 * * //Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story// by Peter Bagge
 * //Step Aside Pops// by Kate Beaton
 * || * //Sally Heathcoate,Suffragette// by Talbot & Charlesworth
 * //Tomboy //by Liz Prince ||
 * ===**B.Importance of equal rights**=== ||
 * * //March// by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell
 * //Nelson Mandela// by the Nelson Mandela Foundation || * //The Silence of Our Friends, // by Long, Mark
 * //Stuck Rubber Baby// by Howard Cruse ||
 * ===**C.Importance of critical thinking**=== ||
 * ** D. Living in freedom versus confinement ** ||
 * * //Footnotes from Gaza// by Joe Sacco
 * //Palestine// by Joe Sacco
 * //Pyongyang// by Guy Delisle
 * //Marzi: a memoir// by Marzena Sowa
 * //Pride of Baghdad // ||  ||
 * ===**E. Importance of family**=== ||
 * * //Sisters// by Raina Telgemeier
 * //Tangles// by Sarah Leavitt
 * //Epileptic// by David B.
 * //The Best We Could Do// by Thi Bui || * //Not Simple// by Natsume Ono
 * //With the Light// by Keiko Tobe
 * //Are you My Mother?// by Alison Bechdel
 * //Ethel & Ernest: a true story// by Raymond Briggs
 * ===F. Importance of knowing one's history=== ||
 * * //7 Generations// by David Robertson
 * //I was the Child of Holocaust Survivors//
 * //Fatherland// by Nina Bunjevac
 * //Calling Dr. Laura// by Nicole J. Georges || * //The Property// by Ruth Modan
 * //Exit Wounds// by Ruth Modan
 * //American Born Chinese// by Gene Luen Yang. ||
 * ===**G. Importance of freedom of religion**=== ||
 * * //Kingdom Come// by Wade and Ross
 * //Blankets// by Craig Thompson
 * //Boxers and Saints // Gene Luen Yang.
 * //A Contract with God// by Art Spiegelman || * ||
 * ===**H. Coming-of-age / Bildungsroman**=== ||
 * * //This One Summer//
 * //Skim// by Mariko andJilian Tamaki
 * //Infinite Wait and Other Stories//
 * //Blankets// by Craig Thompson
 * //Over Easy//
 * //Ghost World//
 * //Black Hole// by Charles Burn
 * //Any Empire//
 * //Essex County//
 * //Baddawi// by Leila Abdelrazaq || * //Honor Girl// by Maggie Thrash
 * //Lucille// by Ludovic Debeurme
 * //American Born Chinese//
 * //Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth//
 * //Tomboy//
 * //Clumsy// by Jeffrey Brown
 * //Orange// by Ichigo Takano
 * //Solanin// by Inio Asano
 * Freddie & Me by Mike Dawson
 * //Seconds// by Brian Lee O'Malley ||
 * ===**I. Horrors of conflict/war**=== ||
 * * //Maus // by Art Spiegelman
 * //Palestine// by Joe Sacco
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Barefoot Gen //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notes for a War Story //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Child Soldier by Jessica D. Humphreys
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Onward Towards our Nobel Deaths // || * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Harlem Hellfighters //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two Generals //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Goddamn This War / It was a War of the Trenches //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Photographer //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Waltz With Bashir //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Safe Area Gorazde //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> by Joe Sacco // ||
 * * ** J. Construction of memory ** ||
 * * //Violent Case//s by Neil Gaiman
 * //The Quitter// by Harvey Pekar
 * Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman
 * Wrinkles by Paco Roca || * My Friend Dahmer
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maus //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> by Art Spiegelman
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Stitches// by David Small
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken//, by Seth ||
 * ===**K. Rebellion versus resignation**=== ||
 * * //Boxers & Saints//
 * //Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography//
 * //Wrinkles// || * //Nat Turner// by Kyle Baker ||
 * ===**L. Class consciousness**=== ||  ||
 * * //Fight the Power//
 * //Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt//
 * //The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book// || * //Spiderman// (Miles Morales) by Bendis & Pichelli
 * //Safe Area Gorazde// by Joe Sacco
 * //Contract with God// by Art Spielgelman ||
 * ===**M. Human contradictions**=== ||
 * * How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden ||  ||
 * ===N. Experience of loss & mortality=== ||
 * * //American Widow// by Alissa Torres
 * //Goodbye Chunky// Rice by Craig Thompson
 * //Harvey// by Herve Bouchard
 * //Death// by Neil Gaiman (Sandman Series) || * //Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant// by Roz Chast
 * //Killing and Dying// by Adrian Tomine ||
 * ===N. Your choice (pending teacher approval)===
 * //Killing and Dying// by Adrian Tomine ||
 * ===N. Your choice (pending teacher approval)===

...nationalism ...modernity versus traditional ...child's perspective of war / conflict ...development of individual identity ...experience of loss & mortality ||  ||

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