Red Scare: A Graphic Novel
written and illustrated by
Liam Francis Walsh
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Scholastic
Imprint
Graphix
ISBN
9781338167092
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Violence: Gun Violence , Illustrations/Images: Blood/Gore
A page-turning adventure featuring a clever 11-year-old girl who must, against all odds, protect her family and town during the height of the communist "red scare."In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be left alone, but then she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to overturn the tense political stalemate, and Peggy finds herself smack in the middle of the Cold War arms race.
Author’s note. Sketchbook. Full-color illustrations were drawn with pens and brush pen and colored with Adobe Photoshop.
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Violence: Gun Violence , Illustrations/Images: Blood/Gore
Details
Format
Page Count
240
Trim Size
9" x 7"
Dewey
F
AR
2.2: points 1
Lexile
GN200L
Genre
Fic
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
May 2022
Book Genres
Graphic Novels
Topics
Superpowers. Cold War. The 1950s. Arms race. McCarthyism. Polio. Disability. Siblings. Family. Action and adventure.
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