Overview
An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children A thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the U.S. CASE NO. 001: NORJAK NOVEMBER 24, 1971 PORTLAND, OREGON 2:00 P.M. A man in his mid-forties, wearing a suit and overcoat, buys a ticket for Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 bound for Seattle. 3:07 P.M. The man presents his demands: $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. If the demands are not met, he threatens to detonate the explosive device in his briefcase. So begins the astonishing true story of the man known as D.B. Cooper, and the only unsolved airplane hijacking case in the United States. Comic panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths of all ages. What better way to draw readers into nonfiction than through an exciting graphic novel This series will appeal to readers of series such as Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales. Fans of history and whodunits, CSI-club kids, and graphic novel enthusiasts alike will be pulled in by the suspenseful, complex, and kid-appropriate cases in this series. Sidebars provide fun facts about pre-2001 air travel, serial numbers on currency, airplane design, and more. Backmatter showcases period photos and primary source material in FBI archives.
Full Product Details
Author: Tom Sullivan ,
Tom Sullivan
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Balzer and Bray
Volume: 1
Weight: 0.252kg
ISBN: 9780062991515
ISBN 10: 0062991515
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 29 April 2021
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
"""This stranger-than-fiction saga thrives thanks to spectacular design choices: 'Dick Tracy'—esque hard-boiled cartooning; rugged, mechanical typefaces; and a bevy of files, folders, and miscellaneous paperwork come together to form a fabulous criminal collage. A compulsively readable series debut."" — Kirkus Reviews “Sporting a comic book’s sensibility with a Common Core State Standard’s love of primary documents and a narrative voice you’d follow to the ends of the earth, THIS is what we need to see more of, people!” — Fuse #8 Blog/School Library Journal"
This stranger-than-fiction saga thrives thanks to spectacular design choices: 'Dick Tracy'-esque hard-boiled cartooning; rugged, mechanical typefaces; and a bevy of files, folders, and miscellaneous paperwork come together to form a fabulous criminal collage. A compulsively readable series debut. -- <em>Kirkus Reviews</em>
This stranger-than-fiction saga thrives thanks to spectacular design choices: 'Dick Tracy'-esque hard-boiled cartooning; rugged, mechanical typefaces; and a bevy of files, folders, and miscellaneous paperwork come together to form a fabulous criminal collage. A compulsively readable series debut. -- <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> Sporting a comic book's sensibility with a Common Core State Standard's love of primary documents and a narrative voice you'd follow to the ends of the earth, THIS is what we need to see more of, people! -- Fuse #8 Blog/School Library Journal
Author Information
Tom Sullivan has been fascinated by science fiction for as long as he can remember and has spent many a night gazing at the stars pondering ""What ifs?"" Tom is the author and illustrator of I Used to Be a Fish and Blue vs. Yellow. You can learn more at thomasgsullivan.com.
