Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Website (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson
Adapted By: Tim Hamilton
Website: http://hamilton-tim.pair.com/CUTBLEED/
Media Used: Pencil, Bristol board, India ink, metal pen nibs, brushes (old & new), grease crayon, carved wooden stick. Pages were then scanned into a computer and gray tone were added to the art using Photoshop.
Summary: Jim Hawkins, son of an innkeeper, finds a map hidden in a deceased guest's belongings and with pirates and danger everywhere is caught up in the search for the treasure it leads to.
Personal Reaction: I have had the pirate's song ("yo ho ho and a bottle of rum") stuck in my head since reading this graphic novel yesterday. Not having read this book as a teen, my brain keeps wanting to override the books view of pirates with Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. Overall the story adapted well to a graphic novel format and made the novel more accessible to reader. The dark shadowy faces help add to the feeling of suspense and danger. The text was well suited to a younger 5th to 7th grade audience despite the use of some Old English - which could be used as a great vocabulary builder.
Fiction in Graphic Novel Format
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