Jarred Luján - Böcker

In this ancient Mexican folktale, the Aztec Sky god and Wind god attempt to fix silence on Earth by bringing music to the world. They set out to the Sun palace, where legions of musicians play for the all-mighty Sun. Unfortunately, this hot-headed ruler won’t give up his musicians without a fight! With clever text and easy-to-follow panels, books in the Discover Graphics: Global Folktales series are perfect for graphic novel fans new and old.

In this ancient Mexican folktale, the Aztec Sky god and Wind god attempt to fix silence on Earth by bringing music to the world. They set out to the Sun palace, where legions of musicians play for the all-mighty Sun. Unfortunately, this hot-headed ruler won’t give up his musicians without a fight! With clever text and easy-to-follow panels, books in the Discover Graphics: Global Folktales series are perfect for graphic novel fans new and old.

Three teens run out of fuel while island-hopping in the South Pacific. A lone sailor drifts on an inflatable life raft in the vast Atlantic. Four men cling to their capsized sailing boat far off the New Zealand coast. These remarkable true tales could have ended in tragedy... but they didn’t! What happened when these people found themselves stranded at sea for weeks on end? And how did they survive to tell their tales? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read hi-lo graphic novel that will keep them on the edge of their seats!

A grumpy grizzly bear attacks a young hunter. A huge hippopotamus strikes an unsuspecting tourist. A ferocious great white shark chomps into an experienced surfer. These shocking, true animal attacks could have ended in tragedy... but they didn’t! What happened to the people who came face to face with these terrifying creatures? And how did they survive to tell their tales? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read hi-lo graphic novel that will keep them on the edge of their seats!

In 1897, Zona Shue was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Heart failure was listed as her cause of death, but Zona’s soul could not rest. Soon her ghost visited her mother to deliver a ghoulish message: She had been murdered! Could the words of Zona’s restless spirit be trusted? And would they lead the authorities to a cold-blooded killer? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that will send shivers down their spines!

A plane carrying a mother and her baby plunges into the Colombian jungle. A solo pilot’s aircraft goes down in shark-infested waters. Two people who barely know each other crash-land in the Canadian wilderness. These remarkable true tales could have ended in tragedy... but they didn’t! What happened to these people when their planes went down? And how did they survive to tell their tales? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read hi-lo graphic novel that will keep them on the edge of their seats!

A cyclist wanders away from his bike in Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. A fisherman loses his way in the Sierra Nevada mountains. A camper falls off a cliff in Mount Hood National Forest. These remarkable true tales could have ended in tragedy... but they didn’t! What happened to three people who found themselves stuck in the wilderness? And how did they survive to tell their tales? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read hi-lo graphic novel that will keep them on the edge of their seats!