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Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.(Book review)

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From: ForeWord
Date: 20071101
Author:Eaton, Lance

Work Title: Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped

Work Author(s): Alan Grant, adapter; Cam Kennedy, illustrator

Tundra Books

64 pages, Softcover $11.95

Graphic Novel

ISBN: 9780887768439

Reviewer: Lance Eaton

Translating classic literature into sequential art can be a difficult process. Regardless of the merit of graphic novels, some may still argue that the final product destroys imagination, dumbs down literature, or ruins the author's intent. This doesn't happen with Grant and Kennedy's rendition of author Robert Louis Stevenson' Kidnapped.

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