A Christmas Carol (Graphic Revolve)

This book has great illustrations. This graphic novel stayed true to the essence of Charles Dickens’s novel.

This version was great for my lower level, middle school readers!

Great representation of the original classic. My students loved it and the illustrations were awesome!

As usual with this series from Capstone, we have a fine adaptation of the original, especially for kids. At less than 70 pgs, plot elements are going to be culled here and there, however, I find Harper has done a good job of not only representing the original but deciding to shine a particular light on the theme of charity in his adaptation. The Marley sequence is good and told in detail, some graphics skimp on this part to tone down the scare but not Harper & Almara. As the three ghosts come visiting not every episode from the original book is given equal importance, but I felt here they took artistic licence to first shine on Scrooge's uncharitable nature and second show how he learns that the gift of charity brings self-happiness. Very well done! One thing I particularly enjoyed was the Ghost of Christmas Past was depicted as a little candle man with his face a flame of fire and a hat that would snuff out his light when Scrooge could no longer handle the light being shone on his past deeds. Nice introduction to the classic, conversely a fun new look at it in graphic format. You usually can't go wrong with Capstone's Graphic Resolve series.

A great gift for preteen and early teen readers.

I wanted to really like this book, because I collect "A Christmas Carol" books. But while skimming through it, I noticed a mistake. In the Christmas day toast that Bob Cratchit is making, it has the conversation mixed up. It has Bob Cratchit saying what Mrs. Cratchit said, and visa versa. This is kind of of a big deal because Bob Cratchit never spoke badly of Scrooge, and this changes the meaning of the conversation. It makes me wonder what other mistakes are in the book. I think young people will still get the meaning of the story, but this is bothersome with an adaption.

Great way to get this classic tale read by older elementary students.