The Breadwinner: A graphic novel

"The Breadwinner was first a novel and then a film . It’s set in Afghanistan under the Taliban . It’s probably for 9-13 year olds, and the art in the graphic novel is from the animation film. It’s got very nice art. Anyway, I really like Northern Lights and the other books in that series, so that’s the one I’ve picked. I listened to the audiobook first, then I read the books, and The Book of Dust . Then I watched the film and the TV series . I read the graphic novel recently. All of them are good. It’s very original and very well written. You really get into the world of those characters, and there is lots of adventure. The novel is not necessarily a children’s book although the main character is a child. Having it as a graphic novel really helps to make it an easier read, so you can give the story to younger children. It’s quite a complicated story. You need less imagination to read the graphic novel, so unless you have a very good imagination it’s a bit more escapism to read it. The art is very good. They put the story into a graphic novel really well, much better than most that were not originally a graphic novel. And the characters are well represented according to how the author described them and their personalities in the book. The illustrator has to make artistic choices but that doesn’t mean you should completely change the characters’ appearance, but quite a few graphic novels do. This graphic novel is a great alternative to reading the book, especially for 10-13 year olds."