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4-6
Readers meet the German theologian and pastor who was executed for participating in a failed assassination attempt on Hitler. Hendrix deftly contrasts Bonhoeffer's and Hitler's biographical details against the larger World War II backdrop. The book effectively employs hand-lettered typeface, comic-panel layouts, spot art, vivid two-color illustrations, occasional maps, and striking political-cartoon-style editorial illustrations. The result is that this heavily textual book is also a highly visual one. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2018
40 pp.
| Abrams
| February, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-1-4197-1899-1$18.95
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K-3
Hendrix retells the life of Jesus with material gathered from all four Gospels. Dynamic hand-lettering and finely detailed, cartooned (and non–Western idealistic) pen-and-ink, acrylic-wash art helps tell the story. As explained in the author's note, Hendrix interprets his material freely, making literary choices that veer far from the original source.
40 pp.
| Abrams
| October, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4197-1175-6$18.95
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K-3
Hendrix distills the now practically mythic story of the 1914 Christmas Truce into the fictional experience of one English soldier in France writing to his mother about an unlikely day of fellowship with his German adversaries. While not shying away from war's grim realities, Hendrix's pictures go a long way toward conveying hope. A brief introduction and author's note provide context. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2014
40 pp.
| Abrams
| October, 2009
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TradeISBN 978-0-8109-3798-7$18.95
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4-6
Hendrix shows how Brown's growing militarism began with a wish for all races to be treated equally. He's presented as a larger-than-life figure, a rough-hewn man whose physical features and quoted statements become visually more emphatic as the book progresses. Rock-solid landscape compositions, all earth tones and cool blues, set the stage. Debate about the ends justifying the means is timely. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2009
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