... powerful person controlled the outcome of a historic event. In the latter part of the book, Getz and Clarke take a more traditional approach to narrating the story. Because it is a more narrative approach, the reader is not as confronted with Abina's emotions as when the reader can see her facial expressions in the graphic novel. Because of this, the reader loses some ... trial with her former slave master, and they tell the story in two different ways: through a graphic approach which highlights the personal experiences of Abina, as well as a more traditional narrative approach which f...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate